Siebel S 204 D in 1/72 by KP

[keavdog]

Thanks John, thanks for the offer but sending a mag across the pond is much too expensive these days.

I do have the Flugzeug Profile issue about this one, which is nowadays also available online at SCRIBD (see link above), if you join there.

Wow that's way more detailed than the magazine article!

[Impisi]

yesterday the PE arrived and today I had some good time playing with CA and PE and after cleaning myself from CA and metal parts everywhere ...

it now looks like this




There are a lot of windows, so this was not for nuts only ...

and I started to build some chairs


for the inside


to be continued ...

Thanks for looking in

[speedgraflex]

Thank you, Martin! I recognize and also use the dental picks (in my case mainly for sculpting); would you be able to shed more light on that custom blade? It looks a bit like an X-Acto chisel tip anchored there, but is it?

Also, all that lovely detailing work and glued together fingers and the yokes are still the kit parts? These seem to be somewhat over scale, but I assume they aren’t.

[Impisi]

Also, all that lovely detailing work and glued together fingers and the yokes are still the kit parts? These seem to be somewhat over scale, but I assume they aren’t.

Not sure what you mean with "yokes". Might be me not knowing the real meaning of that in English. If you talk about those two bigger PE thingies on the right of the cockpit, these are main gear inlets and do fit quite well.

[speedgraflex]

Martin, the steering yokes or wheels present in the cockpit appear much thinner tubular pieces than the styrene versions of the model. The difference stands out against the PE.

[Impisi]

OK, now I understand, thanks for the explaining image. Yes I thought that as well, not sure, may be I do some new ones

[Impisi]

would you be able to shed more light on that custom blade? It looks a bit like an X-Acto chisel tip anchored there, but is it?[/i]

Sorry, I forgot to answer that. Yes it is. It is a broken off piece of an X-Acto knife. Here in Germany they sell those in different qualities. The better ones are more hardened steel and that is one piece of it. I sanded this a bit thinner and glued it between those wooden ice sticks.

[speedgraflex]

Thank you, Martin. I sincerely hope you don’t think I’m trying to be overly critical about those yokes, but the contrast between the precise, delicate details of your PE placements really sets off the difference between kit parts which approximate the reality and the detail parts which are more accurate and realistic. I couldn’t think of a way to write this without setting off potential alarm bells.

The other factor affecting cockpit details would be the clarity of the plastic glazing. If it’s thick or thin, clarity and so forth.

I’m really excited about this project! I have been wanting to build a Ford Tri-Motor for years and the existing model has virtually the same design issues.

[Impisi]

No worries. I understand what you are saying and I see it also. But to be very honest, it will be in the end my decision changing it or not. That cockpit will not be perfect and I'm not looking for perfection. The seats are also too big, even I already did saw out a piece in the middle. They just fit in there now, but in real you would not be able to get there other than climbing over them. It is an old kit and at some areas you will see it, what I don't care about that much.

[speedgraflex]

Of course! Designing a cockpit is quite like building a stage set. You want to generate the illusion that everything fits and works like the real thing does.