Wingnut Wings scale model kits - are they really that good? PART 2

Following on from my first video about Wingnut Wings, this week in Part 2 I continue with the engine and fuselage of the WNW Fokker E.IV build. The extraordinary detail just keeps on coming - the radial engine is a little work of art - but I do encounter some issues with the fit of the fuselage halves. I will admit, some of the issues are just due to me ;)
Special thanks to HobbyLink Japan, who provided this kit for review. If you like the look of the kit, it is available here: shop.hlj.com/2I6KIYo
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[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

Great job Dave, that detail on the engine and guns fantastic! Can't wait for the next update.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Thanks mate, I'm planning to get the next instalment out this weekend.

[@robbough1585]

Superb work from a master. The engine looks fantastic, you have brought out the exquisite detail from the kit and as for those machine guns, a labour of love I'm sure. Brilliant job so far, keep up the excellent work!

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Hi Rob, I don't know about the term "master", that's perhaps too much! But thank you :)

[@bugler75]

Really enjoying this build, always a pleasure to watch 😊

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Thanks Bugler! Good to hear from you again sir.

[@ssasho0463]

I built this kit 3 years ago and it is great! The trickiest part - painting the engine cowling!Excellent work so far so just continue and enjoy the model:)

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

I'm up to painting the turned aluminium, and it is very time-consuming, but worth the effort!

[@ChrisSmith-nm8gb]

Coming along nicely. Details are fantastic. You might have to display this with your helmet collection.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Smitty, I was thinking exactly that mate. I've got a WWI Imperial German pilot's badge that I will display next to it as well!

[@lancecaldwell3874]

Nice engine work. It's gonna look good under that metal skirt. Love the looks of that kit. My issue is space, so I mostly do 1/72. The kit quality is so good I want to get that 1/35 F2. Felexstowe kit they came out with. Heard it's a monster!!

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

I think the Felixstowe is 1/32, not 1/35? But yeah, it would be impressively large - where could you display that???

[@jasonfrazer8214]

The sink mark in the Maxim is the rear of the fusee cover. These got dented occasionally, probably just some rough handling by the ground crew.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

I can live with that interpretation - thanks Jason!

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Nice video Dave. I have just put my engine build up today, it's the same kit too. You should get yourself some Tamiya nippers and put the scissors back in the drawer lol.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

I think I need to mate!;)

[@bradster1708]

I am enjoying watching this build, I even liked when you chastised yourself for the “rookie” error with the rubber band. I think everyone who attempts something difficult like model making knows the feeling of making silly mistakes. I would also add that making and correcting our stuff ups add to the fun, after all if it was easy, anybody could do it. I think there needs to be a saying for this, how about “Starting a project is optional, stuffing up is mandatory”.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Brad, I officially love that motto. So, so true!

[@TheFreeBass]

Nice kit (even though I'm a car modeller). I would assume the dogleg on the top of the fuselage is to accommodate the one hole behind the cockpit that is off center, keeping the 2 holes centered on the seam & not locking one half into the mold.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

That makes perfect sense - thanks Free Bass.

[@flippy211]

Not the biggest airplane guy, but god dam this kit is gorgeous! Might pick one up just for kitbashing with those amazingly detailed parts :O

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

I noticed yesterday that due to all the variants you can choose from in this kit I'm going to end up with heaps of leftover pieces once this build is completed - lots for the scratchbuilding spares box!

[@alexdumitras7586]

Dave use Mr Cement S! Is pretty good and forgiving for detailed parts!! Amazing kit!

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Thanks Alex, I'm going to look into it now. Cheers, D

[@peteryoung8462]

Don't worry too much about the moulding lines on the cylinders- Real Gnome engines have then too!

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Really? Honestly, really? I will be relieved if that is true!! ;)

[@Georgeolddrones]

Lovely job Dave .model for 50 y and still mess up . 👍 George in Uk

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Heh heh, I do it all the time!

