FSX: The 1940 Fokker T.5 bomber released

huub vink said:
Let me guess..... is his first name Pim?

Very well done Daan :encouragement: .

Cheers,
Huub
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Spot on, Huub!

Working on the shaping ribs of the rear fuselage section.

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Cheers!
 
Not much room to move for the rear gunner...... I assume he was not in his "flight" position during take off.

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
Not much room to move for the rear gunner...... I assume he was not in his "flight" position during take off.
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Correct Huub! He sat on a jumpseat right behind the radio-operator.
Rear fuse (tailgunner) to front. Jumpseat should be just below the curtain.

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Oh, can't help teasing :a1089:

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Not (yet) for a simulation model this time, though. Maybe in a later stadium, I'll tell some more. For now, just wanted to show this since I'm proud at the model!
 
Compared with the T.V the G.1 must be quite easy. I'm amazed to see how much information you were able to gather for this not very well known medium bomber. Compared with the T.V there is much more (accurate) information available for the G.1.

Years ago I didn't expect to see a Fokker D.XXI in FSX, but now I have a complete squadron. The T.V is even more rare, so the fact I will be able to explore one in the (near) future is a miracle. I hope you will keep surprising me with a finished model of the G.1, because so far, most G.1 projects ended unfinished......

Cheers,
Huub
 
Season greetings

We'll see guys, we'll see...
I remember Huub, talking with you in CRASH back in 2014 while looking at a T.5 scale model, how you suggested to do this bird ;)

In the meanwhile:
From me, Christmas blessings and best wishes for 2019!

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Great work again Daan. The model will be so detailed, that I wonder whether it will still work on my aging system....
The rotating "turret" is the same on the G-1 so you are making progress on that model as well.

Cheers,
Huub
 
Thank you Huub!

I can't help having respect for those guys: just all wood and fabric around you, while defending yourself against a flock of fire-spitting Messerschmitts...

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Hi Daan,

You have been a bit quiet here, but really great to see you are still working on this one :encouragement:

Greetings,
Huub
 
Yes Huub, it's the real life, I guess. I was on holiday to Israel for a few weeks, were quite busy at difficult projects at work, and so on...

Well, in the meanwhile I got underway with my T.5. I feel like I'm pretty much up-to-date with the progress (altough it's entering the sixth year of development now...).
I modelled the radio-operator's gunner position. It also served as an entrance and escape (fuselage door). The lower hatch was hinged upwards for sticking out a gun.



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Cheers!
 
Hi guys,

I feel a little proud and grateful. I've just finished, say, 98% of the modelling work on the interior. Of the leftover parts, 1% won't ever be modelled (that's the freedom I grant myself) and 1% will most likely be encountered during the upcoming processes.
So, for the moment, the model is 'finished'.

Well, the last things have been done on the interior of the fuselage rear section. I added machine gun posts, ammo drums, some other small stuff and, most interestingly, a 'message gutter'. Apparently, one envisioned the marconist to communicate with the tailgunner using a kind of tube post. I do not have any reference of this in the original manual, nor on photographs (only 11 of the fuselage back interior, most of them in wrecked state). The only reason for me to add this feature, is that I found a drawing in the National Archives of this gutter, complete with suspension and mounting instructions. The gutter ran from just behind the marconist's curtain to the tailgunner.


So, a view to the back, from the marconist's position
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View forward, from the tailgunner
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Guys, thanks for your attention!

Cheers, Daan
 
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