After a very very very... very very long time... time to try again with a new project... a summer project that I truly hope I will finish this time.
I have been keeping an eye, almost daily, on what's going on with all of you, so I am not that "off", even if I haven't send out any posts.
But I can just say, oh boy, what projects you are all working on, really a lot of activities, good ones !
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I have a weak spot for float planes, so I wanted to build one, and MiniArts Junkers F13 seemed to be the right one. I ordered the kit a few days ago and today the mailman rang on the door and brought the baby home. :-)
I opened up the box and was very positively surprised, the kit looks really crispy and nice!
As this will be a slow build, I have been planning the approach very carefully.
I will jump immediately on section 15 and start with the engine; BMW Model III.
The amount of parts in the engine is roughly 24!
Now, some interesting info.. This particular F13 had a BMW IIIA engine, but if you "google" you find almost no good reference material of it. Mostly of the successor, the BMW IV engine, which looks slightly different.
It has a visible removable oil sump pan or access hatch, something the IIIA engine did not have. MiniArt have done their job well, the part to be used is missing this hatch (aka part 17 in the sprue picture)
It's rather difficult to find good reference pictures from the genuine BMW IIIA, but it does not matter, the BMW IV is close match, and I will use it as paint reference anyhow.
Below the IV version with the "hatch" that the IIIA does not have.
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Let's see what next!
- Kari
