Author Topic: Eduard 1/48 Fokker E.II/E.III (Read 7447 times)

FAf · « **on:** October 05, 2020, 06:32:38 AM »

Next build!

I'm sticking to Eduard and 1/48 scale after my (in the end) quite enjoyable Brisfit build. So far we've passed the stage where everything is up on toothpicks ready for primer, and the drill holes and prep for internal rigging stage.

I saw that there were turnbuckles to tighten the internal rigging and thought I'd use Gaspatch's 1/48 ones... but they were far too large so I made some turnbuckle representations out of white glue.

After having started on the wrong engine and almost completed that, this is where the proper one ended up. Nothing fancy except for what was in the box.

According to the WnW instructions there was a plywood floor and back 'wall', so I went for that. Maybe a little too large too look like 1/48 scale plywood, but it was fun playing around a little with the oils.

And this is where she is at the moment. I've done some dryfitting and worry a little about getting the fuselage together. There might be putty on the horizon...

Cheers
/Fredrik

Radarman · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2020, 07:26:40 AM »

Fredrik,
This will be a great build to follow. Thanks for sharing your progress.
Kevin

Alexis · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2020, 09:10:39 AM »

Nice start so far Fredrik , your plywood is very convincing

Looking forward on seeing the build progress . Have you chossen a scheme yet ?

Terri

RAGIII · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2020, 09:41:12 AM »

Lovely work and a great start! I like the ply surfaces!
RAGIII

kensar · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2020, 09:55:10 PM »

great start with nice detailing. The ply looks good!

gcn · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2020, 05:04:59 AM »

Excellent work. Will you be using masks for this one.

Gary

FAf · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2020, 07:18:14 PM »

Thanks for the supportive comments!

Terri: I've been looking a little at this scheme from the WnW boxing (Image linked from WnW website.)

But, I saw that there is an update to this profile where they suggest that the blue should be grey instead... I might go for blue anyway.

Gary: I suppose I could paraphrase Hamlet and say that 'To mask or not to mask..."

I will mask and paint everything that can be done in this way. Quite straight forward masking on this model. I'll see if I can cut masks for the lettering on the fuselage, but that is probably too small for the machine to do well.

Take care!
/Fredrik

Bughunter · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2020, 01:19:36 AM »

A very nice start!
I will watch closely, since I have this kit in different variants in my (huge) stash.

I find it great, that there seems to be greater interest in the 1/48 scale after the WNW issue.

Cheers,
Frank

Gisbod · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2020, 05:20:35 AM »

Looking great Fredrik!

Guy

Ps I hope that isn’t a cheeky non WW1 Spitfire hiding on your bench...

lone modeller · « **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2020, 06:00:42 AM »

Excellent start to this one Frederik. The engine looks like a little gem - a pity much of it will be hidden. The cockpit interior is also super.

Stephen.

FAf · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2020, 08:34:53 PM »

Thanks Frank, Guy and Stephen! I appreciate the interest. I might be able to show some more progress tonight. I got the fuselage together and there's a lot of putty on it too. The best part of modelling isn't sanding!

Guy: No, there isn't one 'cheeky non WW1 Spitfire' on my bench. I promise! There's two of them!

Brilliant kits!

/Fredrik

jeroen_R90S · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2020, 11:58:02 PM »

Looks good! That engine has a nice "delicate" look to it

FAf · « **Reply #12 on:** October 15, 2020, 05:44:30 AM »

Further progress has been achieved... a little bit of one step back and two steps forward or the opposite in some cases.
The fuselage was closed, but needed quite a lot of filler, as I feared. The good thing about that is of course that once done you end up with a nice smooth surface.

PE stitching included in the box was attached. This time I simply placed it on the plastic and then ran liquid cement along it. Works just fine on flat PE.

When attaching the top cowl the fuselage needed a little persuasion in order to end up where I wanted it to be.

/Fredrik

Alexis · « **Reply #13 on:** October 15, 2020, 05:53:56 AM »

That's a fair amount of putty need on the under belly , nice work on smoothing it all out .

Terri

RAGIII · « **Reply #14 on:** October 15, 2020, 07:44:49 AM »

I agree that sanding is not the best part of modeling! Your results are looking great. Interesting about the liquid cement and the stitching PE. I might try reinforcing My Roden DR1 with some

RAGIII