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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: gedmundson on October 30, 2024, 08:25:56 AM
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After cracking open my WnW Fokker Eindecker E.1 last September, I've finally got a few pictures to share of the build. Again - some of the contributors to this forum have helped immensely with putting the project together so far. Although I'm cutting a few corners here and there. And I've had to make repairs & adjustments to the work so far because I don't look closely enough at my references the first time around.
The aircraft will be 13/15 which was flown by both Boelcke and Immelmann, and I wanted my fourth Eindecker to be completely straw-yellow coloured as shown in the optional schemes.
Cheers,
Gary
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The cockpit assembly with seat hearness from HGW. The turnbuckles had to be moved after researching their correct location after this was photographed. Luckily I'd used the etched metal ones which I was later able to slide into their proper position.
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I used ANYZ 3D printed switch handles on the panel.
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The wing root part was beefed up with some scrap plastic as per discussion on this before cementing the fuselage halves together.
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I pre-shaded some lines on the fuselage before painting on the dark yellow base colour.
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I took several attempts to paint the turned aluminum finish, since my pattern kept changing as I attempted to keep it consistent. I had to overspray the bad areas again with dark Aluminum and re-paint the squiggles with chrome enamel a few times.
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To get the undercarriage correctly aligned before painting, it was positioned and glued on the fuselage.
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Nice to see this one on the go Gary. An excellent start, a very smart interior and control panel. The machining swirls look very effective, I hear what you say about keeping the patterns consistent, it can be challenging. So it was worth the effort you put in there because the end result looks great.
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Your E.I is coming together beautifully, gemundson. Very impressive work in the cockpit, on the metal bits, and preshaded finish on the fuselage. Really looking forward to seeing your progress on this one!
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Oh my that looks very pretty! I am still too scared to try my hand at those turned metal cowlings :o Yours have come up very nicely.
Cheers
BC
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Gorgeous work so far Gary!
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Everywhere I look I see beautiful Fokker Monoplanes . . .makes me want to dig out that EIV ;)
Great work so far Gary. Any clue about the scheme you've chosen?
Paul
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Gorgeous work, Gary, this is looking to end up as good if not better than your E.IV... are you doing another article to go along with this one? Hope so.
All best,
Dutch
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Thanks to all who have commented - much appreciated.
Everywhere I look I see beautiful Fokker Monoplanes . . .makes me want to dig out that EIV ;)
Great work so far Gary. Any clue about the scheme you've chosen?
Paul
Thanks Paul - I'm doing the Option D from the instruction sheet which will be the straw-yellow scheme on the wings & fuselage.
Gorgeous work, Gary, this is looking to end up as good if not better than your E.IV... are you doing another article to go along with this one? Hope so.
All best,
Dutch
Thanks, Dutch - I'm taking a few photos of this build to possibly send off an article to Brett Green when I complete the project. Since this is the fourth WnW Eindecker I would be possibly putting an article together for, I have to live with the possibility that it would be somewhat repetitive and there may not be a need for it...we'll see ;)
I've been slowly working through weathering the fuselage and correcting the aircraft number (263 instead of 262) and adding a few etched metal turnbuckles to the control lines below the cockpit.
Cheers!
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That's looking very nice Gary. Those mavined swirls do look good.
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Very nice progress! Just out of curiosity and as you gained experience when you built four of them: Have you had any problems with dropping wings on the Eindeckers? It was (/is?) a notorious problem with the 1:48 eduard kits.
Andreas
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That's looking very nice Gary. Those mavined swirls do look good.
Thanks again, Nigel. Have fun at SMW ;)
Very nice progress! Just out of curiosity and as you gained experience when you built four of them: Have you had any problems with dropping wings on the Eindeckers? It was (/is?) a notorious problem with the 1:48 eduard kits.
Andreas
Thanks Andreas. I've never specifically had this problem on my previous three builds...and have just added the wings to this build yesterday. But following the recent builds by Mike, Prze, Dutch & NigelR there was a suggestion to "beef up" the anchor points of the WnW kit to prevent "wing droop" wing joints - which I did. I added a chunk of thick plastic to part A-18 to solidify that part to which the wing tabs are secured.
