WNW Fokker EII Kurt von Crailsheim

[mgunns]

Kurt von Crailsheim served in the infantry until he was wounded in August 1914.  After recovering he was considered unfit for front line service and transferred to aviation in December 1914.  In June 1915 he joined FFA 53 where he initially flew two-seaters before converting to single seaters later in the year.  Flying an unidentified Fokker, he shot down a French voisin on 22 September for the units 1st Eindecker victory.  He was flying this same Fokker on 2 October when the engine failed and the resulting crash wrote off the only Eindecker FAA 53 had been assigned.  An indication of how sought after Fokker Eindeckers were at the time is that it took 8 days for its replacement, the 100hp Fokker E.II 69/15, to arrive at FAA 53.  On 30 December Kurt heavily crashed an unidentified Fokker (which some speculate could have been 69/15) and would succumb to his injuries 5 days later.  In any case, at some time E.II 69/15 was sent back to Fokker for repair and by this stage the fuselage featured a dark 'streaky' finish and left the factor again on 22 February, 1916.
Take from the WNW instructions.  I was going to do the Udet a/c., but as I was also going to do Immelman's and Richthofen's, which are both in the dark streaky finish, I decided to opt for Kurt von Crailsheim's in the Fokker Beige scheme.











Thanks for stopping by.

Best

Mark

[guitarlute101]

Very nice work all around Mark, and those wings are nice and straight.

Mark

[RAGIII]

mark,
As I stated in your build thread, STUNNING Model The rigging, weathering, Metal Scroll work, etc. is just outstanfing! Once you add that Missing Windscreen all will be complete 
RAGIII

[GrahamB]

Nice!

GrahamB

[coyotemagic]

She's absolutely gorgeous, Mark!  I particularly like the staining on the trailing edge of the wing.  Truly brilliant all 'round.  Congratulations, buddy.
Cheers,
Bud

[Nigel Jackson]

A lovely piece of work, Mark. Well done!

Best wishes
Nigel

[bobs_buckles]

Beautiful job, Mark 
Well done.

vB

[rhallinger]

You've outdone yourself, Mark!  She's perfect!  Great build and exceptional finish.   Very well done.

Cheers and huzzas,

Bob

[Des]

I will echo what everyone else has said, and add brilliant.

Des.

[FIREFOX1]

first class Mark, really came out great, it was great to follow your build, along with mine
thanks for all your help and advise.. Dave

[Chris Johnson]

Superb modelling Mark. She's a real beauty and most definitely one to be proud of.

Cheers,

Chris

P.S. Where's the snow? 

[mgunns]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments and following along on the build log.  Wind screen added, just need to post a few pics of the 'finished' product.  The snow finally melted Chris, but won't be long and it will be back! 

Again, many thanks to all of you.

Best

Mark

[Vickers]

You certainly made quick work of this one, Mark, but your final results suggest a build of longer duration.  Marvelous!

[uncletony]

thumbs up Mark, the cowling swirls are really effective especially.

[PrzemoL]

A very fine model all around, Mark. Congratulations!