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12 August 2006, 03:36 PM
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Very cool! Please keep us posted when you can.
What are you using for power?
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12 August 2006, 03:53 PM
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Fantastic to see another project coming along,and something a little different as well !
It looks first rate so far. As Green knight says please keep us updated as and when you can. Good luck with your work!
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12 August 2006, 04:08 PM
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Rick,
A great pleasure to see your project coming along so nicely! Have you started the wings yet? it's all looking great--hope to see more pics sometime Lyle
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12 August 2006, 04:11 PM
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Good Golly, Gee Whiz and all other non-obscene expressions of delight!
OK- more details- engine? projected done date? etc......... Robert Karr www.karrart.com |
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12 August 2006, 04:20 PM
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Beautiful Job Rick!
 I have to ask the inevitable questions regarding what you are planning for a powerplant and how you were able to acquire the information to get started onthe D.XII? I expect you will be showing pictures of the airframe up on its gear before too long .
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12 August 2006, 05:26 PM
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Terrific!
Rick,
Ditto what everybody else said - wow! Really exciting to see a D.XII coming along so beautifully. When you get to the final finishing stage, if you're looking for scans of really good pix of Ltn.d.R. Vogel's D.XII 2486/18, or the other Jasta 23b D.XII in the salvage yard, let me know.  Greg
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12 August 2006, 07:18 PM
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We let see where to start...
The project began about 12 years ago with a desire to build something different. I began researching the D12 and with the help of Colin Owers, Bob Waugh, Peter Gross, WW1 Aero and the Champlin Fighter Museum I collected just about every piece of information available on the the D12 and then some. I began collecting original parts and my father started construction on the radiator which took over 400 hours to complete. The fuselage prints were recreated by myself and I started the airframe by building the mold for the skins which can be barely seen against the rear hanger wall. The fuse skeleton and wooden skins are build using original construction techniques and materials. The project sat untouched for a few years and then my father started back working on it in earnest. He has done most of the work in on the project recently. Power will be provided by a Ranger converted to run upright, I gave up looking for a DIIIAü years ago, but virtually all of the insturmentation is authentic. Next step is to finish the rest of little access panels and fittings on the outside of the fuse so it can be painted. Then the landing gear. This should all be compleated by the end of the year and construction on the fragile wings can commence. It is hangered at Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix Arizona Last edited by Die Werkstatt; 12 August 2006 at 07:34 PM. |
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12 August 2006, 10:16 PM
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Great Project!
I am looking forward to more!  Cheers! Achim
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