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| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 22-Apr-17 21:45 |  | | Views : 407 | | This is the other Axial prop made for the 160 HP Mercedes engine for a Fokker D7. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 22-Apr-17 21:42 |  | | Views : 389 | | I just figured out the "Snipping Tool" to get a good image of the Axial prop for the 200 HP BMW engine for the Fokker D7 - this is the one I drafted. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 22-Apr-17 12:18 |  | | Views : 360 | | One dazzling Erco Ercoupe |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 21-Apr-17 09:04 |  | | Views : 557 | | This was the only diagram I could find - I took ruler measurements off of this diagram, got out my calculator, and scaled these measurements to draw the 9 1/8" Fokker D7 Axial prop for the 200 HP BMW engine |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 20-Apr-17 22:23 |  | | Views : 812 | | This took me all day to draft. Just have to cut out 8 planks, decide on grain colors and 2 coats of acrylic paint on both sides of the planks, let dry, white glue them all up, and clamp it up for a week. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 19-Apr-17 16:17 |  | | Views : 471 | | I will have to make two balsa jigs to hold a section of red and a section of black tissue glued on, then spray mist the tissue with "rubbing alcohol" (70% ethanol alcohol and 30% water) to shrink them, then several spray coats of rattle can Krylon Clear Gloss, and then cut them out to size and try to glue them onto the stab nice and tight with no wrinkles ... |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 19-Apr-17 15:57 |  | | Views : 405 | | I must then add the finished pilot, add some cockpit coambing, fix the stab damage, and fix the machine guns (senior's moment) - still trying to figure out how to cut off the butt stocks and reglue them ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 19-Apr-17 15:52 |  | | Views : 399 | | Since this is only a display model, I plan on enhancing the "bare" kit a bit. I can't look at the plastic prop anymore .... I must make a balsawood 9" laminated "Axial" prop, similar to the one I did in my Pfalz Dr.1 triplane http://www.virtualaerodrome.com/image_detail.html?p_aircraft_id=667&p_image_id=37467&offset= |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 19-Apr-17 15:43 |  | | Views : 348 | | The plane was hit so hard, it caused both Spandau machine guns to spin 180 degrees about their longitudinal axis. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 19-Apr-17 15:40 |  | | Views : 424 | | At the first model show at our Windsor Airport Historic Hanger on Oct 18, 2014 (the second show was Sept 17, 2016), featuring all types of models, my D-7 received a "package" through the right stabilizer, from one of the plastic model WW1 anti-aircraft guns. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 19-Apr-17 15:33 |  | | Views : 438 | | FOKKER D-7 24" laser cut, kit # HRR 105, $36, scale 1:14.7 , by Thomas Herr of Herr Engineering from Sig mfg. (the ribs are hollowed out with laser cut also) completed March 2014, weight 81 grams. |
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