Fokker F.VIIb/3m "Southern Cross", „1985"
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64 28 December 2021, 10:04
Robert PodkońskiThat's the challenge! I know this kit very well 😉 Watching with pleasure and interest, of course!
28 December 2021, 10:15
Gordon SørensenI have this kit in my stash. Looking forward to watching you work your magic!
28 December 2021, 12:12
Łukasz GlińskiWow, seems like you're actually going to build it from scratch 😉
29 December 2021, 09:16
Derek BuckmasterNice progress Bernhard! The molded stars reminded me that I built this kit in my teen years (more than 50 years ago). By the way, the HARS Aviation Museum (near Sydney) have just rolled out the replica Southern Cross for engine runs and taxi tests. If you're on facebook you can see lots of images, see link below. Remember this is a replica, so the engines and wheels are different to the original aircraft, but lots of the details like the control cables, etc, will be as per the original.
facebook.com/HARSAviationMuseumAlbionPark
1 January 2022, 22:55
Jay DubyaFYI Mates - here's a link for the history buffs.
"Brisbane, Australia is home to one of the most famous aeroplanes in the world. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's Fokker F.VIIb-3m Southern Cross is preserved in a purpose-built display building across the road from the Brisbane International Terminal."
adastron.com/southern-cross/default.htm
2 January 2022, 01:33
Bernhard SchrockDerek and Jay: thank you for the information. You are right at the source🙂. I know some pictures of a replica and I suppose that this was the plane you mean? I downloaded a lot of pictures of the aircraft displayed in Brisbane: it is another replica, right?
2 January 2022, 10:14
Jay Dubya[img1]
Just to be clear Bernhard, there are two Southern Cross aircraft in Australia. The replica that is being restored to flying condition, kept in a town south of Sydney, and the original plane, which is kept in a memorial opposite the Brisbane International Airport terminal. The photo link shows both in 1987.
2 January 2022, 12:02
Jay DubyaAs your attention to detail is amazing, you might also like to look at this page, as it lists all of the various modifications made to the original Fokker F.VIIb-3m to make the Southern Cross unique.
After all it was the first to cross the Pacific Ocean in 1928!
adastron.com/southern-cross/fair-dinkum.htm
2 January 2022, 12:22
Spanjaardgreat job as usual Bernhard. Sheperd Paine.... that brings some memories of old 🙂
5 January 2022, 19:11
Dietmar BogatzkiFantastic work, Bernhard, bad that one won´t see much of the details if the plane is ready 🙁
8 January 2022, 10:37
Bernhard SchrockThe next lighthouse kit will be come next week and so I reactivated my nostalgia kit project. As warm up I replaced / scratched the 6 attachment points on the wing lower side.
5 March 2022, 17:47
Julian Herrero aka YuriI must be old because I learned abt gizmology from the master Shep.
Impressive work on an old an basic kit
Congrats
5 March 2022, 18:34
Boris BGreat build and research! Thanks for documenting this long-distance build . !-)
Can you explain your raised panel lines restoration technique? I can't quite make sense of picture 4.
13 March 2022, 14:44
Bernhard SchrockMates: Thanks for you nice comments.
Boris: the language of an technician is a drawing 🙂. See please the last picture.
14 March 2022, 18:03
Juergen KlinglhuberAnother great show of skills - a pleasure to read/look at. 👍
15 March 2022, 15:42
Alec KDecals look great. Are those self made? If yes, can you provide some details (inkjet vs. laser, decal paper type). Thank you in advance.
18 March 2022, 12:38
SpanjaardAlec, in picture 41 Berhard mentions that those are patterns for masking, so i guess they are airbrushed, not decals 😉
18 March 2022, 13:36
Alec KAh, got it. Sorry I missed that. That explains the total absence of any borders…
18 March 2022, 18:11
Bernhard SchrockToday I received the custom printed decals and used them at once. I'm enchanted! The shine is exact the same as my paint so the clear varnish is not necessary. 🙂
7 April 2022, 17:49
Hanno KleineckeSilver and blue look super pretty, especially in combination with Davids great decals !
2 May 2022, 19:56
Bernhard SchrockThank you Mates! After several weeks of "absence" I glued yesterday the wing to the fuselage nearly without "mess"... (nearly = I have to airbrush a small wing area with aluminium).
