Airfix 1/72 E3

The fuselage uses (in my veiw) an un nessesarly "complex" way of engineering. You have the bottom section and the two side sections incorperating the top section. 

I found it rather fiddly to allign and cement together. You have to hold it all inplace and try run cement into the seam...needless to say I got a fingerprint or two on the model doing this.

There will be some filling and sanding to be done on the fuselage seams.

Wow Theuns, very nice start!

Toshi

I tried to replicat the anti-corosion treatment they used on the Eindecker's sheetmetal parts.

I sprayed the cows X-11 silver and with a fine brush randomly painted streaks with humbrol "steel" that is a little darker.

The progress and technique utilized is nothing short of astonishing.  Keep up the fantastic work.  This is turning into a show winner!

Toshi

Toshi thanx for that.

I am waiting for the natural doped linnen paint to dry so I can do the shading for the rib tapes.

Sofar the build is quite enjoyable.

To try give some feel to the othewize mono-tone look I cut 1mm strips of tamiya tape and stick it over the ribs. Then I lightly spray tamiya "smoke" over the rest to darken and dirty up the exposed fabric.

where tapes were attached to the fabric it had a more dence lighter look to the rest. 

Here is a 1/48 Nie 11 I did with the same paint and tecnique. It almost has a slight "translucent" feel to the fabric between the ribs

Here is the basic airframe assembled.

I have 2 coats of future as a glosscoat for decals.

Hoping to get them on soon...

The undercart was a little fiddly to put on but cyno works well for this.

Theuns

A heads up to anyone building this kit. I painted the model future as a gloss decal coat today and left it in the sun to cure. When I got to it there was a marked sag in both wing pannels downwards. It is winter here so it must have been max 15-20 deg C

I had to re-enforce the wing to fuse joint with thin super glue, hoping it will keep over time as the thin joiner bar on the inside of the fuse binding the wings I recon is not up to the job and the wingroot seam is so thin glue area is really small.

Theuns

Well that's wierd. Direct sunlight on a cold day shouldn't have softened the plastic even a little.

Otherwise this build is (was?) looking really sweet. I'm looking forward to an update Theuns.  :)

yea I don't know why but it seems the thin superglue on the seam is more sturdy.

Busy with the decals now...

Theuns

Done and dusted,riggind from EZ line.

An enjoyable  little kit.

You did a phenomenal job on this build, absolutely excellent!

Toshi

Thanx :-)

Superb job, great technique on the fabric

Nice job on the metal Theuns! =]