1/72 Eduard Eindecker

Gallery Article by Tolga Ulgen on Apr 23 2010

Turkey National Independence and Children Day 2010

 

I started this model in memory of the Dardanelles War. This 345/15 belongs to one of the German aces of WWI, Buddecke. It's from Eduard Profikit series, including a photoetch set. I know I shouldn't dare a WWI kit after 40. With continuously broken delicate tail and riggings, it took more than I expected. Thanks god I still have hair over my head, a few was enough since the plane is so small and my hair is long.

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Alclad alluminium and Vallejo colors were used for the cockpit. Overall body is shades of Tamiya deck tan. The upper and lower parts of the body were completely flat, no signs of tension caused by the inside frame. So I preshaded where to be's by tan+white and tan+brown as the plane gets light from upper front.

I think the front alluminium parts had been flattened by hammering. In order to give this characteristic effect I applied Surfacer 1200 with a sponge. The base is Alclad alluminium and then drybrushed with ModelMaster's Titanium.

I drilled the rigging pass-throughs, but later realized that I forgot some tiny points. Decals on the fuselage sides given wrongfully with different sizes. Especially the ones on the tail were rectangle, rather than square, so painted them. The final disaster was the Microsol, which dissolved the paint underneath the decals! Anyway, finally managed to finish kit by painting the propeller with Vallejo' s new and old wood colors.

Tolga Ulgen

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Photos and text © by Tolga Ulgen