ArmouredSprue Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hi all This is my next project: FOKKER EINDECKER E.II "69/15", Baron Kurt von Crailsheim, FFA 53, Monthois, France, October 1915. Baron von Crailsheim scored the first (and his only) air victory for FFA 53 Eindeckers I'll be using the Airfix kit 01086 in 1/72nd scale. The art work(as for most recent Airfix releases) is very appealing Two grey sprue, very crisp details, no sink marks or flash The box back with the painting and decalling instructions Since this will be my first ever WWI project, I'll keep it basically straight from the box. However, I'll add a few things that I've noticed are missing (the windscreen in front of the cockpit, harness and the rigging). Oddly, I decided to start this building by the propellers. The kit brings two propellers types to chose from. One from Garuda Propellers (wider paddles) and one from Germania Propellers (slim paddles). I used the following technique to paint the wood laminated propellers: For the Germania propeller (lighter in colour on the photos below); Paint the part with XF-02 Flat White Watercolour pencil Brown and Ochre to make the wood veins 20% Gunze H91 Clear Yellow + 80% thinner 20% Gunze H92 Clear Orange + 80% thinner Mr Color C218 Aluminium for the metal centre. For the Garuda propeller (darker colour on the photos below); Paint the part with XF-02 Flat White Watercolour pencil Brown and Ochre to make the wood veins 20% Gunze H91 Clear Yellow + 80% thinner 10% Gunze H92 Clear Orange + 10% Gunze H93 Clear Blue + 80% thinner Mr Color C218 Aluminium for the metal centre. After painting with XF-02, use various browns shades using a pointed brush to create wood grain in the Germania propeller You can either draw it on the piece or use the brush to paint it, blende it with some water if desired Next steps is to add colours with the various clear shades Front view: Left the Garuda propeller and on the right side the Germania propeller Back view: Left the Garuda propeller and Germania on the right side I'm still undecided which one to use. Next I started on the cockpit. The first thing I've done was to close some annoying release marks. Only the one on the front of the cockpit would be visible and required to putty I've used the same technique used to paint the propellers to paint the floor board and back of the seat. In this case I've used the lighter wood colour. After the XF-02, watercolour pencils were used to simulate wood For the first time I decided to try the Mr Metal Color lacquer paints. I don't ever use Alclad due it's extreme smell and I'm allergic to it. Therefore it seems to be a viable option. Used for the first time and I was really impressed with the results and quality of the paint Airbrushed MrColors 211 - Chrome Silver on the "metal" parts using the following settings: 1 paint : 2 Mr Levelling Thinner (MLT) @ 15psi. The result was outstanding and I became a fan to it. Metal parts sprayed with MrColors 211 with any prior preparation on the plastic. Fuselages halves ready to be glued together I've added some synthetic fibre harnesses from my spare parts box. Maybe not the correct one but will do the job on this scale. I also did improve the handle on the control stick. The part is hallowed but comes as a single flat piece of plastic in the kit Cockpit masked and ready for the next painting task The Fokker Eindecker had a very distinctive metal characteristic. All Aluminium panels and cowls remained unpainted and were given a "squiggly turned" finish. Please observe the squiggly turned finish on the cowl Since the beginning of this project I was trying to figure it out how to represent it in this small scale. I came up with this technique that I was happy with the result. First airbrush the metal parts with Chrome Silver (211) Spray a coat of Tamiya X-19 Clear Smoke (40% paint : 60% Thinner) Brush paint MrColor C218 Aluminium in format of the squiggly marks Airbrush a final coat with MrColor C159 Super Silver (40% paint : 60% MLT) Next in my list was to add some detail to the engine. The Eindecker E.II was powered by a 100hp Oberursel U.1 (which was a license built 100hp Gnome Monosoupape). I added the ignition wirings to the cylinders using EZLine fine. After a first base with X-01 Black I sprayed it with MrColor C159 Super Silver (50% paint : 50% MLT @ 15psi) Following I did spray the cylinders only with: 1st: 20% X-19 Clear Smoke + 80% thinner 2nd: 20% Gunze H91 Clear Yellow + 80% thinner 3rd: 20% Gunze H93 Clear Blue + 80% thinner 4th and final, Tamiya Panel Accent BLACXK wash. The Eindecker was equipped with an IMG 08 "Spandau" 7.92mm machine gun. Obviously the kit would benefit from an aftermarket representation of this machine gun. However, I have decided to build it as most out-of-the-box as possible, so I just painted the piece XF-01 Flat Black and had some graphite powder rubbed into it afterwards. A new aftermarket machine gun would add value to kit. Note how characteristic it is XF-01 Flat Black applied Add caption Graphite powder was rubbed overall I did open the machine gun barrel to add some detail Fuselage is now masked and ready to get painted. To be continued! