A little Fokker Eindecker E.III - a Very Small Build
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While I was waiting for Airfix to sort themselves out with some parts for both the Wellington & Shackleton (I will cover those issues in the next blog entries for them), I decided it was high time to start the smallest kit in my model stash - the diminutive Fokker Eindecker E.III.
The kit is very straight forward to build and goes together really well, however for the insane amongst us (namely me) - the kit comes rigging diagrams!
It only took me a few hours in total to build and paint the little plane and there are a great number of decals for such a small kit.
To give you a sense of scale the Eindecker fuselage fits in the bomb bay of the Wimpy.
However it took me most a day to do the rigging - after I'd sourced a fine nylon jewelers thread to use (0.1mm to be precise)
I missed a few bits of rigging out due to how fiddly they would be. Overall I pleased with the result and it has been well over 30 years since I've done a full rigged bi-plane.
Till next time
TBG
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