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Offline Fokker boy

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #120 on: December 03, 2012, 09:32:27 AM »
Wing bottoms get their decals. These seemed to go on much better than top ones.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #121 on: December 09, 2012, 01:41:08 PM »
Tonight, the engine got its first wash. I'll clear coat, then add a burnt castor oil wash.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #122 on: December 09, 2012, 01:43:54 PM »
OK, some good, and some not so good.

Good, cowling area, starboard side, painted and "swirled".

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #123 on: December 09, 2012, 01:46:59 PM »
Not so good, port side revealed that I failed to get cheek piece completely glued down; don't know if this is fixable or not.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #124 on: December 09, 2012, 06:37:18 PM »
Hi there !
Your swirls do look amazing!
How did you do that?
As far as i'm concerned, i'm thinking of doing without them,i fear to ruin the model as all my attempts turned out far too ugly to show....
Very well done!
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #125 on: December 09, 2012, 09:08:30 PM »
Brilliant work - like the rib shading on the rudder and, yes, agreed totally with Edo - your cowling paint work looks very realistic.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #126 on: December 10, 2012, 12:18:36 AM »
Your swirl painting looks awesome!! For the cheek repair you may want to use one knife blade to gently pry the part a little further open to get another knife blade with some ca glue on it to reach the back or inside edge of the cheek. That way there wont be any glue skwooshing out.

Steve
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #127 on: December 10, 2012, 01:34:46 AM »
Yes indeed, awesome looking swirling!

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Chris
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #128 on: December 10, 2012, 07:29:09 AM »
Thanks very much fellas, I certainly appreciate it. As to the question regarding the swirling, it's just base coated with MM stainless steel, then thinned silver spread around with a small brush. Looks OK I think, but I'm hoping my E.IV will look lots better.
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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #129 on: December 10, 2012, 07:31:30 AM »
This certainly seems to be taking me forever to finish. Today (so far), I've painted leather areas around pit, as well as ammo and filler caps, stained engine, painted cowl (I had forgotten to do that earlier), and test fitted starboard wing.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #130 on: December 10, 2012, 09:53:32 AM »
Elevators magically transformed back into two pieces, and that's the way they're going to stay until they're attached to model. Very difficult to see (if not impossible), but skeletal framework was highlighted with dark gray pastels, then over sprayed with buff; it's actually very subtle.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #131 on: December 10, 2012, 09:55:25 AM »
Rudder gets the same treatment, but at least it shows up better in photos.

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #132 on: December 10, 2012, 10:02:36 AM »
Yet another stupid move on my part. I was wondering what the gaping hole in aft part of fuselage was for;... it's for part #A34, the piece that has the leather reinforcements for the control cables. This should have been added before I ever began painting fuselage. Also, while handling model to paint those patches, I didn't notice that I had picked up some lacquer thinner on my hand; this left nice fingerprints imbedded in fuselage sides, so I sanded, repainted, and weathered those areas,... again!

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #133 on: December 10, 2012, 01:51:16 PM »
Looks mighty fine FB - must be all the swearing and hair pulling ;) ;) ;D

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Re: 1:32 WNW Fokker E.III (or perhaps E.II)
« Reply #134 on: December 10, 2012, 03:51:55 PM »
Excellent work, FB.  The rudder came out nicely, as did the engine. 

What was the problem with the elevators?  Are they just fragile or is it the way they have to be assembled?

Dal.
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