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Offline LT1962

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WNW Fokker E-IV
« on: December 01, 2017, 10:27:13 AM »
I managed to get hold of a WnW Fokker E-IV during the Wingnuts sale of damaged kits. My kit arrived with next to no damage apart from to the box and some mold growing on the plastic bags. I had always planned to pair this together with the RB productions Eindecker Wing Kit anyway so I was lucky.

The fuselage frame was scratch built from brass tube as was the fuel tank. The fuselage had to be lengthened slightly from the measurements provided by RB productions to match the longer E-IV.

Rigging was with 0.12mm mono and was needed to support the weight of the PE wings. Wings and fuselage all soldered together. I had no soldering experience prior to this, but Dr Google and some practice helped a lot here.
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV More Pics
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2017, 10:28:48 AM »
Here are some more pics
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Offline aircare84

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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 10:58:59 AM »
Beautiful build!
That turned out amazing, well done.
What did you use for the linen strips in the wing structure?

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 11:22:26 AM »
LT,
    That's some extremely lovely and very impressive work! I just attempted soldering for the first time as well recently, but certainly not in this league! You've produced a really beautiful model, and I hope you'll be submitting more!
Cheers,
Lance
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Offline Juan

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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2017, 12:02:48 PM »
Congratulations on an outstanding build.  Beautiful inner workings revealed by your talent.   :D
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2017, 02:03:42 PM »
Absolutely amazing work, your skills and patience to build this remarkable model are second to none, extremely well done.

Des.
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2017, 02:46:13 PM »
Thanks all for the kind words. The linen tape is made with white tape 1mm wide. It has been sprayed with matt coat to take the shine off of it.

And thanks to you Des for your great site. I have used this immensely to help with the build.
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2017, 05:23:25 PM »
Amazing build  :o
Thanks for sharing this with us.

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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2017, 07:39:50 PM »
Echoing what the others have said tis is an Amazing build! Your modeling skills are obviously well honed! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2017, 01:32:56 AM »
Another guy started to solder stripdown models together - welcome in the club ;D
I really like the result, due to the bigger scale it shows so much lovely details, much more compared to my E.III in 1/72.
Beside the RB stuff there is a WNW strip down possible with Aviatic/Shapeways printed parts for a Fokker D.VII.

Thanks for showing this beautiful model!

Cheers,
Frank
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2017, 03:40:02 AM »
Wow!  Just plain f***ing WOW!
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2017, 09:33:12 AM »
First time at soldering??! That is amazing in every way. First class modelling indeed. Please show us more.

Stephen.
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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2017, 09:38:11 AM »
I'll second all the comments above. Amazing work.

Regards
Russell
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Offline LT1962

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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2017, 11:44:46 AM »
There are some more photos on the WnW site.
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Offline dr 1 ace

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Re: WNW Fokker E-IV
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2017, 05:03:09 AM »
Quote from: coyotemagic on December 02, 2017, 03:40:02 AM
Wow!  Just plain f***ing WOW!
Cheers,
Bud

Big Ditto !

Ed
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