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Actually I'm behind on the updates for this one! The upper and lower wings are complete and just need some post shading work.

Hy Guys, actually this was the second ever WnW aircraft I started way back in Sept. 2014 so I was building the Eindecker and now the DH.2 at the same time as this.

Thank you Mike.

Very nice, what are the Taurus parts like?

Ok - need to buy some technical equipment - toothpicks!

I couldn't resist it, before heading out to work this morning I took a few photos of the fuselage dry fitted to the lower wing with the phones camera.

Danny she's stunning! May I ask what you used to apply the CA glue - your work is incredibly clean!

Sadly I ran out of time, I still have the pilots chair and micro fabric seat belts to go in along with the instrument panels, which I managed to get the wood effect finished on before cleaning everything up - so that's a job that can be done over the week.

My goal for the weekend; Finish the post shading on the upper and lower wings Complete the cockpit internals With the wings masked already it was just a simple case of spraying the wings with a very thin coat of Tamiya smoke and leaving them in the dry box until I'm ready to go back to them. Actually I want to try blend matte, satin and high gloss effects over the ribs of the wing to simulate the effect that the stressed linen had and that will require some experimentation. All the small holes drilled out - It looks so much better than just leaving it as standard, although non of it will be seen once its all closed up as usual!

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It's a little too shiny for my liking right now Johnathan, so once I have completed the ailerons (they just need post shading now) I will give it all a very fine coat of Vallejo mat gloss and then give the ribs and intermediate ribs a fine coat of gloss where the fabric is stretched and shiny.

James if you want one I can grab one from the local store!

I got a very heavy session on the workbench on Saturday about 10 + hours - although I lost 2 hours hunting for the dog whom had decided to take himself for a walk after the wife left the garden gate unlocked (He knows how to flip the catch!) Although I have to admit it was nice to get out of the house and take a walk through the woods looking for him. So more work on the wings!

You're a bad, bad man! Incredible builds and can't wait to see the next one!

Yes gents I did Yes Gentlemen I did, although the product is a domestic one and not Johnson's and regardless of what it says on the bottle there is ZERO wax in it! This is 100% pure acrylic resin and is not perfumed! You have to be very quick when applying it undiluted and very nice to work with when thinned using Vallejo thinner. Airbrushing again is a dream and actually has the same consistency as Vallejo finisher although MUCH MUCH stronger. I've also used it undiluted on windshields but it does pool up so I think I will try it again diluted at 1:3 ratio with Vallejo thinner again.

So after completing the Wingnut Wings Fokker E.I (LF70) project - still not finished as I am currently sculpting the pilot from the original 1916 photo, I decided that I would continue the theme of heavily rigged aircraft and move over to the Entente. Now what with the group build I considered building the FE.2b but I felt not so sure about the skill levels I possessed and opted for what my heart desired and that was the AMC (Airco) DH.2. I wanted to build if for sometime now and actually own the Wingnut Wings Duelist set containing both the Fokker E.I and DH.2 but as both kits sold separately and in stock I decided to indulge and buy both kits separately and horde the Duelist set. One of the other factors that played into the build was that I really wanted to give the Aviattic RFC Linen a try, I see many people using the Lozenge but nobody has posted a build using the linen. I used it extensively on the fuselage, underside of the wings and the tailplane of the Eindecker with great results and I wanted to see how a DH.2 would look that was predominantly covered in linen. One last thing I learned from the Eindecker is that the rigging really makes the plane and the more detailed and accurate you can make those features the better it looks as the eye is naturally drawn to it. With this in mind I went about looking at the actual kit and identified some parts that would require a little more work to make them stand out some more (Similar to the carbane on the Eindecker where I replaced the turnbuckles with Gaspatch products) This time I turned to HGW Models and ordered the Super Detail set for the DH.2 along with the required turnbuckles from Gaspatch. Now I really wanted to try out the Aviattic linens so jumped straight to the wings. The process I followed was this: Flat white base coat Masking off of ribs and internal supports Pre-shading using Tamiya Smoke heavily thinned 1:3 and 1:5 Removal of masking tape Several thin layers of Flat white to soften in the Pre-Shading Pre-Weathering (under the Linen to simulate heavy staining and to add depth) Added solid (White backed) Linen Rib Tape Made templates of flight surfaces for linen Cut Decals and applied.

No problem Grimm - I got in to the hobby last year and spent a lot of time just practicing with thinning paints and air pressures on the brushes I'm now getting some pretty good results.

Ok Tamiya suggest a 1:3 ratio of paint to thinner and I believe Gunze Mr. Color is the same but most will suggest thinning to a consistency of milk for a solid colour more so if you are building up layers. For some of my post shading work on WWI aircraft I'm going as thin as 1:8 ratio of paint to thinner. also make sure you are using the correct thinner - Tamiya can be thinned with Vallejo thinner but Vallejo turns to gunk with Tamiya Thinnners so be careful.

Mikester - I'm just down the road in Yokohama.

I also picked up this great little knife by OLFA the whole thing is in my opinion perfectly designed - I'm a huge fan of their rotary cutters but this is fantastic.

Beautiful work!

Thank you, I'm rather proud of this and I still can't believe I made it!

Well I think I have done all that I can! I have uploaded a full 360 3D image here: http://3dbin.com/publicjs/snziwkor The WIP can be found here