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Silver Wings 1/32 Fokker D.21


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Looking good Jeroen!

Love the subtle weathering.

Well done.

 

The little silver scratches on the radio in the back are feeling a bit off but since they are covered by the fuselage don't bother cause no one will see eventually. :ph34r:

Except for me cause I know....  ;)

 

 

Marcel.

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Looking good Jeroen!

Love the subtle weathering.

Well done.

 

The little silver scratches on the radio in the back are feeling a bit off but since they are covered by the fuselage don't bother cause no one will see eventually. :ph34r:

Except for me cause I know....  ;)

 

 

Marcel.

Hihihi,

I already removed them!

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Thnx Marcel,

 

The fuselage is closed and the radio sits pretty deep in the rear fuselage, making only the fronts of the radio's visible.

 

In the meanwhile i finished building the Bristol Mercury engine:

 

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Ok. Meeting some resistance. The engine is slightly too big in diameter for the cowling. So I sanded away the connection rim inside the cowling and sanded the entire cowling way thinner all around. And now it fits!

 

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What you see here are 5 parts:

 

 

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And added the second wing too:

 

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So far it's a pretty smooth ride!

 

Cheers,

Jeroen

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That looks great. Real unusual that Silverwings would make a booboo like that with the engine and cowl. 

 

I reckon this will be done in a week.

 

It reminds me of the Taurus engine i tried to fit in the WnW cowling of the Fokker E.III. It's an easy fix. Just a little work to make it look ok.

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Ok, some good news and some set back.

 

First of all I managed to screw up the shaft. Or shaft the shaft in proper english.

I got some paint on it (the unwanted kind) and dipped it in aceton. This caused the parts to become... rubber!

Mailed Silver Wings and a new one is already on the way!

 

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But this weekend i did manage to mask and fit the canopy and add the wheels:

 

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But then I noticed an error I made. So be wary of following my lead. The instructions tell you to make the upper cockpit framing all with tubing. 6 tubes going up and one small horizontal one connecting them. Like so:

 

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However, the only tubes you need to make are the two 90 degree vertical ones behind the seat and the two 30 degree ones going back down, making an inverted V.

The other tubes are integral part of the canopy clear part!

So I removed them (while the canopy was glued) and fixed it. Pretty happy with my handiwork:

 

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Some more small progress.

The Master barrels sets arrived. All squashed and flattened in the mail.

So i looked for a rod with exactly the right diameter to round it out again.

The solution was found in a large paperclip that fitted the bill.

 

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Then i fastened the barrels in a drill bit and sanded the hexagon bold off.

 

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Also finished masking the whole canopy, with the opening part both inside and outside.

 

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