Messerschmitt Libelle

[rkelterer]

hi boys and girls,

something for very small working places 8)
1. X-Crafts Messerschmitt Libelle
2. Scale 1:48
3. Publisher Scale Paper International (download)
4. Roman Vasyliev
5. Scale Paper International www.e-papermodels.com
6. 3 pages ( 1 parts 1 instruction)

since the kit consists of a lot of very small parts, I printed it on 120g/m².

 

[rkelterer]

starting with the cockpit and the main wheel well ...

 

[Gil]

Raimund,

www.e-papermodel.com cannot be found...,

Gil

P.S. Libelle is the German word for dragonfly.

 

[Joseph]

www.e-papermodel.com cannot be found...,

Gil,
the url is www.e-papermodels.com
Best regards,

 

[rkelterer]

i'm very sorry about misstyping the link (perhaps i should type my text not in the middle of the night 8)

raimund

 

[rkelterer]

the seat belts are from scratch (easy version 8) )

 

[rkelterer]

the nose-wheel well - sophisticated part ops: - adding stripes to simplify sticking the parts together ..

 

[rkelterer]

the result

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Cool, Raimund!

This looks like a real fun model to build!

Super job on using the strips for the nose joints...and the seat belts came out great too.

Looking forward to more!

Cheers!

Jim

 

[rkelterer]

let's continue (@jim: still funny :? )

 

[rkelterer]

hope i can cover all the little faults i'd built ops:

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

She's looking great, Bill!

What faults??? :? I'll be darned if I can see anything amiss!

Superb photos of a great little build!

More when you can, my friend.

Cheers!

Jim

 

[Bowdenja]

I agree with Jim! Looks fantastic to me!!

Nice work and great thread.........thanks for sharing!

john

 

[rkelterer]

hi jim,
hi john,

the photo shows my fault, the fit would be better íf I had trimmed the forward former of the main gear well.

 

[rkelterer]

to prepare the body-wing connection i'm using colored stripes which i added to the body (trimming them by hand 8))

 

[rkelterer]

putting the wing together and apply it to the body

 

[rkelterer]

adding the tail boom (with i rolled around a core of wood)

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Awesome series of photos, Raimund!

Superb job on the wings and their connection to the fuselage, overall looking so very impressive!

She sort of resembles a sting ray, with that long, thin tail. :?

Looking forward to your next update, my friend.

Cheers!

Jim

 

[barry]

Truly beautiful job once again. Got to ask which glue are you using

barry

 

[rkelterer]

@barry:

mainly i am using UHU(yellow). on the left wing you see a dark stain which was the result of my carelessness. perhaps i should use some fixative (hp colors are not water resistant :? ) on the tail boom i used a polypropylen glue (polish product) comparable to UHU(yellow) - have to test it on other parts too 8)

for all the small parts i use UHU(blue) or pva (with a short open time ~5min)

cheers
raimund