[@michaelwilliamson1392]

Two potential issues to putting the fuselage seams on the corners vs the flats. First, the required tapered end would be very difficult to keep straight when connecting sprues are cut away and cleaned up - any sanding would wear away the corner both away from and "down" along the mating surface, resulting in a wavy, gapped join. Also, clamping the mating surfaces together would be difficult, pressure along the two mating surfaces would be "misaligned," tending to cause the fuselage sides to splay outward, causing the mating surfaces to not sit flat - they would touch on the inside and have a small gap at the exterior corners, which unfortunately is the part that is visible on the finished model. Connecting at the corners would essentially require tolerances in manufacturing and building that I don't think you can achieve in practical terms.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Michael, can I just say that this is the most considered and rational comment I have ever received on my KZbin channel? Thank you. Reading your comment, I think you have perfectly answered why they have designed it the way they have, and not my way. Agreed, the tolerances would be tiny - any sanding would stuff it up as you mention. Thank you sir. Dave

[@leeverink32]

next time you can use a small stack nuts to push it on maybe

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

That's a good idea. Or washers. Clever thinking, thanks.

[@greenplasticgun]

Lovely looking kit. I'd be too scared to make it for fear of ruining it. Suppose that's why I make rough, beat up sci-fi crap :)

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Hey mate, it's definitely more of a challenge for me compared to my sci-fi build, which like your stuff was beaten up and weathered. There is a lot less room for error!

[@greenplasticgun]

@@DavesModelWorkshop I'm a big PJ fan so I reckon I'll support him and put my skills to the test some day for sure. Great work so far. Getting a bit of fomo. 😊

[@hotrodpop1973]

Dave-do you have a sprue cutter? Haven't seen you use one. Available across the pond from Hobby Lobby for US $5. You might also try automotive glazing putty for small filling jobs; easier to work with than plastic filler. Just be sparing! Don't build planes, but what you do is amazing!!! Picking up tips for my automotive interests! L

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Hi Paul, thanks for the comments. I don't use a sprue cutter, I use a pair of surgical scissors I've had for decades. They do a pretty good job, I've never seen the need to upgrade (although I hear they are good?)

[@hotrodpop1973]

@@DavesModelWorkshop Quality is commensurate with price, but even the inexpensive ones are good. I, too, have surgical scissors from my late wife, which I cherish, but not the same!

[@bilgerat7694]

It's gonna be a beautiful bird.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

In all honesty mate, I'm really loving this build. It's captured my imagination more than I expected, I find myself thinking about it a lot when I'm away from the workbench - that to me is a sign of a good kit!

[@bilgerat7694]

I'v got kit's I WONT to build must I MUST focus and finish what I got first.

[@Kabul81]

Admiration can't be a bad thing! I'm a rock fan but back in the 80s I was a closet duran duran fan so anythings possible?🤔 Jman👀

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Heh heh, my wife was a total Duran Duran fan back i the 80s as well!

[@Kabul81]

Dave's Model Workshop 👍🏻 Jman👀

[@soupfork2105]

I was SO planning on letting my pet elephant Barry assemble the machine guns. Then we saw the manual. There were tears, tantrums, random trunk thrashings. Shame on you, Wingnuts. Shame.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

My 5 year old daughter wanted to help with this kit over the weekend - that would have been the equivalent of letting a pet elephant near it!!! :D I've got her working on a 1/48 Airfix Gloster Gladiator instead. It may end up pink. (And there's nothing wrong with that.)

[@soupfork2105]

Dave's Model Workshop When I was 5 my dad and I built a 1/72 Matchbox Beaufighter. The torpedo bomber version. It turned out gloss Black, full of fingerprints, Silver torpedos and red missiles. Still one of my fondest memories, 3 long winter evenings at the kitchen table covered in old newspapers and the smell of Humbrol enamel paint.

[@CC-dq6ck]

how he said fokker 😂😂😂

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

It's taking a lot of willpower not to make constant Fokker puns during these videos James! ;)

[@bugler75]

Check this classic joke out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2m8l2h4a6yVj80

[@fanoflegophil3468]

is that dave johnson.?

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Nope, sorry Phillip. Dave

[@richardfarabaugh7604]

It’s not so much that you “stuff things up” it’s how well you can fix it afterwards.

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Excactly. It happens to every one of us modellers.

[@nicbutterworth729]

Awesome build but scissors for cutting sprue??? WOW. Get some Tamiya Sprue cutters. Life will be a million times easier

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Heh heh, they're pretty old school, I admit! They're surgical scissors, I've been using them for decades for removing parts from the sprue. i've heard good things about Tamiya and Godhand sprue cutters, so maybe one day....

[@apollomasta]

Extremely, overly expensive despite the quality. I can buy a .90 size radio control Albatros kit (the accesories and the fabric to cover it) for the price of one or two of those plastic planes. More fun building real wood and canvas airplane, lots of scale detail to get creative, and real flying airplane than that static, nonsense overly expensive and overrated kits.