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No. I'm not doing an FE.2d.

Yet.

These guys know how to do it right.
http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/proje...b/flying-fe-2b

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 2315592)

No. I'm not doing an FE.2d.

Yet.

These guys know how to do it right.
http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/proje...b/flying-fe-2b

AHH I didn't realize the 3 gun config was relegated only to the 'd ' because of R.R. engine size... I had caught the post for the rebuild too. gorgeous http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/files....thumbnail.jpg and dangerous; as the type that put both Immelmann and Richthofen out of business. Von R. probably never should have flown after his head wound but they didn't know that in 1917. "Von Richthofen stayed in the field hospital for 20 days until July 25, 1917 (figure 2). He left because he wanted to take command of his wing again. The skull wound was not closed, and the bare bone was probably visible until his death. He was advised not to fly until the wound in his head had healed completely. There is a special mention of the fact that even the surgeon in charge held this opinion in the medical file. It was also recorded that "without a doubt there had been a severe concussion of the brain and even more probable a cerebral haemorrhage. For this reason sudden changes in air pressure during flight might lead to disturbances of his consciousness". A series of medical conferences was held in the autumn of 1916 sponsored by the Prussian Ministry of War concerning the evaluation of fitness for military and combat duty of soldiers who had received injuries or wounds. Kurt Goldstein (professor of neurology from Frankfurt am Main) gave a lecture on brain injuries and concluded that fitness for combat duty would only be restored in rare cases and that a qualified evaluation of the course of disease was necessary to make such a determination. He pointed out that only 20% of patients with a skull wound and only 4% of those with a brain injury wound were deemed fit for combat duty again. According to those recommendations, von Richthofen should not have been allowed to return to active flight duty since he was diagnosed as having a concussion and cerebral haemorrhage. The physicians and surgeons who treated him knew this, as can be concluded from their strong recommendation to von Richthofen not to fly before his head wound had completely healed." http://www.pilotfriend.com/aeromed/medical/red_baron.htm

Changed my mind again. At first I decided that the white circles could come last; being on the bottom wing they wouldn't interfere with the rigging, so I could put them off. Then I decided to try cutting the white parts out of a large roundel. They came off pretty well, so I went ahead and put them on. If I change my mind again later it won't be much of a chore to redo them. If not, the money won't have been wasted. I've been wanting a cutting compass for a long time now anyway.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psl8zfjqsy.jpg

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Reminds me of my first pinewood derby car my pop "helped" me build. :subsim:

I missed your last update. It looks the part very nicely. :up:

Update without pictures. I started painting the crew, and found that after four months it wasn't just the black paint that had dried up. Other jars opened alright, but the paints were sticky and wouldn't take thinning. tomorrow is game night, and the only decent model shop left may be out of my way normally but is on the way to the gaming place, so I guess I need to stop and buy some paint. The list is fairly long now...

Thursday the 28th I picked up some paints on the way to game night. Friday I painted the crew. Saturday I was busy with other projects, and yesterday I drilled out all the rigging holes. Today I got the main rigging on the port wings done.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psk7ttepp6.jpg

Superb! In looking for FE2a shots, came across this in Russian but with a lot of night Fe2b's http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25439.htm http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/01-...FE2b-A5478.jpg http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/Crowood/97-1.jpg http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/01-.../RAF_FE2-1.jpgAnd sunday sevices from the nacelle of a Night bomber!: "Gott Strafe the Hun?" WOOPS! but what great tail rigging focus shot:http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/Mul..._28_FE2B_1.jpg

Main rigging is finally done. All I have now is the flying rigging (control wires) and a whole lot of touch-up work.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psz8km6dhs.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ps5rxwnr7r.jpg

All the control cables are complete, and touch-up paint is done. All I have now is to install the prop, pilots and guns. It should be finished tomorrow.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...pswxhdaiof.jpg

Four months and eight days. Eighteen weeks and two days. One hundred and twenty-eight days. Too many distractions. Too much procrastinating. It should have taken four weeks tops.

But it's done. That's all I have to say. The rest can speak for itself.

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The guns are brass kits I ordered from a shop in the Ukraine. Very fine details. The front and rear sights are etched brass (very tiny, and they offer three different rear sights). The canvas shell bags (to keep spent cartridges from going into the propeller) are thick plastic. The wrinkles were made by squeezing them with a pair of pliers.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psb7fnexnj.jpg

I broke out the game stand to get some "in flight" shots (also some better angles).

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...pstl96qki5.jpg

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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psjbjeat8q.jpg

Tomorrow I need to repair some broken models so I can use them again.

What tangled webs we weave!

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The rest can speak for itself

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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psjbjeat8q.jpgWeirdly: 'Fly by wire' before there was 'fly by wire' :D Well done! one of your finest efforts since I came aboard! What decal prop company did u select?

Sorry. I couldn't get a decent close-up, and the Union Flag is almost impossible to make out anyway, so I didn't mention it. I used the logos of the Standard Motor Company. During the war they made aircraft under license, and while I can't find any confirmation that the FE.2 was among those, they certainly made propellers for a variety of planes, so it was a simple choice. Also, I like the Union Flags.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Motor_Company

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...pso2ipudth.jpg

That is absolutely a fantastic piece of modelling right there. :up:
I love this thread you have shown some real dedication in building these great aircraft.
No matter how long it takes you to build them the end result is always fantastic. :o
keep up the good work Steve :yeah:

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 2320202)

Now that is something rather special mate, the gunner in particular and the rigging really set this apart and beyond most of your other fine efforts :sunny:

I spent today's model building time cleaning up after the last mess, organizing tools and paints, throwing away old reference sheets and filing the ones I think I might need again.

The next project is another Royal Aircraft Factory job, a B.E.12. Since the Allies still had a severe shortage of fighter types it was decided to try to turn the B.E.2 into a single-seat fighter. The engine was upgraded from the V8 RAF 1a to the 150-hp V12 RAF 4a, and it was given one of the earliest Vickers gun mountings, to the port side of the fuselage. It still had the great shortcomings of the BE.2, being a very stable aircraft, which meant it was slow to roll and slow to turn.

There are no available kits of the aircraft. Formaplane used to make a vacuform conversion for their BE.2 kit, but it is long out of production and impossible to find. I happen to have a second copy of their original BE.2 kit, so I'll be doing the conversion myself. I thought about making a BE.12b, which had the 200 hp Hispano-Suiza engine and looked like a BE.2 with the nose of an SE.5 tacked on. I like its oddness, but it only came out late in the war and was used strictly as a home-defense night fighter.

Still, here is my starting point.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ps8rly6ess.jpg

I meant to get started yesterday, but I got busy with other things (including catching up on some much-needed sleep). Today I got the fuselage halves cut out and sanded and the meagre interior installed and painted.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...psdhcvpcsn.jpg

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