New Airscrew for the 1:8 Fokker Dr.I

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Some thicker wood stripes, mahogany and alder tree.
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It develops strong forces while the glue dries!
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In side view.
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The carved airscrew.
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With metal parts from kit.
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With varnish it looks much better!
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And mounted on the Dr.I, which hangs in our living room.
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violinmaker's plane
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The mouth opening can be adjusted, besides the knife of course.
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Mouth full open.

Comments

11 23 June 2022, 16:59

Spanjaard
gorgeous air-screw for a gorgeous model!

23 June 2022, 18:22

Boris B
It makes a huge difference. Well worth the effort !

7 July 2022, 09:38

Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful ! Pure skill at the highest possible level, chapeau !

7 July 2022, 12:42

bughunter
Thank you mates!
This was done long ago, today I would try another kind of the dark wood. Here it is mahogany which is very hard and has some strong grain.
It was mainly shaped with a little violinmaker's plane (I added new pics). But because the wood is so hard, I got a fat blister on my finger, despite wearing work gloves.

I'm still in quarantine with Corona, but slowly coming back. What is irritating at the moment is my loss of smell. I hope I'm not mixing up the thinners for the different paints! 😉

I hope to be able to continue building the Camel Comic again shortly.

7 July 2022, 16:34

Spanjaard
take good care of yourself!

7 July 2022, 16:49

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Some years after finished model I decided to replace the plastic airscrew by a new wooden one.

Fokker Dr.I

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