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19 November 2008, 06:41 PM
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Scratch Building a DH-2
I'm working on a scratch built 1/32nd Airco DH-2. I am using the Albatros Datafile plans, but I have a question I hope someone might be able to answer for me. Is there a plywood bulkhead behind the pilot seat, or maybe a half former? The datafile plans seem to show none at all, but I would suspect there would be. None of the crashed aircraft photos in my references are clear on this either. Thanks.
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20 November 2008, 01:10 AM
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Scout Pilot
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Hi stoney
maybe you should have a look here: Album:Blue Max DH-2 Ok it's a model (48th scale!!) but it should be helpful.
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20 November 2008, 07:14 AM
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Two-seater Pilot
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Houston, TX
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Possible Turtledeck Former
The photos I've seen indicate no full depth former behind the seat. There may be a turtledeck former between the seat and the fuel tank, but it's hard to tell from the photos I have. There is something above the top longerons to provide the turtledeck sheeting attachment, but it's hard to tell if this is an independent former, or the fuel tank itself; however, I don't think you would want to use the fuel tank as an attachement point for the turtledeck sheeting, so there must be a former there. Anyway, definitely not a full depth (top to bottom) former.
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20 November 2008, 07:53 AM
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Two-seater Pilot
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Maybe one of these card models may help act as a cheap reference.
They are pretty highly detailed, and almost at the scale you want. Paper Model Store
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21 November 2008, 02:40 AM
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Two-seater Pilot
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dh2
Hi there!
Maybe you should wait a few months since Marc Guerrero of Contact Resin might be releasing one.  It's always a bugger when you start something and realize upon near completion that it's just been released by a model company!  Unless he went to work on something else (that would bug ME!  )Ciao Iwik |
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23 November 2008, 04:30 PM
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Observer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Well holy smokes. Thanks Iwik. I didn't know that. Well..guess I'll muddle along for awhile anyway, just to keep the juices flowing. Maybe that FE2b I've been wanting in 1/32nd then.
Thanks Doug, let me know if anything other than the half former in front of the tank is shown. |
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