Fokker E. III, 1/72 Eduard

That looks superb so far! I shall be watching this with interest.

Thanks adeb, glad to have you along for the ride

I never would have believed you if you said how tedious it was going to b masking this Fokker. 

But it did get masked and painted.  Decanted Tamiya gloss from a rattle can I think is my new favorite.  Scheme and marking is a mash up.  At first I thought the kit was an E.I when in fact  it is an E. III  and the marking are from that decal sheet.  The color scheme however is an E.I that I found on the Wingnut Wings site and I liked it.  So I hereby invoke the "What If Protocol" 

Engine and prop ready to be mounted.

Thks STX.

Made good use of the snow day.  Flat coat and a mock up before rigging. Can't add the tail until I get the elevators rigged. Need some room to work 

Wow Marc! I've seen what you can do in 32nd now here you are duplicating it in 72nd. Amazing paintwork and perfect weathering. Looks right on for this small Fokker.

Sweet!

Thanks Nathan.  I am looking forward to starting my 1/32 F4u-1a so i can un-cross my eyes

Thanks John.

Holy cow!! That wing must be the size of a stick of gum. Really nice job so far!!

Chris

Hi Chris.   Same length... just a bit wider  And thanks.

Great weathering on the ribs. i'm going to be building a Fokker Dr1 soon, did you drybrush for that effect?

Thanks MC.  The shading is thinned Tamiya Smoke.

The steps were...

Base coat of color then tape the ribs.

Lightened base coat applied and a splotchy random manner.

Use a Post-It on the tape and spray the thinned smoke so it just gets over the edge of the paper.

Gloss and decals then the posy-it/smoke again for the decaled areas.

Peel the tape and smile

Huh! I never would have thought of that. I certainly give it a try.

Thanks

Finished up the Fokker last night.  Rigging was tedious but not as bad as I thought it would be.   Using the stripped down EZ Line was the perfect choice.  The 2 things that made it go smoothly was making a teeny tiny hook from real thin wire to reach between the lines to pull a through to where I needed it to go and little pieces of tape as a 3rd hand.  Fortunately there's not a lot.  A 1/72 DH.2 would likely push one to the edge of insanity.

 The tough part was getting the turnbuckles on the line.  .3mm OD brass tubing was used.  For those of us that see "MM" and think of something that "melts in your mouth, not in your hand" that .012" OD with a .005" ID.  A #80 drill bit is .0135 for comparison.

 I've prattle don long enough..  Here's the completed Fokker E.III in 1/72 with a WIF scheme.

Wow! That looks sweet!. Fantastic job WingNut.

Thanks MC

Just fantastic!

I am toying with a 1/32 WW1 plane and putting off because of the intricacies - that in 1/72 is just amazing!!

Skill.

Thanks AdeB.  And don't put it off.  It's huge fun.

Sorry I didn't notice this one sooner. Love the look of this, great work on the bare metal and that prop is really well done. It could easily be one of the WnW kits.

Marc - gorgeous job!

The forced shadow through painting techniques really belies the true scale presented.  Again, beautiful work.

regards,

Jack

Wow, that is awesome.

Amongst lots of other things, splendid job on that 1/72 wood prop. And thanks for sharing your painting method, very effective. Looks great.

Thanks for all the nice comments fellas.  

Bish, no worries on being late.  Glad ya stopped by in the end.

Great job, I'm really diggin the early bird.

Thank you Brandon.