discussion Roden 1/48 Fokker DVII & Eduard 1/48 SSW.DIII

[Fernando N]

Good evening all,
To kick off the new year, it’s been quite some time since I posted on this tread, yes it's way late for the GB finish and no I didn’t throw the D.VII away.:tongue-out3:
Over the past month or so I slowly completed the Fokker and build a little base for each, only I didn’t post the progress….sorry.:rolling:

At the end of November I got the Lozenge decals from the States, found these on E-bay:
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They’re an Aviattic set with early and late choices for only the wings, as these are printed on decal paper without a backing of white, the wings of the D.VII firstly got a coat of VJ White.
Naturally this didn’t go without a hitch so a couple of painting corrections were in due order.:sad-face:
The decals had a pretty good fit, lightyears ahead of the Roden stuff but still a tad short here and there, might be designed for a different kit:
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With the Lozenge on, it was a matter of simply some detail painting and the other decals before assembly of the top wing and last bits ea. guns wheels prop.
Some fiddly work and a couple of blue air moments before the top wing and struts had a good fit:relieved:, the last steps involved some touch-ups, Ushi wire for the control cables (no rigging YES!) and a coat of matt to seal it all in:
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Awhile back I cobbled together an idea to add some pilots on a base for these two, so here’re Willy and Hermann from an Elan13 WW1 pilots set.
Nicely cast single piece resin figures, little to clean-up and I added a brass rod in each for easy painting before painting:
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Used some Tamiya paints I had on hand for the main colours and A.Mig for the flesh, might be wrong but they look fine by me:
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Lastly a dark brown wash and some detail work with enamels for the details and shadows and they were finished (forgot Hermann's goggles here):
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Filled two small photo frames with plaster, painted that green and covered the green with Noch 2.5mm summers grass, stuck the figs on added the planes and called it finally done:
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Will make an extra set of photo’s for a completed tread soon.
All in all, the Eduard kit is great with the decals being very nice to work with:smiling:, the Roden one not so much:sad: if I’m ever going to build it again I’ll paint the lozenge on:upside:.

Thanks for looking in and wishing all a Happy and healthy New year!
Fernando

 

[Mini Me]

Fernando, Those both turned out great. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Rick H.

 

[scottie3158]

Fernando, They look good great work on the decals.

 

[Guest]

Fernando.
Your brave man to try those decals, they look a nightmare to me. Top class mate , love the face on the right hand figure.
John.

 

[Steve Jones]

Great stuff Fernando. I expect you were glad to see the back of those decals. Great figures also.

 

[Fernando N]

Rick, Paul, John and Steve thanks for the kind comments guys, much appreciated.:thumb2::thumb2: