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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: gedmundson on March 13, 2016, 03:17:19 PM
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Good day everyone,
This is WnW's Fokker E.III done to represent the aircraft flown by Manfred von Richthofen in his early days as a scout pilot. I used the same old figure from Model Cellar (seen previously with my LVG C.IV) to pose beside it to give a size perspective in a couple of the pics.
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That's absolutely lovely Gary,the machined metal effect is most impressive,as is the weathering.I particularly like the two posed shots.
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Great job Gary,
I particularly like the last 2 shots too ;) cracking!
What is the background you use?
Guy
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Extremely well done Gary, the overall finish on the Fokker is superb and the background is excellent.
Des.
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Great squiggly work Gary!
I very much like your oil staining and that prop really is excellent.
A model to be very proud of.
Whats next? :)
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The Eindecker is an absolute stunner, Gary! I really like the
setting with the figure and background...it completes everything
beautifully. I have to ask how you did the "squiggles" on the
aluminum parts? Superb model, my friend!
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Fantastic job! That's a beautiful finish.
Drew
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Hi Gary,
wonderful work! :)
It´s looking beautiful, and the discreetly weathering, great!
Regards
Jörg
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That's absolutely gorgeous Gary - those last two pics make it especially so. I have just received this kit but to date had dismissed doing a 'grey' version - your's has certainly focussed my mind some - beautiful work indeed.
Regards - Tug
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Wow Gary, you didn't hold back on this one! I really like the shading you've done and the rigging is impressive to say the least, GasPatch 1:48 Buckles? Also would like to know more about the grass base she's sitting on in the last two photos, locally sourced?
Great detail and finish as we've come to expect from your bench, nicely done!
Cheers,
Lance
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I am in awe of the weathering! I absolutely LOVE the soaked in oil look around the ribs and fuselage formers. How did you do that? Beautiful all around and the rigging is awesome!
RAGIII
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Thanks Gentlemen - glad you like the model.
Guy - you asked about the background I've used. It's a printed model train backdrop from FALLER, and is about 3' X 1.5' drymounted on a piece of foam board. The colours get a bit washed out since I use four floodlamps to illuminate the subject.
Boggie asked - what I'll be doing next? Well - I've got a couple more WnW on the go; a Pfalz D.XII and a D.IIIa. I'm still waiting for some help from Bertl as to how he got that wonderful weathered black finish on his D.IIIa
Ernie asked about the turned aluminum squiggles. That was the one thing that held this project up for months - trying to figure out how to do that without having the types of paints recommended in the WnW helpful tips on their website. I experimented with various metal finishes, finally settling on a base of Alclad Dark Aluminum, and using a new 000 brush to paint squiggles of Testor Model Master Chrome Silver on the surface. The interior of the aluminum cowlings were done with other combinations as I worked out the process since they are barely visible. I also sprayed a few light lines of Tamiya Smoke here and there to weather the surface.
Tug - I had also not wanted to do that greyish green scheme originally, but trusted the WnW reference team since I was wanting to do MvR's mount. As a compromise, halfway through this project I bought another WnW Eindecker II/III just so I could build a cream-coloured one. To be honest for this project I mixed a lighter shade of the XF-22 they suggest by adding some XF-60 Dark Yellow.
Lance, you are always too kind! The turnbuckles are the photo-etched ones from RB Productions. I tried to use a translucent metal enamel on them just to tone down the bright brass look. The base is an old trophy plaque that I just added some Celuclay (with acrylic paint for colour), and randomly stuck static grass of various colours here and there. I've made similar bases for my armour projects for years, and was able to throw that together quickly. It's big enough to work for most of the WnW projects I've built so far.
And RAGIII - Thanks! I pre-shaded the fuselage ribs and the cross-wires above the rear fuel tank, then added very thin masking tape to all these spots. After spraying on the base colour, I removed the tape, then added more base colour to blend and fade the harsh lines. I also airbrushed a very dark brown to show where oil had soaked into the fabric, and later added little cumulative dots of diluted oil paint around these same areas to simulate the stains seen in a lot of the period photos. The wings were done in the same fashion.
