Airfix 1/72 E3

[T. van Vuuren]

I picked up this new tool airfix 1/72 E3 I intend to do as an OOB build......hopefully by this Saturday!


Theuns

 

[Plastickitbasher]

Nice, something a little different, will be watching this one

 

[papa 695]

Nice one Theuns 

 

[T. van Vuuren]

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.
Theuns

 

 

[noble]

this is looking cool.

 

[Plastickitbasher]

Good start looking good

 

[T. van Vuuren]

I tried to replicate 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.





 


Theuns

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Natural doped linnen paint on, when dry I will add the shadows of the rib tapes. T

 

[Airfix Modeller Freak]

nice work mate. What are you using for the rigging?

 

[colin m]

Nice start, I like the look of this little thing.

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Thanx. I will most likely use EZ line for the rigging.


Theuns

 

[T. van Vuuren]

The linnen coluor is to yellow and it lacks feel.


I cut 1mm wide strips of tamiya tape and mask the ribs. Then I lightly spray tamiy smoke over the rest to make it a little darker and more "dirty"


I used the same on my 1/48 Nie 11.


Theuns

 

[T. van Vuuren]

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

 

[papa 695]

That's looking very good Theuns nice work so far.

 

[T. van Vuuren]

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 fise binding the wings I recon is not up to the job and the wingroot seam is so thin glue area is really small.


Theuns

 

[flyjoe180]

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 fise binding the wings I recon is not up to the job and the wingroot seam is so thin glue area is really small.


Theuns

Good info Theuns, I picked one of these up a wee while ago. Maybe some sort of reinforcement is in order to prevent future wing sag/failure. Do you think a continuous rigging thread would help?

 

[T. van Vuuren]

I ran thin superglue on the wingroot and it feels better. The EZ line I used for rigging will have no structural value. Maybe a thread that does not stretch will help...


Theuns