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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: IanB on March 15, 2016, 06:42:52 AM

Title: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on March 15, 2016, 06:42:52 AM

Hi all,
 Whilst waiting for the paint on the Roland to dry I decided to start a quick OOB build of the Eduard Fokker E.III. This kit is streets ahead of the Airfix Roland - everything matches the plans perfectly, including the positioning of the wing ribs!
 I am in the process of upgrading my collection and replacing some of my early efforts, built when I first re-entered the modelling "arena" about 5 years ago. The Roland C.II is one of those early efforts, but my very first one, built with only the meagre supplies and tools that I purchased at the same time as the kit, in my local hobby shop, was Revells' Fokker E.III -

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/20160314_163219.jpg)

 it did its job, but it's not very pretty - time to upgrade! The Revell kit is also a little off - ok span-wise, but it's about 1mm too narrow in the fuselage and 9mm too short.

I'll be building this one as Buddeke's Turkish aircraft and will finish it in a red-brown colour as suggested in the Datafile. My reasoning for going for that instead of dark green or grey is that the British were known to have used red-brown in the Mediterranean theatre, and I'm surmising that they got the idea from the Turks and used it because it worked! Plus it'll add a little interest to the subject!

 In the box: 1 sprue of parts, one PE fret, painting masks, and decals...

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/003_50.jpg)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/004_36.jpg)

 I did get a pic of the sprue but I cleared my camara's stash and forgot to upload it....nothing really photogenic anyway!

After a couple of days I already have the cockpit done and the fuselage buttoned up...

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/005_22.jpg)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/006_17.jpg)

 The engine and Spandau are also complete, with their respective PE parts attached...

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/007_8.jpg)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/008_3.jpg)

Thanks for looking in!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Des on March 15, 2016, 06:54:28 AM

You have made excellent progress on this kit Ian and what you have done so far looks superb.

Des.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Alexis on March 15, 2016, 10:18:44 AM

Moving right along on this one , looking good so far  8)



Terri

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: jeroen_R90S on March 15, 2016, 05:49:34 PM

Great start! I like the Revell kit, too! :)

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on March 15, 2016, 10:26:37 PM

Outstanding work to date! The interior and MG look awesome!
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: radio on March 16, 2016, 06:15:32 AM

Great work until now.
Cheers
Martin

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: WarrenD on March 19, 2016, 10:55:25 AM

Looks great so far!  I'm following this one for sure.

Warren

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: TobyCoulson on March 20, 2016, 03:15:50 AM

Very nice work so far. The PE for the engine looks a challenge to attach.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on March 20, 2016, 05:33:01 AM

Thanks all!
Toby, the PE is actually not too bad - just one bend on the end of each of the valve gear parts and CA in place...it is very easy to bend by accident though!

 This was supposed to be a quick OOB build...it hasn't been my week! I mixed a red-brown that i liked and sprayed body, wings, tail and wheels and it came out really nicely. I was very pleased with it...you know what's coming...
 I then went to mask off the fuselage to spray the nose section and slightly misplaced one of the kit's masks, so I removed it...along with the paint!  :-[

I left it for a day and this morning I took the opportunity to tidy up the seam down the spine a little, then rubbed down the paintwork so there were no raised edges. I then sprayed the aluminium on the nose and cowling.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/002_76.jpg)

 I'm not even going to touch it until tomorrow now, then I'll mix up another pot of red-brown and respray the rest of it!

Thanks for looking in!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on March 20, 2016, 08:39:36 AM

Ian,
It certainly has been a rough painting week for you! Hopefully all of your tribulations are now behind you!
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Cimmerian on March 20, 2016, 10:50:32 PM

Watching this with interest, got two of these waiting to get on the bench.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on March 22, 2016, 06:06:56 AM

Thanks guys - Rick, I hope so too...

 I got around to repainting the red-brown today and then managed to remove the masking without taking any paint off!

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/003_51.jpg)

Result!  ;D

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on March 22, 2016, 04:40:28 PM

very nice

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on March 24, 2016, 07:36:50 AM

Thanks Alby!

 A day of decaling today, on this and the Roland. The wings are just resting in place for the pic, but it's certainly looking smart with its black squares on!

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/003_52.jpg)

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Des on March 24, 2016, 07:56:47 AM

Looking very nice Ian.

Des.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: coyotemagic on March 24, 2016, 08:28:00 AM

Lovely work, Ian!  I really like this scheme and your execution of it.
Cheers,
Bud

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: radio on March 26, 2016, 02:45:18 AM

Beautiful work Ian.
Cheers
Martin

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on March 28, 2016, 12:00:51 PM

A little more progress today. Got the undercarriage and a few more bits of PE fitted.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/20160327_171612.jpg)

I hope to get the undercarriage and wing-warping rigging on tomorrow, maybe the engine and cowling too....

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Ernie on March 28, 2016, 07:37:24 PM

Really nice work, Ian.  Nice to see a slightly unusual paint
scheme.  Good choice, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Des on March 28, 2016, 07:51:56 PM

Great work with the undercarriage Ian.

