Fokker EIII vs. Fe2b "Jäger und Gejagte" Wingnut Wings 1:32

[Borsos]

Absolutely great! This Fe2d is going to be a real jewel!
Borsos

[Manni]

Thank you,
Rick, Lance and Andreas for your warm comments.
Smiling Manni

[Edo]

wow manni! the look throug is perfect! really beautiful!
my compliments!
ciao
edo

[Manni]

Thank you Edo for the nice words.

Here it goes slowly forward.
I have added the struts and buckles and fit them to the lower wing.



The frame was painted with deck tan and burned sienna oils got a coat of clear yellow.





The Lewis MG got some new details , a new nuzzle from brass tube and a Norman vane sight.



I hope you like it new pictures of the progress will come soon.
Cheers,
Manni

[Juan]

Outstanding work, looking forward to your progress.

[Borsos]

Brilliant progress. You show us how to upgrade a kit's MG to an extend, that makes aftermarket products superfluous. And I really love your overall work on the Fe2b, the PC shade, the warm wooden tones on the struts and the accentuation of all the beautiful details.
Borsos

Edit: Oh well, I see now you used aftermarket parts 

[steveb]

Superb work! I am thoroughly enjoying seeing things take shape.

Steve

[lcarroll]

Manni,
    You continue to impress, Sir! That frame portion is incredibly well done, great wood tone and grain and superb detailing of the metal fittings put it into a class of it's own. This Thread is a pleasure to follow, outstanding work!
Cheers,
Lance

[Pgtaylorart]

Nery nice work, Manni. Is that Norman vane sight an after market kit, or is it scratch built? I'm building a Lewis gun for my RE.8 and would love to add that detail.

Thanks,
George

[Manni]

Thank you all for your kind and warm words, they mean a lot to me. THANK YOU!

George, the Norman vane sights are from an upgrage set from HGW.
You can take them for the early planes, the mid and late guns have had a normal sight, because the vane sight tendet to rotate to the left when the pilot flew a hard right curve and viceversa, so the gunner had to aim behind the enemy plane.
Manni

[gedmundson]

Superb work Manni - this one's coming along very well indeed!
Cheers,
Gary

[GAJouette]

 Manni,
Now that's outstanding my old friend. I love the wood work on the tail of the FE2b! Keep up the Master Level works.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[RAGIII]

Gorgeous painting on the struts and booms! The MG is looking awesome!
RAGIII

[Gisbod]

Loving the weathered linen Manni,

Cracking job,

Guy

[Dave in Dubai]

Nice work Manni, and it is a pleasure to see you are brave enough to add some crew into the models too.

This helps to add some context and scale to the finished models although it is difficult to make figures in miniature to look convincing. You have succeeded with your Eindecker.

Is your Lewis gun sourced from Eduard- hence the extra p/e sights?

Looking forward to seeing your completed project.

Best wishes,

Dave