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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: coyotemagic on June 15, 2014, 12:31:35 PM

Title: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: coyotemagic on June 15, 2014, 12:31:35 PM: 1/48 Lone Star Vac-u-form with Vector engine, carved prop and scratch built interior.
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/Ed%20Boll%20photos/Fe81_zpsb23fe351.jpg)

(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/Ed%20Boll%20photos/Fe89_zpsd890b0eb.jpg)

(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/Ed%20Boll%20photos/Fe88_zpsb67d1318.jpg)

(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/Ed%20Boll%20photos/Fe86_zps75f7617b.jpg)

(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/Ed%20Boll%20photos/fe85_zps6b5fb669.jpg)

(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/Ed%20Boll%20photos/Fe82_zps0292086f.jpg)
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: lcarroll on June 15, 2014, 01:22:14 PM: Very impressive, especially for a Vac Kit, Beautiful detail and rigging, a real winner! Thanks for posting this!
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Des on June 15, 2014, 03:08:14 PM: Very nicely done, the overall finish is excellent and you have done a brilliant job on the rigging, well done with the interior.

Des.
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Nigel Jackson on June 15, 2014, 03:53:27 PM: A lovely piece of work and a powerful reminder as to what skilled hands can still achieve with a vac form.

Best wishes
Nigel
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Jacek on June 15, 2014, 07:33:00 PM: Very nicely made model.
Congratulations !

Jacek
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: radio on June 15, 2014, 08:26:02 PM: Great build and paint.
Martin
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: RAGIII on June 15, 2014, 09:20:58 PM: Bud, Thanks for posting Ed Bolls Fe8! My difficulties with the pictures still haven't been overcome!
Ed, This is your usual brilliant work! Lovely all the way around from construction to rigging!
RAGIII
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Alexis on June 15, 2014, 10:05:32 PM: Bud , thanks for posting pic's of Ed's FE-8 . Very fine job on a not so easy kit .

Terri
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: coyotemagic on June 16, 2014, 01:33:59 AM: Quote from: Terri on June 15, 2014, 10:05:32 PM
Bud , thanks for posting pic's of Ed's FE-8 . Very fine job on a not so easy kit .

Terri
Yeah, you should know! For those of you who haven't seen this kit prior to Ed's or Terri's TLC, it is an utterly useless slab of styrene with some vague bumps on it. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Lonestar Models and Mike West has produced some excellent kits. This was not one of them. I bought the kit on ebay and ended up just tossing it without ever attempting to build it then sent the decals to Terri for her wonderful project. What Ed has done here is nothing short of miraculous. I'm not sure how much of the kit he actually used, hopefully he'll chime in with some build commentary, but I know that Terri's was essentially scratch built.
Ed, thanks for submitting these photos. Truly remarkable work, Amigo. Makes me regret tossing mine.
Cheers,
Bud
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: lone modeller on June 16, 2014, 02:30:55 AM: A really good build of a not very well known type. Great to see another pusher. I am not a fan of vacuforms so I am even more impressed with this one - especially in such a large scale. Many congratulations.
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Epeeman on June 16, 2014, 06:15:53 AM: Great work of something a bit different.

Regards

Dave
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Ernie on June 16, 2014, 11:58:14 AM: Pretty amazing work on a Vacuform kit. Truly a wonderful bit of modelling.
Thanks for posting, Bud.

Cheers,
Ernie :)
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: dr 1 ace on June 17, 2014, 02:51:16 AM: Bud and Rick, Thank you my 2 amigos for work in posting the pics.

To all the above comments, Thank you all Lady and gentlemen.

Yes, it is pretty much all redone- sat around for years in various stages, finished it as sort of a prayer in hope that WNW would do one in 1/32 . (The latest WNW release of the ALB DVa OAW is a reminder of my how they eliminated most of my plans for some 1/28 scratch builds) There are still some rough spots on the Fe and need some touch up as the close ups show.

Ed
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: PrzemoL on June 17, 2014, 08:12:27 PM: Very nice build. Yet one more motivation to think of building a FE8.
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: dr 1 ace on June 18, 2014, 08:00:11 AM: Quote from: PrzemoL on June 17, 2014, 08:12:27 PM
Very nice build. Yet one more motivation to think of building a FE8.

Thanks Prez, love to see anything you do.
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: Alexis on June 18, 2014, 09:47:38 AM: Quote from: dr 1 ace on June 17, 2014, 02:51:16 AM
Bud and Rick, Thank you my 2 amigos for work in posting the pics.

To all the above comments, Thank you all Lady and gentlemen.

Yes, it is pretty much all redone- sat around for years in various stages, finished it as sort of a prayer in hope that WNW would do one in 1/32 . (The latest WNW release of the ALB DVa OAW is a reminder of my how they eliminated most of my plans for some 1/28 scratch builds) There are still some rough spots on the Fe and need some touch up as the close ups show.

Ed

Would love to see WNW or even Roden do a take on this bird . Don't think we will ever see Aeroclubs 48 and 32 scale offering . It has been a few years since this was announced :(

Terri
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: RAGIII on June 18, 2014, 10:06:39 AM: I would actually buy one of these from either Company!!
RAGIII
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on June 23, 2014, 04:27:04 PM: ed boll is one of the pioneers in our field. i have some very old ipms journals and flipping thru the name ed boll pops up again and again next to ww1 aircraft builds. much respect old man. cheers.
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: mgunns on June 26, 2014, 01:54:01 AM: Hello Ed:

Outstanding work on the model. I have attempted vac's in the past with limited results, the old J&L Stratocruiser, Viscount, and 727-200 fuselages, your work with this is amazing and a joy to behold.
Thanks to Bud for posting.
Best

Mark
Title: Re: Ed Boll's 1/48 Scale FE8
Post by: dr 1 ace on June 26, 2014, 09:37:15 AM: Mark and Alb1234,

Thank you gentlemen !!

Ed