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarryF Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Hello. Here is my new Airfix - Ai25001a: Edited April 7, 2020 by MarryF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 11 hours ago, MarryF said: Hello. Here is my new Airfix - Ai25001a: ?????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Progressing with this building very steadily, mainly because I'm grounded home due to a recent knee operation. Anyway! The next step was to start with the painting. I've read so many reviews over the internet and one thing that was common to all is in regards to the fuselage band decals. They don't match properly. So I decided to to paint those marks. Since I was about to paint it, I decided also decided to paint the big white squares on the wings and fuselage. This is because the decal would be positioned just on the top of the rigging points and I would have to use few decal solving solutions to fix it. In the end they will look nicer. However, I will cut and use the decals for the German crosses. The first thing Ive done was to spray Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow overall to uncover any mistake or gaps to be corrected (had some minor ones easily fixed). I still have not decided what colour to use for the fuselage but this will give me an stating point. Then I painted the white areas using Tamiya XF-02 Flat White with a few drops of Future (1 paint : 1 Future : 2 X-20A @15psi) White added to the fuselage band Wings top side with white area painted Wings underside with white area painted When doing the masks I usually place the masking tape on a piece of baking paper. I used the decal as a template. Cut with a sharp blade and metal ruler for straight cuts. Masking tape being cut and positioned in one of the wings I've used the same process to cut the fuselage cross template. I've used the 3mm tape for the upper and bottom of the fuselage band. However, for the sides I had to use 2 x 2mm stripes overlapped since it is slightly thinner than the upper and bottom stripes. Fuselage band and cross masked Upper wing squares masked Underside wings squares masked Next I did apply Tamiya XF-01 Flat Black with a few drops of Future (1 paint : 1 Future : 2 X-20A @15psi). I know I'll have to spray some white or grey prior to yellow but I think this way it would be easier to mask. Black paint applied To be continued! Edited October 26, 2018 by ArmouredSprue spelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Yellow applied. I've used Gunze H413 RLM04 Yellow. After waiting overnight for paint to cure I decided to check it before moving on. A little setback, I was not happy with the results. Some overspray/bleeding paint and some huge misalignment. I will have to start from the beginning again. To be continued! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Hello there, Any progress on fixing the paint? How is the knee recovery? BR,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 12 hours ago, Tripio said: Hello there, Any progress on fixing the paint? How is the knee recovery? BR,Laz Hi there the has recovered just fine and I’m already back to work. Thanks for your attention. The kit had som progress made to it. All paint mistakes have now been corrected and I’m in the process of weathering. Some photos soon. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Definitely the Festive Season isn't a good time of the year for scale modelling here Down Under. Warmer weather and friends invitations to go out is so tempting that the bench time is happily neglected. However, I've managed to progress with this build and here are a couple of photos just to keep this build alive. I have added the wings to the fuselage and also started some weathering The bottom will be a little dirtier than the upper surface To be continued! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hello there, I need to confess that I am not really into WWI birds but this build is so lovely that I am slowly addicted to it. Keep the pictures coming. BR,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 12:13 AM, Tripio said: Hello there, I need to confess that I am not really into WWI birds but this build is so lovely that I am slowly addicted to it. Keep the pictures coming. BR,Laz Thanks mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Finally completed. Rigging made with EZLIne and glued in place with CA Glue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mirage@enthusiast Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 It's so creepy.... outstanding details, your metallic paint job on the motor cover is breathtaking. Respect, perfect job. Polo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Very nice. I will never be dare enough to build a WWI airplane. That is awesome, congratulations. Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArmouredSprue Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Thanks guys. It wasn't that difficult as I first thought. I really enjoyed it at the end Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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