Hi Gents
I'm preparing to make a start on my WNW Fokker E.I and I have a question about WNW's depiction of the wing ribs. On their other kits that I own (SE5a, Alb DVa etc) the rib stitching and fabric strips that cover the stitching are depicted beautifully yet on the fokker E.I they are only represented as a thin raised line, very reminiscent of the way 70's era kits represented wing ribs. Now I'm hoping that this isn't sloppiness on WNWs part, I am aware that some early aircraft had wooden batans nailed to the rib to affix the fabric, is this what they are trying to represent? I guess my other question is how would one go about rib shading this? Normally I would lay the base coat, then lay the AZIU tape on the rib strip and shade with Tamiya smoke or the like but the thin raised strip is too thin for that. I was thinking of spraying Tamiya smoke then lightly dry brushing the raised rib strip the base colour. I'm curious how others dealt with this. I am assuming that this is intentional on the part of WNW but am I wrong to assume this and is this one of those rare cases where they got it wrong or am I missing something in my research.
Dave Rickard
Rockhampton QLD