WNW fokker Eindecker

[Edo]

Hi all!
Has anyone started building the WNW Fokker Eindecker?
I am planning to start soon and I think it wolud be fun if I could have some company to direct me over the worst pit holes and such...
Has anyone started yet?

ciao
Edo

[kornbeef]

I've just started mine tonight Edo, so we're both blundering along blindly but there is one already started a blog.. forgive me but I don't recall his name at the mo. ((Its Fokkerboy, about 10 posts down)) Old age... laughs

Keith

[Edo]

Well, Keith, "two is a company" ... 
And three is better still! I can't wait to see your build.

By the way, my Taurus model sparks has just arrived: they are pretty cool and I thing they'll be a great addition to the engine.
I'll show some pictures (sooner or later...)
Ciao
Edo

[Fokker boy]

Hi all!
Has anyone started building the WNW Fokker Eindecker?
I am planning to start soon and I think it wolud be fun if I could have some company to direct me over the worst pit holes and such...
Has anyone started yet?

ciao
Edo

I started mine almost the moment I received it. Here's the link. I hope to get a lot more done this weekend. It's an outstanding kit.

http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=925.0

[Edo]

Hi Fokker Boy!
I saw your thread: you are in for a great start and you are well ahead of me!
At the moment I am proceeding a bit random... I started the engine, overcoated the wings, started the cockpit...
The engine is beautiful, was wondering why not to sell it separatedly, but WNW has already thought the same... The rocker arms are very thin, after the third I broke I decided to replace it with copper wire, but it is impossible to mend the seal between the two halves of the engine... How did you do?
I am very afraid to broke also all the other thin part... And there are so many in the kit....(the cockpit is scarin in this regard) If you have a suggestion it is wery much welcome!

The wings surface is awsome! But the details are so thin I really don't know how to proceede as my standard preshade technique is useless, I fear... Again, any tip is most welcome!

Ciao
Edo

[xmald]

Edo just show us what you have acomplished so far; photos please!!!!

[Fokker boy]

I haven't tackled the engine as yet, but the delicate cockpit side frames were scary to remove, and I'm still cleaning them up, prior to paint.

[kornbeef]

Hi Guys, I've steamed ahead on mine it seems. I managed to clean up and work on the framework okay but was in constant fear of snapping them. As usual though make sure theyre clean of tags etc as WNW tolerances are tight on this one as usual.

The engine seam is a but of a bugger but I couldnt see anyway around apart from assembling dry the main halves and runing ligid cement donw the inside of the barrels with a brush sparingly. Minimising clean up on the outsside and to be honest as she's 3/4 cowled over I'll set the best looking barrels where they can be seen.

I got the rocker arms and pushrods cleaned up fine, I cut the moulding point on the rod first, cut away the sprue stub behind, cleaned everything up and paited and prepared befe cutting them off the sprue, Cleaning up and opening up the main casing where the rods enter seems essential to stop them flexing and...breaking.

Hope this helps guys.
Keith

[Ian from Doncaster]

I often rest the sprues on a blob of plasticine before cutting out the more delicate parts to provide some support against flexing.

[Edo]

Ian, your idea seems interesting, got to try it out...

In the meanwhile I have some pics for you:
here is the wing:

as you can see, the ribs are very very thin... how to preshade those? 

Here is the engine:





As you can see, I drilled out the holes in the rocker arms and substituted the....       don't have a clue how to call the 'stick' with copper wire but I mantained the bottom part.
This is the reverse of the engine where I added Taurs Model sparks. They are very good, but I installed them BEFORE the rocker arms, which turned out to be a mistake as some broke off (resin is of course very fragile).





Any comment is very appreciated!

ciao
Edo

[Tony Haycock]

As you can see, I drilled out the holes in the rocker arms and substituted the....       don't have a clue how to call the 'stick' with copper wire but I mantained the bottom part.

Hi Edo.
Pushrod is the word you are looking for

Cheers

Tony

[gcn]

As to preshading the ribs a tip I picked up from a magazine a while back would be to prime the entire surface, preshade the ribs with a black (you decide the thickness of the line), then gently sand back the raised rib to the lighter primer colour and hey presto you have your light and dark shading.

[kornbeef]

Preshading,I'm not sure how or even to attempt this, Apparently overpainted with opaque finish dopes the eindeckers may look okay drybrushed or using pastels/filters instead.  Looking forwards to dirtying mine up though 

Keith

[PrzemoL]

here is the wing:

as you can see, the ribs are very very thin... how to preshade those? 

Aizu has 0.4 mm wide masking tape. I use it for postshading in 72nd scale. And I suppose it would be just fine here, too.

BTW, how do you find the engine cylinders built from two halves. Is the joint very much evident? (I see it surely at the photos, but how it is in reality?) I am contemplating the option to replace the entire star with resin from Vector.

[mgunns]

Interesting observations Edo.  Those are called pushrods.  If I get this kit, I will follow your blog.  As it is I have a stash of other WNW kits that beckon as well.  Your engine looks great so far and I see what you mean about the ribs being thin.  Des Uses a pencil maybe that technique would serve you better rather than pre-shading.  I prefer to preshade, but; in some circumstances like the present, it may not be the best.

Good Luck

Mark