Hi all
This is my next project: FOKKER EINDECKER E.II "69/15", Baron Kurt von Crailsheim, FFA 53, Monthois, France, October 1915.
Baron von Crailsheim scored the first (and his only) air victory for FFA 53 Eindeckers
I'll be using the Airfix kit 01086 in 1/72nd scale.
The art work(as for most recent Airfix releases) is very appealing
Two grey sprue, very crisp details, no sink marks or flash
The box back with the painting and decalling instructions
Since this will be my first ever WWI project, I'll keep it basically straight from the box. However, I'll add a few things that I've noticed are missing (the windscreen in front of the cockpit, harness and the rigging).
Oddly, I decided to start this building by the propellers. The kit brings two propellers types to chose from. One from Garuda Propellers (wider paddles) and one from Germania Propellers (slim paddles). I used the following technique to paint the wood laminated propellers:
For the Germania propeller (lighter in colour on the photos below);
- Paint the part with XF-02 Flat White
- Watercolour pencil Brown and Ochre to make the wood veins
- 20% Gunze H91 Clear Yellow + 80% thinner
- 20% Gunze H92 Clear Orange + 80% thinner
- Mr Color C218 Aluminium for the metal centre.
For the Garuda propeller (darker colour on the photos below);
- Paint the part with XF-02 Flat White
- Watercolour pencil Brown and Ochre to make the wood veins
- 20% Gunze H91 Clear Yellow + 80% thinner
- 10% Gunze H92 Clear Orange + 10% Gunze H93 Clear Blue + 80% thinner
- Mr Color C218 Aluminium for the metal centre.
After painting with XF-02, use various browns shades using a pointed brush to create wood grain in the Germania propeller
You can either draw it on the piece or use the brush to paint it, blende it with some water if desired
Next steps is to add colours with the various clear shades
Front view: Left the Garuda propeller and on the right side the Germania propeller
Back view: Left the Garuda propeller and Germania on the right side
I'm still undecided which one to use.