Cheers!
Gary
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Lovely work, Gary. It looks very impressive.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Magnificent Eindecker, Gary! One of the finest I've seen.
Cheers,
Bud
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Magnificent Eindecker, Gary! One of the finest I've seen.
Cheers,
Bud
Add another admirer to the mix... Super job, Gary ;)
vB
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Nigel, Bud and Bob - thanks for your kind comments! The kit was a joy to build and offered it's fair share of new things to try. I have to give credit to this site (Bertl "Umlaufmotor" in particular) for added reference as to where the rigging wires went exactly. If I do have a complaint about the WnW instructions, it would be the vague way they show how the rigging wires go (in some cases).
Cheers,
Gary
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What is there left to write about a model that is first class in every aspect? Absolutely stunning!
Stephen.
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What is there left to write about a model that is first class in every aspect? Absolutely stunning!
Stephen.
Thanks Stephen, much appreciated!
Gary
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This is an absolute beauty of an Eindecker, Gray. You used the kit's engine, I assume (as there is no mentioning of an aftermarket item)?
S.
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Thanks Stefan, that's correct - I used the kit engine and just added some ignition wires at the back.
Cheers!
Gary
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awesome job on that Eindecker! Congratulations! I like feldgrau on those planes :)
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Superb job, Gary -
Nicely set off with the figure as well.
Regards
Dave
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Thanks Dave, much appreciated.
The "profile" page has you in Gravesend, UK? I used to live in nearby Rochester back in the sixties...building some of my first Airfix kits at the time!
Cheers,
Gary
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This is one of the best models I have ever seen ! Congrats :D
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Completely overlooked, shame on me.
This is the best-built Fokker E.I - E.IV what I've seen so far.
Everything is right here, in my eyes.
Weathering, squirls on the cowling and - something which is considered to very few Fokker E. models, the wings are straight!! They do not hang down, are not warped - this built is showing a superb job of rigging, Friends!!!
And also Manfred is painted perfectly.
All my thumbs up!
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Every one of my thumbs as well, Gary.
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Mine as well to all the above !!
Ed
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Beautiful execution on this!!
Steve
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love eindeckers and your is stunning, very clean build with very tastful shading and such. my question is where did you hear that this was richthofens plane? i may be mistaken but i thought he started flying after the eideckers had faded into history. i am not challenging you but i really thought that he had not started flying on his own until later on.i seem to remember him flying a halberstadt d.ii as first mount. like i said i could be wrong. you have my curiousity sparked will have to crack some books.
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love eindeckers and your is stunning, very clean build with very tastful shading and such. my question is where did you hear that this was richthofens plane? i may be mistaken but i thought he started flying after the eideckers had faded into history. i am not challenging you but i really thought that he had not started flying on his own until later on.i seem to remember him flying a halberstadt d.ii as first mount. like i said i could be wrong. you have my curiousity sparked will have to crack some books.
Hi there Scott, glad you liked the model! The scheme is one of the choices given in the kit. They even had a couple of photos in the instruction booklet of when von Richthofen crashed it. It was news to me as well, and I've read a few books on him myself.
Cheers,
Gary
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MVR's history on the Fokker E.III is not well covered in most of the literature. Killduff's "Red Baron, Life and Death of an Ace" does cover that short period of his flying career. As was common, Kamphstaffel 8 where the Baron started his front seat flying on Albatros C.III's or possibly Rumpler C.I's in March 1916 had a Fokker Monoplane on strength. He flew it as did several other pilots of the unit although he did not score any victories with it and wrote it off in a landing crash in early July of that year. There are 2 excellent photos of the crashed aircraft in the Albatros Publications "Richthofen" by AE Ferko.
Cheers,
Lance
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Simply beautiful
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A lovely outstanding excellent model Gary
No superlatives are enough.
I got catched!