Cheers,
Gary
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Thank you very much for that hint, Gary!
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With the wings attached, I added the landing gear and worked my way through the rigging process. Although I'd rigged a few of these models before, I still rely on the detailed walk-around photos posted by James Fahey of the Eindecker in New Zealand to show exactly where the cables go...or try to see where I'd put them on my old builds. The instruction guide for rigging these models leaves a lot to be desired. Still adding touches of weathering as I go (that won't be completed until the very end).
Cheers,
Gary
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Just catching up. Fantastic work. Maybe next aluminum squiggle job you can try the AK real markers, not that yours look bad - they look great but curious about the control the markers may provide.
Steve
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Thanks Steve. Interesting suggestion about the markers - I've never seen them. Wonder how fine the tips are?
Cheers,
Gary
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Maybe next aluminum squiggle job you can try the AK real markers, not that yours look bad - they look great but curious about the control the markers may provide.
I don't think AK markers will work, the tips aren't fine enough and they deliver too much paint. I tried five different paint pens when I was experimenting and none of them worked as well as a paintbrush IMO. Although I didn't try the AK markers, I looked at one at a model show and the tip looked very similar to ones that I had tried (and rejected). I tried the AK panel liner dipping pen which actually works quite well but I found it hard to get the same consistency in the squiggles as a brush.
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Maybe next aluminum squiggle job you can try the AK real markers, not that yours look bad - they look great but curious about the control the markers may provide.
I don't think AK markers will work, the tips aren't fine enough and they deliver too much paint. I tried five different paint pens when I was experimenting and none of them worked as well as a paintbrush IMO. Although I didn't try the AK markers, I looked at one at a model show and the tip looked very similar to ones that I had tried (and rejected). I tried the AK panel liner dipping pen which actually works quite well but I found it hard to get the same consistency in the squiggles as a brush.
Thanks for that, Nigel. You saved me a lot of time (and money) by explaining what you'd been through. When I searched for these metalic (Silver, Aluminum, Chrome??) markers they seemed to be unavailable through all of my typical suppliers (quite popular?). I apply my squiggles using Model Master Chrome enamel with the tip of a Tamiya 87048 brush which is extremely fine - so a very tiny amount in a controlled delivery is what is needed.
Cheers,
Gary
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A couple of shots to end the "construction" part of this build. I've taken a few shortcuts especially with the rigging, using etched metal turnbuckles and sliding them into position by running the line from one end to the other on the flat side. After painting them up and if you squint hard enough they don't look too bad. The turnbuckles for the wings were the 1/32 metal gaspatch ones which I painted up with their green & red ends. I'll hopefully get a few photos done for the "completed" section soon.
I'm certainly pleased I made the effort to acquire this kit a year & a half ago when it was still in stock at a local shop in Edmonton. The remaining WnW inventory was dispersed at that time allowing a flood of kits to spill out at decent prices. It is certainly a different aircraft than the other types (II, III, IV) with it's shorter wingspan & length. I've got one left in my stash...the E.II/E.III early to build and will look forward to putting that together soon.
Cheers,
Gary
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I think she turned out beautiful Gary, a feast to the eye!
Looking forward to see more pictures in the 'completed' section.
Willem
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The end result looks great. Yes, those AK pens are very popular, people were raving about them all weekend at SMW. The suppliers that had them sold out. I think I will try them for things like the base wood colour on cockpit parts, but they are in pretty short supply. However, I don't think they solve the "squiggle" challenge, not unless they do ones with a finer point.
A couple of shots to end the "construction" part of this build. I've taken a few shortcuts especially with the rigging, using etched metal turnbuckles and sliding them into position by running the line from one end to the other on the flat side. After painting them up and if you squint hard enough they don't look too bad.
If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed! They look fine and I am all for a few shortcuts to get things finished.........