WNW Fokker Eindekker

[Stickman]

Just thought I would share a photo of my Fokker EIV cockpit, First time building an aircraft, I usually model armour but fancied a change of pace.
Quality of the kit is great but some parts are stupidly delicate although I didn't manage to break anything removing parts from the sprue. I used my trusty old Historex Pyrogravure with no problems.
The Harness is a HGW item as the kits brass parts just looked like bloody hard work!

[Nigel Jackson]

And a very nice start you have made too, Stickman. It will be great to see how things develop. Don't forget to share with us any tips and techniques you bring across from the world of model armour.

Best wishes
Nigel

[radio]

It is a good start go on Stickman.
Martin

[coyotemagic]

Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of WWI aircraft modeling!  Exceptional work on the cockpit.  I look forward to more.
Cheers,
Bud

[Stickman]

Thanks for the comment guys,
 one thing I have learn from armour modelling is to let the paint finish take care of itself, what I mean is I don't worry about whether an item is totally matt or semi gloss or even glossy unless it's cloth material like harnesses. I usually paint with a matt finish and let my weathering techniques create subtle variations to the sheen of the paint, this creates interest in areas of single colour. I do use oil paints a lot in my weathering, I love the way you can create shadows and different sheens to items to differentiate between materials.
I'm working on the lMG08's at the moment and I purposely have not weathered the cooling jacket as I want to create contrast between the steel body of the gun and the more fragile sheet metal of the jacket itself

[Mark]

Looking REALLY good!

Mark G.

[mgunns]

Hello Stickman and welcome aboard:

Cockpit looks the business.  Looking forward to seeing you progress and how you do your weathering with the guns and the jackets.

Best

Mark

[Ernie]

Nice to have you with us, Stickman.  Really nice work on the cockpit.  You sure you
haven't done these aeroplanes before?   Good job on the Spandau.  I'm looking
forward to the rest of your build.

Cheers,
Ernie

[Andi Little]

Great start - and very clean work. .............. I'll be watching.

[RAGIII]

Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of WWI aircraft modeling!  Exceptional work on the cockpit.  I look forward to more.
Cheers,
Bud

I agree with Bud on your cockpit! I also want to welcome you and I will follow your thread with interest!
RAGIII

[LindsayT]

Welcome to the forum, Stickman. I'm hoping you'll share some of your techniques with oil paints here. That would be a useful technique to add to the toolbox.

Good luck with the build.

Lindsay

[Des]

Beautiful work on the cockpit and the machine gun looks excellent, looking forward to following along with this build.

Des.

[PrzemoL]

Very fine modelling on this interior and Spandau! Crisp and tidy, looking forward to see more.

[Stickman]

One thing I didn't mention about the lMG08 is that when rolling the cooling jacket I did not soften the brass before forming as recommended on the WNW web site. The part forms easily enough without softening, a cautionary note if you do soften it then it's far too easy to deform.

[uncletony]

Yes but you can always temper the part by reheating & quenching