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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: FokkerFodder on August 03, 2025, 01:42:03 AM
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This will be the first of hopefully 2 builds. 96/15 is likely to be Buddecke's 'yellow bird with black, threatening eyes' that he used while based in the Dardanelles, although it's not 100% certain. Given there were only 2 Eiii's available and this one was definitely yellow, I'm going with 96/15! The 'black eyes' are of course the Ottoman national markings. I still have 3 other ones on the workbench, so i might be juggling between projects for a while.
cheers
Matt
(https://i.imgur.com/Djl4rG4.jpg)
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Looking forward to seeing this one, especially with the Ottoman markings.
Alan.
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Great choice Matt - the Eindecker is a great subject for those famous early aces. Looking forward to this one!
Cheers,
Brad C
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Nice.
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Nice choice!
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Looking forward to seeing how this turns out .
Alexis
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Excellent choice Matt. Who doesn?t love early Fokkers?
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Progress is being made slowly!
(https://i.imgur.com/7Tm2s0x.jpg)
The close up is a bit brutal to look at but it looks ok to the naked eye. Now on to closing her up.
cheers
Matt
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Looking very good indeed, nice work in 1/48.
The close up is a bit brutal to look at but it looks ok to the naked eye.
They can be brutal, especially if taken with a mobile phone (which tend to overdo the contrast and colours). But I am sure this looks great in the flesh.
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Very impressive work so far Matt - love the detail and paintwork.
Cheers,
Gary
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It looks good from the photo.
Alan.
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Spectacular interior!
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Thanks for all the nice comments!
A bit more progress. The representation of the bottom door panels was a little underwhelming, so I had a crack at redoing this - I mostly based it off the Wingnuts Eiii although I also used the Windsock plans as well - especially for redoing the bottom seam stitching which seemed a bit off on the Eduard kit.
(https://i.imgur.com/AXc7HKv.jpg)
Not perfect by any means but it will do - I also added the rod/tube running across which was for attaching the wings on the side when it was it was being road transported. One day I wouldn't mind doing a diorama of this - there are some good pics around.
(https://i.imgur.com/lHkII4v.jpg)
and here it is in a dry fitting.
(https://i.imgur.com/GY1qLlX.jpg)
the wooden panels are drying the background.
I've now sealed her up - I find it easier to skin these with Evergreen rather than try to get rid of the seam - plus I can cover up my mistakes!
(https://i.imgur.com/8Oq7dNt.jpg)
The front panel is just a dry fit at the moment. That will be it for a few weeks as i have to go overseas. Hopefully a few supplies will have arrived and i can get some paint on!
cheers
Matt
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Wonderful scratch work Matt. This is really taking great shape!
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Lovely modelling all round, that improved door looks so much better. That's a really interesting approach with the reskinning of the fuselage, I had never considered that. It can be really hard to eliminate those seams.....
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Excellent work on the pit Matt and I like that idea on skinning with sheet shock to cover up seems . Did you use 0.05 sheet for this ?
Alexis
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I somehow missed the start of this, great job. The sheet plastic rather than putty is clever, thanks.
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Apologies for the lack of progress updates. Thanks for the comments. The card is actually.005 sheet, so it's almost like paper. I've found you have to avoid hot glues like Tamiya liquid cement as this basically melts it and you end up seeing the seam again.
I'm not sure how to load Flickr images for UK readers - so I'll use Imgur and try and add links to Flickr. Forgive me if they don't work - I'm sure someone can explain it to me!
This is a bit of a speed dial to get to where I am now. First up the markings were added.
(https://i.imgur.com/wm8ILqI.jpg)
https://flic.kr/p/2rxLaef
I'm terrible at masking so there was a fair bit of touching up but got there.
I fussed about with the undercarriage. The Eduard kit hasn't got the aerofoils on the bottom part of the structure (the photo is actually a cropped one from Eduard - I'm sure they won't mind!) while the ones for the vertical uprights made them look like billowing bloomers. The final result was ok -perhaps too wide but I ran out of patience. I used trusty .005 sheet again - this time I did use hot Tamiya glue to 'melt' the sheet so I could bend it around the axels.
(https://i.imgur.com/0Q49Px6.jpg)
https://flic.kr/p/2rxLa4L
(https://i.imgur.com/3LVNv3y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Uh7QLiN.jpg)
https://flic.kr/p/2rxLae5
https://flic.kr/p/2ryrYRZ
Some basic weathering and a crack at the cowling swirls. It looks average in close up but ok to the naked eye. Perhaps I need to do tighter and more refined swirls next time.
(https://i.imgur.com/Tn2rK67.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hFp7lwT.jpg)
https://flic.kr/p/2rxSfNs
https://flic.kr/p/2ryFiDS
And we get to today where the wings were added - I should be able to start rigging tomorrow. The vertical support for the bracing wires is not glued in yet. I didn't quite realise how large these Eindeckers were - they're too big for my preferred base for scouts so I have to order an alternative....
(https://i.imgur.com/kq2506u.jpg)
https://flic.kr/p/2ryDGBn
cheers all
Matt
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Looks terrific. The weathering seems just right.
I may steal your idea of the wrapped .005 to make landing gear struts for a Ni25.
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This is really looking great! The hammered/turned aluminum work is amazing!
RAGIII
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That's looking good. I agree, the swirling could be a little tighter but it's a hard effect to pull off and I also agree it looks great from viewing distance, especially in situ. Nice job all round, this is already a very cool looking build.
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Amazing build. Lovely work
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thanks all
Here is the man himself.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54899395298_7394167b4c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rDgKyf)Aces GB (https://flic.kr/p/2rDgKyf) by matt Hampton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/147914438@N07/), on Flickr
And now all completed! I'll post a few more pics under the 'completed' board.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54907813581_6363a0c1b5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rE1U24)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2rE1U24) by matt Hampton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/147914438@N07/), on Flickr
cheers
Matt
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Beautiful Model, Base, and Pilot! Very Well Done!
RAGIII
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Wonderful finish and the figure is superb.
Alan.
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What a wonderful build, extremely well done, Chapeau!
Joerg