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Finally had sometime to work on the Fokker project. Started on the rudder, elevator and stabilizer construction. Very straight forward build and it all went together rather easy, just some sanding to clean up the glue joint areas. The kit has the structure of these items spot on, no real modifications needed.
Rudder completed and sanded, ready for primer.
After I had finished priming the elevator I started to look a little closer to the construction presented in the kit. The trailing edge of the stabilizer is not quite right and the leading edge of the elevator needs the ribs thinned out. I'm going to replace the trailing edge of the stab with brass tubing and add in the missing wood fairing and braces. The end product should be very realistic and allow me to cover one half of the model with fabric.
November 6, 2024
I decided to make the wood blocking that was installed on the DR.1 elevator to allow covering material to be attached and secured around the leading edge. This took several tries to get the blocks to look correct but overall, they turned out pretty convincing. Also created the bushing that would have been on the hinge and I will add the aluminum straps after all the pieces have been painted. Got the wood fairing shaped and ready go for the stabilizer as well which will be stained and installed after painting as well.
November 12, 2024
I'm using rubber band powered covering material for the fabric on the model as it can be tightened with water instead of heat like the traditional model fabric covering. I'm cutting the material into 1/4" strips to simulate the wrapping process on the metal tubing. This will be painted white in the next step prior to covering the one side of the rudder.
November 13, 2024
Eze Tissue will be used to cover half the model. This fabric material is for rubber band powered balsa models. I'm hoping the Eze Dope used at full strength will work for attaching the material to model and that it adheres strong to the structure. All use the Eze Dope mixed at the recommended 30% Dope and 70% water to shrink without bending the parts out of shape.
The Eze Dope worked perfect and was pretty easy to use. so far so good.
First coat of the Eze Dope applied and left over night to see if it will shrink to a tight condition without warping the rudder.
Eze Dope is fantastic! The next morning the rudders fabric was tight without any warping. All apply one more coat to help seal the fabric per the manufactures recommendations. Then all airbrush the white color on the rudder and I'm leaning towards airbrushing the black cross as well instead of a decal.
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