[WWI] 1/72nd Alb DV Question

[Patrick Cook]

And in all fairness, I don't know that the Eduard or Roden kit wheels are wrong or that the Cooper wheels are right.  I'm just saying that the two kit's wheels are very close to one another and to the drawings I have.  Sounds like the Cooper wheels are slightly bigger but the question is, "Are they more accurate?".

I guess the solution to this whole topic is to find out what the diameter of a real Albatros D.V wheel/tire is and then divide it by 72.

Does anyone here know that or have access to an Albatros for a quick measurement?

Patrick C.
Atlanta


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pedro Soares<mailto:pnsoares1 at netcabo.pt> 
  To: 'World War I Modeling Mailing List'<mailto:wwi at wwi-models.org> 
  Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 17:03
  Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/72nd Alb DV Question


  Oh,,,NOOOOOOOO!

   

  I've done a few albatri and I had never realized...

   

  The thickness of a sheet of paper..

   

  I knew those roden kits were bad. and the eduard too. BUT not THAT bad..

   

  Maybe the original wheels were mastered from slightly deflated tires..(hopefully, I mean..)

   

  P

   

   

   

  De: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] Em nome de Patrick Cook
  Enviada: segunda-feira, 16 de Novembro de 2009 13:23
  Para: World War I Modeling Mailing List
  Assunto: Re: [WWI] 1/72nd Alb DV Question

   

  I did some measuring last night to see what I could learn.  I compared the Eduard 1/72nd scale Albatros D.V wheels to the Roden Albatros D.V kit wheels.  The Roden wheels are larger than the Eduard ones by about the thickness of a sheet of paper.

   

  I checked the size of the wheels against both the Osprey and Windsock Datafile drawings/profiles.  Again the Eduard wheels appear to be too small by about the thickness of a single piece of paper.  We are talking about VERY small differences.  If I didn't have calipers out to measure them with, I would not have been able to detect a difference of that size.

   

  If anyone has these 1/72nd scale Cooper resin wheels, could he/she please measure the difference in sizes between them and the kit wheels and let us know how much bigger they are?

   

  Patrick C.

  Atlanta

   

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: James and Linda Fahey<mailto:fahey.j.l at clear.net.nz> 

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    Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 02:14

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    Yes thats an interesting point Patrick, I remember when I first got the Cooper wheels I compared them to the Eduard kit parts and thought the difference wasn't worth bothering about. In 1/48 it's a different matter altogether. I should dig them out and take a side by side photo . . . 

    James

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      From: Patrick Cook<mailto:festercook at msn.com> 

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      Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 5:19 PM

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      My understanding has always been that the 1/48th scale wheels are the ones that are incorrectly sized.  I have not heard of that issue about the 1/72nd scale Albatros kit wheels.

       

      Patrick C.

      Atlanta
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