Fokker D.VII - 4 Wlkp Sqdr - Józef Hendricks (1/72, Eduard-Part)

[bobs_buckles]

Once again you come up trumps!
Excellent build, Prze!

Cheers,
Bob 

[KiwiZac]

I showed my wife your photos and she was very impressed. When I scrolled to the images with the pencil sharpener her jaw literally dropped and was utterly stunned. Testament to a magnificent piece of work!!

[ModelCellar]

VERY nice!  Hard to believe it's 1/72.

Paul

[PrzemoL]

Thank you very much for your comments.

Zac, your wife's reaction is truly an honour for me. My best regards to her!

[Brad Cancian]

Beautiful Prez, as always! Great stuff, my hat goes off to you!

Cheers,

Brad

[DaddyO]

Another beauty Prez

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, gentlemen.

And I have finally carved the wooden prop for this little kit. I will be very unmodest and will say that I am very satisfied with the result.
I have used the 3 ply veneer of 0.8mm thickness, sanded one layer to get two sets of 2 plies and combined them with the 3 ply original to get the 7 layer composite. Then some work with a knife and sanding paper... It works!

[DaddyO]

Very clever Prez

I wanted to carve a new prop and was struggling to get the correct thickness using plywood - I'll use your method. I'm sure you will have mentioned it somewhere else (and apologies if you did) but how did you finish the propeller?

Thanks
Paul

ps I had to keep going back to confirm that this is a 1/72nd scale model!

[KiwiZac]

Prze, in the absence of ability to commission you to make props for me this is a very handy piece of reference! What a magnificent prop!! And as DaddyO said: it's still staggering to remember this gem is 1/72!

[PrzemoL]

Thanks!

Very clever Prez

I wanted to carve a new prop and was struggling to get the correct thickness using plywood - I'll use your method. I'm sure you will have mentioned it somewhere else (and apologies if you did) but how did you finish the propeller?

Thanks
Paul

ps I had to keep going back to confirm that this is a 1/72nd scale model!

I might have not mentioned it... The carved wooden piece was just sprayed with a mist of Gunze acrylic Clear Orange colour - a few passes to reach the nice warm wood hue. The prop boss is from Part PE, the Axial decals are from the kit.

[DaddyO]

I might have not mentioned it... The carved wooden piece was just sprayed with a mist of Gunze acrylic Clear Orange colour - a few passes to reach the nice warm wood hue. The prop boss is from Part PE, the Axial decals are from the kit.
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Brilliant - thanks
(Sanded down the ply so I'll get them glued together and see how it turns out. Carved a lot of props for freeflight models in the past, but this is a bit smaller)

Paul

[WD]

Prze,
        Again, you do not fail to amaze with your builds and skills. I've wanted to carve a prop, but have had trouble sourcing veneer the correct thickness.

WD

[PrzemoL]

(Sanded down the ply so I'll get them glued together and see how it turns out. Carved a lot of props for freeflight models in the past, but this is a bit smaller)

Paul

I found that making this smaller prop is actually easier that the large one for 32nd scale. I think that the problems might occur if one wanted to carve a couple of identical ones for multi-engine aircraft :-)

Prze,
        Again, you do not fail to amaze with your builds and skills. I've wanted to carve a prop, but have had trouble sourcing veneer the correct thickness.

WD

I got mine from Kotebi. He says this thin plywood is generally available. And I think he can also sell it if you cannot find yours.

[lcarroll]

   A great final touch for a beautiful model Prze. I'm amazed by the quality of shape and finish you've attained in so small a scale, lovely workmanship!
Cheers,
Lance

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, Lance, I am glad you like my little Fokker.