Next step (three windshield windows) come at next.
3 May 2022, 07:49
Lochsa RiverBernhard,
you mention the use of decal material being painted to good effect. Is this some sort of special decal paper or is it just material from a decal sheet that was not used? is the color of the decal sheet important?
Thank you!
5 May 2022, 04:38
Bernhard SchrockGood morning Lochsa River. Thx. I oversprayed the remaining areas of the custom printed decals. This is a very durable decal paper and can be well applied over curved areas. Because of paint the color of decal is imo not important.
5 May 2022, 05:23
Boris BVery nice progress Bernhard ! What did you use to glue the windshield panes together so neatly ?
5 May 2022, 09:42
Bernhard SchrockLochsa River: I asked my friend who helped me create the decals. Sorry: we don't know about the manufacturer of this special delalpaper respective if it is avilable online🙁
Boris Belay: I played with Alfreds Nobel invention and used CA - glue of Tamiya 🙂
5 May 2022, 14:24
Robert PodkońskiI start suspect that you also have trained spiders, Bernhard, like Bughunter here 😄 Awesome work so far!
8 May 2022, 09:49
Hanno KleineckeThe control rods look superb, did you scratch the guiding loops by drilling PE leftovers ?
8 May 2022, 12:15
Alec KGreat progress. What is the colorant you add to the epoxy for the position lights?
8 May 2022, 13:21
Bernhard SchrockThx Hanno and Alec K.
Hanno: The guiding loops are spare PE-Parts (ignition wires & distribution ring for a R-2800). On the end of each ignition wire they are a small circle they should be represented the spark plug. I used this small circle plus apron. 1,5 mm of the ignition wire. In the middle I drilled a 0,2 mm hole.
Alec K: I colored the epoxy with Humbrol enamels (H3, emerald and H18, red). You need a very small amount of paint (5% or so). This small quantity of paint not change the properties of the epoxi.
8 May 2022, 15:59
Matthew AThank you for the tip about raised panel lines I tried replacing them with thick plastic tread before but that looks sooooo much eaiser
16 May 2022, 19:04
Hanno KleineckeHere now the proof : There is a secret army of ants under your command…… 😄
Super looking engines !
16 May 2022, 19:19
wilkyWhen I was in the Air Training Corps we got to visit the Southern Cross replica that was being built at Parafield Airfield in South Australia.
It was amazing.
I believe they had the original blueprints.
I seem to recall that they actually had to do a lot of work on the wing due to an incorrect procedure or damages that had occurred.
I've also seen the original at Brisbane Airport
16 May 2022, 19:26
Łukasz GlińskiExquisite build, noone would believe it all started with the ancient Frog sprues.
Wish I could get engines looking one-fifth that good on my future Trimotor build 👍
18 May 2022, 20:12
Bernhard SchrockSo many nice comments since yesterday although it's just quick-pictures 🙂! I'm so happy: thank you. Today I want to take some photos in my photo set with my Nikon.
19 May 2022, 08:06
Bernhard SchrockAs „promised" I managed today to equip my photo set with another background hangar and shot some pictures 🙂
19 May 2022, 16:28
Oleg SmilykCongrats, Bernhard, the best Southern Cross you can build with a set from Frog! The exterior is impressive, agree with all the amazing comments above!
19 May 2022, 18:37
Hanno KleineckeSpectacular work, especially these delicate Whirlwinds look fantastic 👍
Looking forward to seeing it „live an' direct" tomorrow 😄
21 May 2022, 11:06
Alec KSorry Bernhard, I just meat that I wished there was a better word for a model photo made look like the original. Certainly no criticism was intended. Cheers!
21 May 2022, 21:07
HenryGREAT JOB! A first rate build from a first rate builder. WOW!! Just beautiful
30 December 2022, 19:10
Andy BallThe bar has been raised! Brilliant work Bernhard- we all admire the subjects 'less-often chosen'!!
30 December 2022, 19:14
CarloExcellent work. I have to remember to use this as a reference when I get to my Valom kit of the Southern Cross.
3 January 2023, 06:23
Steve -Very Well Done. Your scratch built parts make the model much more superior than with just the kit parts alone.
3 January 2023, 07:15
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Transpacific Flight from Oakland (California) to Brisbane (Queensland Australia), 31.05 - 09.06.1928
