Fe2d A1959 (WNW Conversion)

[Bughunter]

Andreas, good to see your mojo to work on this project comes back!
Looks fantastic!

Cheers,
Frank

[GazzaS]

Andreas,
    Glad to see you building this.  Looks great so far.  These British pushers amaze and terrify me.

Gaz

[Jeff K]

carry on at will, sirrah.

greatly enjoying the return to this. my keen interest in this project is well documented...

[Manni]

Great to see you do your magic again.
Bye,
Manni

[Borsos]

Rick, Juan, Ondra, Frank, Gaz, Jeff and Manni Thank you very much for your comments!

Meanwhile things went on. I glued on the engine cover and painted the nacelle. I used Mr Paint PC-10 early. I cannot praise these colors highly enough. They are simply great for using with the airbrush. Afterwards I cut the A' 4-markings out of white decal paper, added some detail painting, weathering and some wiring according to the pictures of real engines on the WNW-homepage to the engine and glued the scratchbuilt exhausts on after I tried to duplicate the asbestos warping around the fuselage struts with decal paper and some oil paint.




Finally I replaced the kit's Lewis mountings with some brassrod and added some detail with old PE parts. The claps at the front and the sides of the fuselage are better replaced, as the kit Parts don't give enough detail imo.

Now slowly the conversion part of this build comes to an end as the wings and tail section are obviously the same for Fe2d and b.
Best regards
Andreas

[GazzaS]

The tub and engine look sweet Andreas!  Your weathering adds some great depth and dimension.

Gaz

[Juan]

Masterfully done Andreas, looking forward to your progress.   

[lone modeller]

I have only just realised that you have restarted this - hurrah! The extra details are really terrific, especially those associated with the engine and louvres, etc. I am following this carefully as I tink that I might be able to crib some of your ideas for my own project on the FB 5. In particular I am thinking about the stitching.

Stephen.

[lcarroll]

Lovely work Andreas, the subtle wear and weathering and the terrific detailing are all really eye catching.
Cheers,
Lance

[mgunns]

Catching up on your build here Andreas, lots of nice progress, the asbestos wrapping on the struts is really a nice touch, just adds so much to that area.  Naturally the engine with the home made exhaust looks nice nestled against the motor.  It's coming along nicely and your patience and time has paid off for you.  Looking forward to the non scratchbuilding phase.

[Jeff K]

spectacular.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's the FE2d conversion playbook written. can't wait to see this ship in its finished form.

now i just need to score an early Fee. i've been taking time off shopping to pay off debts, so hopefully i can still score one in December when i have some cash flow again...

[aliluke]

Hi Andreas
I thought I'd commented on this before but no. Anyway amazing work. The woodwork is especially impressive - best I've seen to my eye - amongst an incredibly impressive build of all other parts to date. Will keep up from now on!

Cheers
Alistair

[Manni]

Hello Andreas, spectacular work. As usual I am impressed by your colour vatiations, lots of depth and perfect highlights. Just great.
Bye,
Manni

[Borsos]

Gaz, Juan, Stephen, Lance, Mark, Jeff, Alistair and Manni, thank you very much for your friendly and encouraging words and for your patience to follow this slow build.
At the moment there's not much new. My Fe 2d A1959 had the drop tank installed in the middle of the upper side of the upper wing. The kit's tank is shaped for installation on the lower side of the upper wing. That means reshaping the drop tank to follow the wing's shape of the upper side without loosing all the detail and -- most annoying -- the removal of the fuel line which is cast onto the rib tape detail. That means loosing the detail of one single rib tape which will stand out afterwards between all the other, unharmed ones. I am still thinking about a solution for that formerly unexpected problem...
Best regards
Andreas

[PrzemoL]

Great job all around, Andreas. You will surely end up with a WNW Fee but still so different than many others built to date.