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Offline Fokker boy

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #90 on: November 27, 2012, 11:16:32 AM »
Wing roots get some dirt/grime, then gloss coat. I think it looks OK, but I may still tweak it some.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #91 on: November 27, 2012, 11:51:17 AM »
Thanks for the warnings and the wings look like they're shaping up.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #92 on: November 27, 2012, 06:02:29 PM »
I wish I had a tenner for every time I'd misse something out glad you managed to get the panel in without resorting to violence.

I hope the issue with the back panel doesnt affect the wing locations, I take it you checked?

On the dirtying up, less can be more, she is looking good. Because of the nature of the rotary enginethrowing its mess the left wing side will always be dirtier.


Nice progress though indeed.


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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #93 on: November 28, 2012, 03:37:52 AM »
I did not check wing fit, but I'll make it work out, one way or another! As to the nasty stains, you're probably right, but I'm not real sure I'll change it. The Eindecker compendiums show some ungodly nasty staining on inboard starboard wings too.

The WNW kits (so I've read), are a very precise fit, and the E.II is certainly no exception,... things like parts being ever so out of alignment, globs of CA that extend outside the interior cage, can all make for an almost press fit that can be a challenge to overcome, but I believe I'm "over the hump" now.
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #94 on: November 28, 2012, 04:44:50 AM »
Quote from: Fokker boy 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.
Hello RB:  Okay, so on the seat issue, what would you recommend the modeler do?  Install the seat, then add the cables?  Route the cables with the seat in mind?  Sounds like a major issue if not done correctly.
I am enjoying your build and your comments.  Very helpful and straightforward.  I am looking forward to more.  I too often get ahead of myself only to pay the consequences later.

Thanks

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #95 on: November 28, 2012, 06:12:21 AM »
To answer your question Mark, I should have glued the two seat supports (D11), to the floor, added cables, then glued seat assembly (A21 & A29), to those seat supports (D11). As it was, I had to just clip out the horizontal members of the seat supports (D11), to allow complete seat assembly to pass over them. As long as we're on the subject, I'd also recommend drilling the holes all the way through the bulkhead (A18), to allow the rear ends of rudder control cables some free play. When I squished the fuselage halves together, it buckled the interior assembly, bending the cables out of true, and it's too late now to fix it, (the openings weren't completely through the bulkhead on my example, and I was too thick headed to correct it when I had the chance).
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #96 on: November 28, 2012, 11:26:33 AM »
OK, sort of a progressive update here; "the trench" (made by me), filled with CA.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #97 on: November 28, 2012, 11:28:23 AM »
After CA was smoothed out, a dab of Acryl Blue to fill minor voids.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #98 on: November 28, 2012, 11:29:51 AM »
After wet sanding the Acryl Blue.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #99 on: November 28, 2012, 11:32:02 AM »
The stitching on bottom needed some "persuasion" to fit correctly; my fault,... again.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #100 on: November 28, 2012, 11:34:13 AM »
Prop given second coat of oil paint. Some of the photos in the Compendiums show the prop as being very dark.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #101 on: November 28, 2012, 11:36:58 AM »
Wings get their decals. (It always freaks me out when the curdle up like that!)

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #102 on: November 28, 2012, 12:19:37 PM »
That looks llike good progress and any mistake you can fix is just a different way of doing something...read that there somewhere... ;)

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #103 on: November 28, 2012, 08:12:38 PM »
looking great...keep it up... :D
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #104 on: November 28, 2012, 09:05:59 PM »
hi there!
have you ever thought of making a mask and paint the insigna?
I was thinking of it as I fear that with such big a decal I am quite sure to siver it...
ciao
Edo
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