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Offline Chris Johnson

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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2013, 11:07:48 PM »
I'll jump on that instrument panel bandwagon myself. Very, very well done.

Cheers,

Chris
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Offline GAJouette

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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2013, 01:28:48 AM »
  James,
She's a perfect example of the quality of the high craftsmanship and skills I've come to expect from your Awesome bench my old friend. Keep up the Outstanding progress.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

PS: The wood tones on the instrument panel are absolutely beautiful!
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Offline Ernie

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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2013, 10:45:44 PM »
James, I noticed in your post over in Bob V Buckles Pfalz build you are also doing one
only in blue as shown...


I really like this shade. Could your tell me what kind of paint and number this is?

Aside from the gorgeous Fokker DVII here, It would be super to see the progress
on your Pfalz D.III.

My apologies for semi-hijacking your build log.

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Offline Fred

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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2013, 11:09:31 PM »
Very nice. There will be a couple of WnW Fokkers in my future. Look keenly forward to your progress.
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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2013, 02:51:12 AM »
Brilliant start, James.  Those instrument panels are luscious.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2013, 07:14:27 PM »
A fantastic work on your Fokker, really.
But do you have some trouble when you close the fuselage............ in a french magazine a french people who build the 7 sabians Fokker, say that he have some troubles with that!!
regards, from belgium
Fred
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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2013, 08:08:50 AM »
On my current builds I built the cockpit tub separate and slid it in after assembling the fuselage halves. You have to sand the panel behind the seat slightly and champher the upper and lower corners of the tub assembly and I took the chance to sand off all the little lumps bumps and brackets off the outer faces of the framework.

 Thinning the stubs for the ammo and spent belt containers helped too I now have a unit that slips in and out easily. The way WNW produced the upper cowl/coaming to me seems rather illogical. I've took a sliver off each side of the fuselage and added the lip that is so obvious in all pics of the cockpit area. This gives the desired lip and is a natural divide between fuselage fabric and metal cowls after all. Not the edge as WNW have done.

Cutting off the fuel gauge and adding once the fuselage is assembled can be a help too.


Keith
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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #22 on: July 20, 2013, 08:37:31 AM »
James and Keith,
thank for your tips..........it's a great help for me.
 i continue to follow your progress on your fokkers
 regards,
fred
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Offline Steven Robson

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Re: 1:32 Fokker D.VII F 'Eric Just'
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2013, 09:53:40 PM »
Very nice Fokker James.

This is going to be a great build; I also appreciate your excellent camera work.

Looking forward to your next round of photos.

Happy Landings
Steven
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