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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #75 on: November 21, 2012, 10:30:33 AM »
Very cool idea, thanks for the link. I think I'll just stick to painting this one though.
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #76 on: November 22, 2012, 01:43:42 PM »
I received these in the mail today, and they are all most impressive.



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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #77 on: November 23, 2012, 03:30:58 AM »
Great references. I dont have the Fokker pair yet but Im guessing they're as good as the Alby's

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #78 on: November 23, 2012, 06:11:45 AM »
Great references. I dont have the Fokker pair yet but Im guessing they're as good as the Alby's

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #79 on: November 24, 2012, 12:42:17 PM »
After debating this for a while, I've decided now that I am not going to paint the wing rib caps a slightly different (wood), color.
« Last Edit: November 25, 2012, 01:43:09 PM by Fokker boy »
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #80 on: November 25, 2012, 01:46:07 PM »
OK, finally ran out and got some more Tamiya Buff, and finished spraying wings, leaving a faint shadow around rib areas. Perhaps not technically correct, but I'm OK with it.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #81 on: November 25, 2012, 02:02:08 PM »
Mud on tires repainted a nicer color than what I had before. Should look OK after some washes.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #82 on: November 25, 2012, 02:04:11 PM »
Side panels get dressed up a bit, and bracing cables added from thin nylon thread; turnbuckles from globs of CA. CDL also has some very faint staining added.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #83 on: November 25, 2012, 02:57:45 PM »
Looks like this is shaping up for the final run!!

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #84 on: November 26, 2012, 03:15:56 AM »
Looks like this is shaping up for the final run!!

Steve

I certainly hope so. I set aside three other projects to work on this thing, and I'd like to get back to them.  :)
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #85 on: November 26, 2012, 08:23:32 PM »
Looks like this is shaping up for the final run!!

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I certainly hope so. I set aside three other projects to work on this thing, and I'd like to get back to them.  :)

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #86 on: November 27, 2012, 03:19:04 AM »
Do we really set them aside or just kinda cycle things round and around?..

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #87 on: November 27, 2012, 10:51:58 AM »
Do we really set them aside or just kinda cycle things round and around?..

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I try to get back to them as and when I can.
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #88 on: November 27, 2012, 11:00:46 AM »
Real progress this evening; pit now firmly enclosed inside fuselage. As has become my standard practice, one half of fuselage has been slightly beveled outwards at mating edges to create a small trench that I’ll fill with CA. (I'll add belts later.)

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #89 on: November 27, 2012, 11:13:53 AM »
I made three bad mistakes while building pit. Seat, once assembled as instructions indicate, won’t clear control cables, as cables run between seat and seat frame. I chopped out the horizontal supports on my seat to clear, since I had added cables first.

Rear plywood bulkhead needs to be more or less completely vertical, and engages a notch in floor if done properly. I glued bottom of tanks behind bulkhead to shelf behind floor, kicking out the bottom of the bulkhead forward ever so slightly. This does not help at all with the other fit issues I had.

In my zeal to close up fuselage halves, I neglected to add oil tank/instrumentation assembly, which is captured between two tabs on fuselage side frames. After grinding tabs down some, I was able to spring fuselage open enough to capture the oil tank assembly.
Kevin

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