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    Another Fokker Finished!

    in Wings of the Great War

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    Hey Chuck, absolutely cut them down from the top VERY CAREFULLY! I used my sprue cutters to make the initial cut and then used a 320 grit sanding stick to straighten out the cut and adjust the final length of the valve stem. The bottom end was the easy part. I cut off the kit moulded valve springs just a hair above the top of the cylinder head. That left me with a nice white circle of stressed plastic indicating were the valve spring had been cut off. I used the very tip of a #11 blade to "centre punch" the centre of the circle. That prevented my drill bit from wandering off centre, making sure to drill at the angle the Taurus Models valve spring assemblies would sit. I started with a smaller drill bit and them worked progressively larger until the hole in the cylinder head accepted the end of the valve spring.

     

    Hope that helps,

     

    Cheers,

    Wolf

    Hi Wolf ,

     

    Your work on the engine is awesome .As for the valve spring stems ! they are there on the real one .They should not be cut on the top ! Just letting you know .

     

    Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by miamiangler

    Thanks Tom and Kevin ,

     

    Andrew I think the kit you have has the most colorful Fokker DVII the OAW kit is my favorite !

     

    Ron the tail rigging took me the longest to do . I hope you have it squared away !

     

    Peter this is the end of the road for this build I hope everyone enjoyed this build as I did .I learned a lot about WNW kits wish I would have started years ago with these kits .I`m hooked on these kits the fit of parts are awesome and build into museum quality models .

     

     

    The photo`s will be I the RFI .

     

     

     

    Many thanks to all who posted their comments,

     

    Willi

     

     

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    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by miamiangler

    I am late in checking up on this build, but I can see it is fantastic! What a striking color scheme and you have really nailed it Willi! Not too much further to the finish line now. Can't wait to see this baby all finished.

    Thanks ringleheim, Today I am putting on the struts and once the glue is dry all left is putting on the top wing. The guns and telescopic gun site are in place. I just have some touching up with paint then this bird should be done . I`m not going to weather it much I like it as if it was just finished with a new paint job .

     

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    Update is coming very soon ! Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    I want one on my shelf too! That would be so cool model to ogle. Can't wait for the finish...

     

    Glad to see you busy at the bench, Willi!!!

    Hi Tomek,

     

    It`s My new favorate model! I ogle at it every day:). Should have the yellow bird done over the weekend .

     

     

     

    Today`s update:

     

     

    I used the PE set from WNW`s to do the gun barrels. The telescopic gun site was drilled out and a clear plastic dicks were set in place , I also redid the rigging on the landing struts. I used PE turnbuckles since that`s all I had at the moment.

     

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    Thanks ,

     

    Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Willi

    Looking simply fantastic sitting on her gear. We're up to the same portion of the build now, so keep me posted on the wing and fuselage strut assembly, as it's what I'm hoping to do this weekend.

    Keep 'em coming

     

    Thanks Peter,

     

    I`m hoping to wrap this bird up this weekend also. I`m just going over everything carefully and doing touchups as I go .

     

     

    Thanks JRutman and Mark,

     

    Your comments are much appreciated

     

     

    Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    I am very familiar with this kit now that I've built two. The decaling and overall finish you've done is simply brilliant

     

    Ron

     

    Thanks Ron ,

     

    I have watched both of your builds .Both look awesome ! I think it would be cool if all Fokker DVII`s built on this forum could have their own post .There are quite a few different Fokkers being built right now . Everyone who finishes a Fokker DVII can post the photo`s there .That way everyone can view all the A/C in one place .

     

    Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Willi,

    I think that's got to be the coolest paint job I've seen on a WWI fighter, it reminds me of an air show or barnstormer scheme aircraft, but it's obvious that this guy was "in the mood" to try his luck in the air with other "tricks" :)

     

    Looking forward to more rigging etc.. Keep up the Excellent work!

     

    Paul

     

     

    Hi Paul,

     

    There`s not much rigging on the DVII which makes it kind of easy . I like building colorful A/C so there`s going to be a few more Fokkers in my WW1 collecton.

     

    Willi

     

     

     

    Another Fokker Finished!

    in Wings of the Great War

    Posted

    Hi Wolf,

     

     

    Looking very nice, Great Ideas For attaching the Taurus parts. I like the clamps you made ,I noticed they were missing after I had My engine already painted so that`s a detail I didn't add. .The more FokkerDVII`s built here and all the details everyone does the better they get ! Keep posting your Ideas ,I`ll be watching .

     

    Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by miamiangler

    Thanks Ron ,O.K . Peter and Tom I`ll keep it coming ,but it`s getting close to being done ! So Far I have had fun with this kit .I really haven`t found many pitfalls . Just be careful with fitting the engine. The landing gear went on without any problems. So here she is on her landing struts :).

     

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    More to come soon !

     

    Willi

    WNW FokkerDVII MFGR1 ,Gotthard Sachsenberg

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by miamiangler

    Did you see that those black strips go on the lower surface of the upper wing as well? It's easy to miss this in the instructions: note the caption and right photo at the bottom of page 27. Cheers, Tom

     

     

    Thanks Tom ,

     

    I missed that one . I was wondering why they gave two of those decals :doh: Thanks again !

     

    Today I mounted the engine and radiator . I think that was the hardest part I had so far . It is important to dry fit a few times before gluing . I started with tack gluing the back of the engine supports first . Then dry fit the radiator until you get a good joint on the bottom of the chin cowl.

     

    There are two supports missing that hold the radiator in place . One on each side ,I still have to make those parts but you can see them in the picture on page 27 same one Tom was talking about.

     

    Thanks Willi

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