Fe2d A1959 (WNW Conversion)

[lone modeller]

Thanks so much for these photos Andreas. I have been trying to work out the shape of the nacelle from the drawings in the DF and could not seem to get it right. Your photos have solved a problem for me so that I can now carve a mould to make the correct shape. The engine details are also very helpful as I will have to scratch build that too.

Your modelling skills are very evident in these pictures - especially the dents in the nose. I think that I may give those a miss on my model!!

Stephen.

[Jeff K]

obsessively following. hoping i'll be up to one of these one day.

[Bughunter]

Andreas, this is a really impressive build! You take full advance of the big scale!

Since I carve and sand my own propellers, this became one of my most favoured jobs building a plastic airplane. I simply love working with wood...

I only can sign that - and your use of Future is a very fine finishing technique!

Keep on going,
Frank

[Juan]

Incredible work on the engine and nacelle Andreas!  Simply outstanding.

[Borsos]

Thank you very much for your generous comments! I really appreciate them.

Stephen I am keen on seeing your magic scratchbuilding on the Fee. I do have left a started 1:72 Fe2b vacuform kit (can't remember the manufacturer). I once separated the parts from the plastic fret. If that could be a help for your project, I'd be happy to send it to you.

Borsos

[bobs_buckles]

This is modelling of the highest order. 
Superb!

vB

[ondra]

Wow, this is a spectacular piece of modelling, Andreas! Your progress so far is really breathtaking!

As Germans say - weltklasse!

Cheers

Ondra

[UFAG]

Oef....beautifull work on this one, and some good photografy as well..!!

[Jeff K]

Borsos,

I see you used the FE2b 'early' version of the WNW kit. Is there anything on sprue H i might want? Should i prefer it to the late Fee? the reason I ask is although I already have the early Fee in my stash, it will be the bus Fred Libby made ace in as a gunner. (If you haven't read his memoir "Horses Don't Fly," I highly recommend it). I would expect the 'early' version to sell out first.

[Borsos]

Hi Jeff,

the reason why I went with the 'early' boxing is the Trafford Jones undercarriage in that box, the 'late' version only contains the V-Struts. But I wouldn't be too pessimistic about the availability of both kits. It seems as if not too many people agree in seeing the Fee as one of the most beautiful WNW kits . I think if you'd like to get the H-Sprue with the Trafford Jones undercarriage it would be a good idea to send an email to the WNw customer service and to ask for purchasing a separate sprue. I did that in the past one or two times (with their Albatros and Rumpler offerings I think) and it always went perfectly. They are very helpful. As the Fe2d either had an Oleo or a Trafford Jones undercarriage and neither is included in the "late" boxing, I think you'd need that sprue. But I don't know for sure if the Oleo and the TJ- u/c share any parts, so probabely you could use the one of your early boxing for the Fred Libby Fee and the other for your Fe2d conversion?
"Horses don't fly" then, I never heared about it. Thank you very much for that hint!!
Best regards
Borsos

[Jeff K]

ok i'll get an 'early' boxing if they're still available when i'm caught up on all the kits that are likely to go extinct. i *need*--as in, i'll die if i don't get--the Eindecker in which Udet got his first kill and Barker's Snipe, so i'm optimistic.

Got the Cross & Cockade/RAF Museum FE2b/d book, it arrived today. this is probably the best book on a single aircraft type i've ever seen. it's jaw-dropping. Of the rest of the books you've got, are any of them essential beyond the Windsock?

Libby's book is also available as an audiobook btw. that's how i 'read' it. the 'd' i may build as Harold E. Hartney's, if his books are good. just started reading him. if not, i'll pick an ace with a gaudy scoreboard (there are a couple, the Fee was a formidable beast).

[Borsos]

me and my wallet both know this "needing as in 'i'll die if I don't get it'" just too well...
I totally agree on the quality of the C&C book, it is just amazing. That with and with the Windsock datafile on the Fe2d I think you are well equipped. Both other datafiles contain an abundance of Information, but are of course just dealing with the Fe2b variant. And I don't think that I would buy the Osprey title again, too less information on that special Fe2d variant.
 I don't say that there are no questions left: The actual cockpit details are frequently more an 'educated guesswork' than real knowledge, but that's nothing new in WWI modelling. And sadly I didn't find any valuable information on the exact mounting of the engine and on the new fuel tank, therefore I covered that area with an engine cover...
Good luck with that project, the more I think about it the more I am thinking about picking it up again...
Best regards
Borsos

[Jeff K]

looking forward to your resuming this build, whenever you're up for it, both because it's a magnificent project in its own right, and for the obvious selfish reasons

[Syd Solo]

Astonishing work.

Cheers

Syd

[Jeff K]

Hey Borsos!

I've been researching, and hit my first dilemma: the airframe i want to build, A3, had a 250 HP engine. the Eagle is 266-375hp.

have you seen anything in your reference materials to showing if they looked different? can i use the WNW engine?