Multi-Seat 2026 GB - RAF FE.2b A852 Night Bomber WNW 1/32

[William Adair]

Even the detail has detail on it!   

[Alexis]

You never disappoint , beautiful work so far .


Alexis

[Will Levesley]

Amazin, as always.  Looking forward to seeing it completed!

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, Lady and Gentlemen.

Some recent progress - the u/c unit and the step mounted, the central bomb rack under assembly, and lots of parts cleaning underway.

[NigelR]

That's the trouble with WWI aircraft, parts cleaning and prepping all the subassemblies takes ages! But then everything seems to go together quite quicky.....

[DaddyO]

Love it so far Prze. I could just climb into that cockpit and take it 'round for quick jaunt 

Paul

[Tim Mixon]

Beautiful work Prze.  Very inspirational.

[FokkerFodder]

Looking fantastic- you are really moving along quickly. The mix of copper tones for the engine and night camouflage looks very nice.
Cheers
Matt

[Alexis]

It is very temping to build the Aeromaster kit in the stash .


Alexis

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, your interest and kind comments mean a lot to me.

Eyelets, eyelets, eyelets... The counter stands on 130 and it is still not the end. Also, there will be a couple of turnbuckles, too.
Twisting my own ones, trimming, mounting and checking for pull out. Oh, how I love this job....

[Alexis]

You are a lean mean twisting machine !


Alexis

[AngryJazz]

Great progress! The model is really coming to life 

And oh boy the rigging! Just soo much, but it also makes it unique!

Saw the FE.2 at the RAF museum in London, it was very impressive! Then I looked at all the rigging wires and thought about the kit in my stash... Yep going to take a while 

[PrzemoL]

Thanks! Rigging... I have to admit, I love it. It is probably why I like so much those tail-boomers which evidently hang on the rigging lines.

More done - I have armed one of tail booms with the eyelets. After looking critically at my two previous Fees I decided that this time I will also replace the oversize eyelets molded by WNW with the wire ones. The original ones are too thick and they do not allow the monofilament line to properly tighten around them thus leaving undecent loops. This time it should look better.

[NigelR]

I admire your precision drilling ability - what do you use for this? Just a pin vice and a small bit, or do you have something more sophisticated?

[lcarroll]

I admire your precision drilling ability - what do you use for this? Just a pin vice and a small bit, or do you have something more sophisticated?

Prze,
    I too am very impressed with your drilling and eyelet installation. I built this kit in the same scheme 10 years back and mentioned in the Build Log  ( my Desk Top doesn't want to provide a link today but you can find the Build Log in the January 2016 Under Construction section if it will be of any assistance) that I had difficulty (self induced!) with installing the eyelets in the various delicate parts of the strut and lattice areas, you have cruised right through that challenge with some very clean and impressive work! This model has weathered the years very well and remains one of my very favorites and I'll be following your progress closely as you produce yet another of your spectacular Builds! Oh yes, the eyelets, I stopped counting at 118 with the Landing Gear assembly, center line bomb rack, and flight controls still to go!
   Lovely work already showing and looking forward to the rest of this project!
Cheers,
Lance