A pair of Fokkers?

[tr1ckey66]

I think WW1 has some very interesting subjects for the modeller to choose from, lots of interesting paint finishes too.

Please do get your entry into the GB Colin, the more the merrier! It's nice to have a few friends along for the builds - support, encouragement and advice is always on hand from everyone.

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

Ok Paul my arm is twisted

Gonna have a look at the armour from the great war.... i don't think i'm up for attempting an aircraft unless i can find one i like in 1/48.

[Guest]

colin (do you wanna borrow my soppy?)lol

mobear

[Guest]

That was an option Ole

But i suppose i must do this the old fashioned way and build it myself

[tr1ckey66]

A bit more done...

I've added a bit of detailing to the engines in the form of electrical leads to the spark plugs, and also replaced the valve rods as I felt these were over scale.

The engines were then given a thin oil paint wash and assembled.

...And this is what I meant about the difference in engine cowls.

The One piece cowl

...and then the 2 piece...

I've also completed all 4 MGs now

From here I think the next task will be the cockpits.

I think I'm having a change of mind on one of the colour schemes. I think I'm going to build Manfred Von Richtofen's mount instead of the Werner Voss machine as it has more colour.

Cheers

P

[Ian M]

Those machine guns are the business!

If you want some thing just a bit different to all the red barrons, (which but the way was not bright red but a streaky dark red/red-brown sort of thing). Have a look at these

Fokker DR-1 Triplane Walkaround

Ian M

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Ian

Thanks for the link. I'm actually going to do Manfred VonRichtofen's machine. The upper wing is red, as is the cowl, the rest of the airframe is the usual green streaked Fokker finish.

Cheers

P

[papa 695]

Hi Paul great work on the engine and those guns

[Guest]

wonderful mate

mobear

[colin m]

Great looking guns. Even the standard guns look good.

[Guest]

Looking good Paul, the PE extras look more impressive each time i see them.

[Guest]

hi there paul. these tri planes look great. quite fancy doing one of these myself. very nice detailed start to your build, wouldn't expect anything less

[tr1ckey66]

Remember this!

After quite a long break I'm back building these two little gems

The past 2 evenings have been spent removing resin parts, cleaning up sink marks, a bit of flash and altering parts to more accurately depict the iconic Fokker Dr 1. It's slow progress here but will speed up once the few accuracy issues are sorted. If you like, I'm in the part of the build that is necessary but not terribly exciting. However I think time spent here will vastly improve the look of the finished thing.

Here's a few shots:

The first pic is a general view of the parts.



These are the alts to the upper deck. I've finessed the area for the fuel gauge, which is missing from the Roden kit and will need to be scratch built later. I've also added the aperture for the oil filling cap (again missing from the Roden kit) but have yet to add the blast shields on the deck, these are present on the resin part.



These are the alts to the horizontal stabiliser. Roden have depicted this part with a depression in the centre of the wing which isn't present on the real thing. I filled all the parts whilst I had the putty out although I'll only be using the straight sided parts. The detail will be replaced later on with photoetch parts.



This is the reshaped rudder. The Roden rudder is a bit misshapen especially at the leading edge. I extended this part with plastic card and reshaped using profile references.



The Roden engine cowling doesn't depict the usual 2 piece fabrication. To depict this for my Manfred Von Richthoven and Ernst Üdet machines I used the photoetch from the 'Part' set and built up the area above it with Mr Surfacer. This was then sanded back carefully to give the stepped appearance you can see.



Lastly I built the resin engine simply because I don't want any spare parts left and in this way the next build will be quicker.



That's it for now but I've got to say that I'm really into these little planes, the kits are well worth a look.

Cheers

Paul

[yak face]

Yes i do remember these 2 paul , great to see them back on again. The details youve added /scratched look brilliant , i'll be using this thread as reference when i get round to my 1/72 Revell kit! cheers tony

[papa 695]

Nice to see you back on these Paul and some great work put into them looking forward to more