wnw Felixstowe

[stevie g]

I have the windsock edition on the felixstows, great period reference pics but i found the text disapointing and dull.
    A far more interesting read is a 3 part series of articles available as downloadable pdf's on www.seawings.co.uk, also just yesterday my beautiful wife presented me with The Story Of a North Sea Naval Air Station, which looks like a very promising read indeed.
   I saw an interesting question posted on Hyperscale today, ''is anyone waiting for online builds to start before starting your own Felixstow ?''
     Any takers?

[petrov27]

wow there is some good stuff on the Felix on that seawings site - thank you for the heads up!

[stevie g]

petrov
           you're welcome, anybody attempting a WNW Felixstowe could do worse than check out seawings

[PrzemoL]

I would like to thank you, stevie, too. Great site that seawings! Will be helpful in the build. And yes, I think I will start mine soon. I am not scared to be the first one. However, my kit is still flying half around the Globe but I am already planning... 

[Des]

Thanks for the link to the Seawings site, some really interesting articles and pictures.

Des.

[Mark]

The one afternoon I'm not at home and the local post office attempted delivery of mine    However, I will be at their door first thing in the morning to collect it 

In the meantime, I was thinking (dangerous, at best) . . . I wonder, given the space to display the finished model, if we'll see any "18th century ship model admiralty-type" Felixes--half fuselage with detailed interior, added fuselage ribs, etc. Might be interesting.

Mark G.

[zavod44]

I need to finish my Gotha first then I will begin this.  I can't have two monster projects going at one time...The top wing is the next step on my Gotha so its not too far, but I have to get it done!

[eclarson]

My WOW - Wall Of Wingnuts, showing yet another example of just how big the Felixstowe is!   



Cheers,
Eric

[eindecker]

I decided to go through the box this morning and take a close look at the parts. Yes, it's a big box, but to give you a sense of how big the Felixstowe is going to be I compared some parts with a few of my completed Wingnut Wings models:

One lower wing of the Felixstowe is about as long as the wingspan of my completed Fokker Eindecker III and one aileron is as long as one Eindecker wing. One upper wing outer section is longer than the wingspan of my W.29.

I'm going to have to build a turntable rig for my modeling bench and move said bench away from the wall in order to work on it once the wings are in place.

[Des]

Very nice stash Eric, it looks very similar to mine except that I have the Gotha as well.

Des.

[Dol]

I've received my Felixstowe today, the late one. On one hand I'm very happy but on the other hand, 86 € of customs duties, it's quiet excessive 

[miecio52]

Unfortunately, the European Union, Poland, I paid 70 euros ,customs office in any other interpretation of the provisions.

[coyotemagic]

Just pulled the trigger on this one, guys.  Late last night, with will power at it's lowest.  So although I think I've come up with a plan for displaying the completed model, I failed to account for storage of the kit in the stash.  Can anyone tell me the box dimensions? 

Cheers,
Bud

[OEFFAG 153]

Good on you Bud 

Mine is waiting for me at the post office, and its ailed through customs without any extra cost. How the customs officers missed that large box is a mystery – but a good one! 

/Mikael

[eclarson]

Just pulled the trigger on this one, guys.  Late last night, with will power at it's lowest.  So although I think I've come up with a plan for displaying the completed model, I failed to account for storage of the kit in the stash.  Can anyone tell me the box dimensions? 

Cheers,
Bud

Bud,
I don't have the measurements but this picture will give you a good idea. 



Cheers,
Eric