Des.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 09, 2016, 12:23:49 PM

I seem to have been sidetracked from this one by the RE8
  A good part of that can be put down to the fact that after applying the decals, I noticed that the fuselage and tail squares were not square...on one side only! For some reason, Eduard had printed one each of the tail and fuselage decals as rectangles, instead of squares....they were a good 1mm longer than they were high. How I hadn't noticed before I don't know, but it was pretty obvious once I actually looked at them! Since I had mixed the paint for the fuselage, I therefore had to try to remix it to match.....

 Fast forward a few weeks.....I finally got around to fixing the paint and decal issues. I repainted the fuselage and used aftermarket decals, then touched in with paint to get the white field all the way to the edges.

 Next up was adding the Spandau, king posts, engine, and cowling, then rigging the undercarriage. I have also made a start on rigging the king posts......

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/002_93.jpg)

Hopefully I can get this off the bench fairly soon now!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Ernie on May 09, 2016, 09:52:13 PM

Good work, Ian!  What did you use for the rigging?  Excellent job
on both builds!

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on May 09, 2016, 10:38:28 PM

Nice work Ian. I like the out of the ordinary scheme. The undercarriage rigging looks great!
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 09, 2016, 11:22:49 PM

Thanks Rick. Ernie, the rigging is 1.5lb test mono fishing line. It's about .002"

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: lone modeller on May 10, 2016, 01:48:01 AM

I had not seen this one before - it is truly another of your little gems. Unusual markings but all the more interesting for that - different from the western front schemes!

Stephen.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 16, 2016, 07:39:17 AM

My final project today was getting this ready to fit the wings. To that end the king post rigging was finished and the wheels added.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/003_68.jpg)

I think I have thought of a workable way to rig the wings correctly - the two front supporting wires joined together just before the attachment point on the kingposts, so figuring that one out took a while. The plan is to roll the 2 wires together and glue them before attaching them to the model...we'll see how well that works very soon!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Des on May 16, 2016, 07:48:51 AM

Looking great Ian.

Des.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on May 16, 2016, 07:52:58 AM

Your Eindecker is looking fantastic. I am looking forward to seeing the wings mounted.
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 18, 2016, 07:01:12 AM

Your wait is over, Rick

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/002_98.jpg)

 The forward rigging lines are already attached top and bottom. Once the wings are dry I'll thread the ends through the holes in the wings and secure them. Then I'll do the wing-warping wires.

thanks for looking in!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: coyotemagic on May 18, 2016, 07:25:39 AM

SWEET!!!
Cheers,
Bud

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Des on May 18, 2016, 08:03:39 AM

Excellent Ian, really starting to look the part now that the wings are mounted.

Des.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on May 18, 2016, 08:18:13 AM

Looks great Ian!
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 19, 2016, 10:44:50 AM

I got the wings rigged today, then added the tail feathers and skid....

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/001_105.jpg)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/002_99.jpg)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/003_70.jpg)

Tomorrow should see this one off the bench. I just need to rig the tail, and add the prop, windscreen, and steps.

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on May 19, 2016, 11:23:51 PM

Beautiful rigging work! I honestly don't kmow how you get all of those wires connected to the posts in 1/32nd...let alone 1/72nd!
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 20, 2016, 02:33:23 AM

Thanks Rick! The undercarriage was drilled for the rigging, the king posts had a very small nick cut in the top with a razor saw and the bracing wires were then slotted into the nick, secured with CA, and trimmed when it was all dry.

 This one is now in the cabinet.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/Ian_Brand/004_43.jpg)

More pics in the completed section. Thanks to all for watching!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: coyotemagic on May 20, 2016, 02:49:45 AM

Truly gorgeous, Ian!  I really like the unusual and eye pleasing scheme.
Cheers,
Bud

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Ernie on May 20, 2016, 03:42:08 AM

Gorgeous little Eindecker, Ian!  Even more so considering the scale. I really
like the different markings and colour.  Superb job of the rigging.  An excellent
build and I look forward to your next...any hints?  Thanks for sharing this gem, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: IanB on May 20, 2016, 04:10:30 AM

Thanks Bud, Ernie!
 My next project is to finish the others that I've got on the go: the RE8 first, then the 2 Fokkers, then I MUST get the Muromets back on the bench, I really need to get on with that one!

Ian

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: BigBlue on May 20, 2016, 07:16:45 AM

Well done, Ian.  I am an Eindecker fan, and yours came out quite nicely! 

Chris

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Des on May 20, 2016, 07:45:24 AM

Excellent work rigging the undercarriage and the wings Ian.

Des.

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: RAGIII on May 20, 2016, 06:43:53 PM

Really well done inside and out!
RAGIII

Title: Re: Fokker E.III, Eduard 1:72 Profipack
Post by: Manni on May 23, 2016, 04:16:48 PM

Very nice work. I like the scheme. It's very uncommon.
Thank you for showing.
Manni