In 1993 Proctor
developed the Fokker EIII to join the museums scale line. The
Fokker EIII kit is equipped as all museums scale kits are. Only
selected wood is used. All ribs, main spars, longerons and
bulkheads are ready to be assembled and require no additional
work. The ribs are machined. The rib design with its weight
saving cut outs is identical to the original. The undercarriage
is already pre-assembled and silver soldered. Also the wood for
the wing tips is already bent ready to be glued in place.
The engine cowling
is made of aluminium and has already the Fokker’s EIII
characteristic cut out to enable cooling of the engine in place.
Thin aluminium sheeting for to cover the fwd. fuselage in the
engine area forms part of the kit. Numerous accessories and a
pair of scale wheels are completing this kit.
As usual with
Proctor, one will find an excellent building instruction which
is accompanied by many step by step photographs.
The steering of the
ship along its longitudinal axes is like the original by
twisting the wings ( this will add additional points in scale
competitions).
With an equivalent
set of photographs and the minor adjustments which will be
always necessary to make the model match exactly the chosen
original you will be able to score high at a scale competition.