Nemere scale 1/6

[bocorvin]

Merci Vincent,Dominique et Pierre pour les encouragements!
Quelque chose de "liquid lead" (en Anglais)
I took about 20 ml slow curing epoxy for 300 grams liquid lead. First I put in 10 ml epoxy in the nose with a syringe (keeping the fuselage verically of course) then pouring in the lead, tapping and poking a bit, just like pouring concrete. Then I put the remaining epoxy over it.
It gives a very strong result, this is a picture of my crashed Nemere (1:8 ) the nose is still intact. I tried to fracture it with a chisel and a hammer, but its very strong. Don't use PVA (white glue) it doesn't harden very well and can expand.





You can see the mark of the chisel in the lead/epoxy.

Vincent.

[caralp_laurent]

Salut Vincent,
Bravo, il est magnifique ton planeur

Lolo

[GARCIA]

il est superbe.

[bocorvin]

Merci beaucoup Lolo et Jose pour votre commentaires jolie!
It is very encouraging

Vincent.

[Christian]

Quel beau planeur , magnifique finition j'adore

Christian

[Clifton]

Very beautiful work. Nice idea the liquid lead.

[bocorvin]

Merci Christian et Clfton pour les jolie comments
Je continue en Anglais, les detail du cockpit.
I ordered a set of instruments at aerocockpit, its a nice start for the instrument panel. The kit contains a photo of the dial, plastic rings in the correct diameter and bezels (additionel rings)

and some other stuff, a picture of instruments and some pages of the Askania catalogue from 1937/1938 which I found on the net.





The instruments are a bit basic, its only a front, so I had to add some depht to the instruments, they are very visible.



I also made the thermosbottle for the variometer. I made all the parts out of a handle of a paintbrush (still using the brush )

and using my just obtained lathe.


I cut short pieces of 0.45 mm hardbrass from Alan Gibson (UK) in the back of the instruments to attach the tubing. Made also T pieces.



For the tubing itself I use silicon isolation from electrowire












Next I glued the canopy with canopy glue on the frame and cut the two elliptical holes in the sides, and then cut the rear spacer out.




In the fuselage there is a handle to drop the dolly which, in the model, is connected with the on/off receiver switch. At the left side behind the shoulder of the pilot a small handle to put both ailerons up or down

I think you can just spot that on the photo, just as the thermosbottle for the vario.
Another very visible part is the venturi which drives the turn indicator.
It was a challenge on my lathe, Adri turned a piece of solid aluminium out of a old doorhandle and I turned the venturi.





From some scrap brass I bent a strap to attach the venturi at the canopy.











There is still not a pilot, it will be there before Polsa!
Up to the decals, My friend Adri can cut them with a digital cutting machine and he just enlarged the files he had from my 1/8 scale Nemere by 33%. When he had cut them we both noticed that the olympic rings on the original (see photo) are much thinner than the olympic rings used nowadays.


From the photo we thought the rings are about 1/14 or 1/15 of the diameter. Adri also found at that the rings were different positioned, I hope it gives a nice image of the time.


On a day which wasn't overcast, raining or storming I put the Nemere together and made some shots (still missing the pilot










Its nearing its completion, still missing some details in the cockpit and the pilot itself!

Vincent.

[henning jung]

hallo,

wunderschöner Flieger und das in dem Maßstab

Gruß Henning

[VincentB]

Bravo Vincent, superbes détails, d'autant plus minutieux à faire sur un modèle au 1/6 que sur un plus grand

[LEROY]

Fantastique !!
What is your camera ?

Michel.L

[Sed]

Somptueux tous ces détails !

[bocorvin]

Merci Sed, Dominique, Leroy et Vincent pour des jolie commentaires!
Danke Henning fur ihr schone commentar!
Mon camera est une Canon sx600HS, c'est une camera compacte , avec
une optique 18X zoom et position macro, aussi possible dans le position tele.

Vincent

[caralp_laurent]

Bravo Vincent,
Il est magnifique !

Lolo

[Greg]

génial ! belle leçon de technologie modéliste !

[sebastian92]

très belle réalisation pleine de supers détails !!
It's going to fly this year now

[Clifton]

Wow, so marvelous again. Lots of details so nice on this scale. Congratulations.

[bocorvin]

Thank you all for the compliments!
All that was left to be done was the pilot and some interior details.
After a lot of hesitation I started with the head making in super sculpey, thanks to this forum! I found it not very easy to work with (its a bit sticky) I wanted tomake a pilot resembling Lajos Rotter.

After a lot of sweating this was the result...

It was heated in the oven (a bit to hot). I was to lazy to replicate it, so I drilled the head out to keep the weight down.

and accidentally drilled trough it. So I had to repair its scull .

I made the figure of balsa. The knee and elbow joints of copper (electrical wire) glued in the balsa limbs with cyano, the shoulder and hip from elastical cord.







(The protruding iron wire loop is just to pull the elastical cord through the balsa)

For his hair I used plumbers hemp (I guessed Lajos had black hair) glued on with PVA coloured with black acrylic paint



In the meantime Jenny had painted the face

I had asked my sister, Hans, to make his clothing. She started to make a pattern

and then the pants, shirt (with very small buttons!)

All the clothing has velcro on the rear.

Yes, the head is a bit big.
I also made a pair of sunglasses out of a pair old polaroid sunglasses.

and 0.45mm hard brass wire from Alan Gibson.



His "boots" is just his balsa feet, painted with cellulose with porienfuller, black acrylics and porienfuller again, well polished .
I could not easily find a suitable harness so I just made it; the buckles from tinned 0.7 mm hardbrass and some scrap







it is secured with a 0.3mm clip, through a 0.5mm hole im the central (2mm) pin. It is attached with fake hexagonal bolts behind his shoulders.

In the cockpit itself I made the uncoupler handle on the left














The wooden round knobs came from an art shop. On the right side I made a holder for rhe aerial map.





Suddenly it seems finished! All the electronics work, cg is OK. She is a bit heavy, 2800gr.
Now its waiting for good weather, so we will fly it for the first time .

Some shots outside,








To be continued.

[philippe44]

[sebastian92]

very very nice job !!
you have chance to have a lot of place in the nose to place all radio and details

[Greg]

Stop, I can't more my eyes was putting outside!

[Christian]

Christian

[michel]

Superbe, et bons vols.

Michel

[Clifton]

So marvelous details. Great great works

[VincentB]

Congratulation Vincent, amazing work on the clothes your pilot "hand made" has a Spirit, not like those from shop

[stéphane monot]

Hello,

[bocorvin]

Merci a tous, pour tous les compliments!
My sister will be very pleased too,.
With a bit of luck it will fly on sunday, I'll keep you informed.

Amicalement,
Vincent

[DOMINIQUE DIOT]

nickel

[Philippe26]

Hello,
What can I said ? nothing more, It is a superb work.
And the pilot has not only a spirit, he has a soul.....

Great job.
Philippe

[LEROY]

It is splendid, your pilot is a prowess

Michel.L

[RichardP]

waouh