Another well executed recovery.

As for matching the paint, close enough, I imagine a lot of the finish on the originals could be rather patchy as time touchups sunlight and dirt took their toll.

Thanks Keith

It is very close but I had to use Testors acrlyic Olive drab and brown for the mix . Was out of the tamiya olive drab . I did make my masking line up agaist the panel line and under the fuselage as well which the shade difference is more noticeable .


I now have the lower wings attached and did a test run with the struts with the top wing in place double checking to make sure every thing is line up . Tonight will be starting to drill out the rigging holes so the wire hoop attachment points can be fixed in place . Will have some pic's up soon .

The ammo bins look great Terri.

Ted

Hey Terri! Been watching this build with interest, you do some very fine work indeed. Here are a couple of pictures of Cole Palen flying his FE at Rhinebeck for those days when you might need a little inspiration!
Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
Geoff

Thanks Ted for the kind comment

Hi Geoff and welcome to Aeroscale . Thanks for sharing the pic's of Cole's Fe 8 . I have seen other photo's a reproduction FE 8 on the net but I haven't seen these yet .

Made a bit progress since the last up-date and will have pic's up as soon as the gallery is back up and running . The main part of the weathering is done on the fuselage and wings . Rigging has started as well with the placements of the attachment points . The top wing is ready to be mounted and the struts fixed in place .

Still have to get used to using photobucket on this site .

I did the weathering by first spraying thinned Tamiya smoke over the wing ribs on the upper and lower surfaces . Once dried this was sealed with dull cote for the next step . I mixed up a mix of grey and dark brown pastel and went over the top surface ribs with the mix working it in . The under surfaces got the same treatment using a sand yellow followed a buff from Tamiya's weathering systeme . Everything got a final dull cote to lock it all in place .

The prop is also ready for the tips to be painted brass and finish off the bosses. Rigging attachment points are in lace and the top wing is ready to be mounted .


More to follow soon. . .

HI Terri

Looking great – your CDL and PC10 is really shaping up very nicely with the weathering treatment This is going to look fantastic once its together.

Best Regards

Mikael

Thanks Mikael for the kind comment

It looks real good Terri, the weathering really sets it off and tones the decals in well. The CDL looks sweet too, a long build with its little hiccups is really showing off your abilities.

Great
K

Thanks Keith

Well , you don't learn anything if you don't try and when hiccups do happen learning how to fix them puts you closer to improving ones skills as builder .

Finally was able to back at the bench after spending a week away and got some progress done .

Top wing in now mounted and the rigging has also started . The pullys for the rear controls have also been made out 10 card with a punch set . better to add these items now then later when the tail booms and more rigging is added .

Rigging of the main wings is now finished .

Won't be long now....lovely rigging work Terri, I really want to see this with the tail on


Go Terri

K

HI Terri,

Wow – what a lovely build – rigging looks superb, and I really like the PC10 finish – You've had your ups and downs with this build, and I'm seriously impressed you stuck with it (I doubt I'd have the stamina to persevere myself)

This is going to be one beautiful model.

Best Regards

Mikael

So do I Keith , it's been long build for me , but has been very enjoyable so far even with the few hiccups

Thanks Mikael for the kind comment . Still have a few touch ups to do and a few more detail bits here and there before this assemlby part is finished . I did miss some rigging holes and had to remove the control surfaces on the left side so I was able to get the pin vice in there and drill out them holes . Not sure how I missed them but I did.

The next step will be finishing the detail on the tail booms before the get painted . Then i can but them in place and fix the tail in place . Then I will be ready for round two of the rigging . Still though there is a fair bit still left to do on this build , but it is comforting to know that I'm getting closer to wrapping this one up . Would like to have finished some time in April so I can enter it in model of the month .

For now my attention will be on the build review of Roden's N.24 bis so I will try and have up-dates when progress has been made

Well here is what I have been up too so far ....................

Nicely done!

Thanks Stephen !

Very, very nice indeed Terri, this is going to look great on the display shelf

Mikael

Terri,
The FE has been an inspiration for scratchbuilding, perserverance, and outstanding technique! Looks phenominal!
RAGIII

Terri, I see enough rigging to spool my fishing reel. Nice job of a real hard (in my case) rigging step.

Bob