discussion Roden 1/48 Junkers D.I - WWI corrugated fighter

[Dave Ward]

Whilst waiting for the glue/filler/paint to dry on my MiG-3, I picked on this as my next build:


Absolutely no rigging on this! 2 different colour versions...........
Sprue shots
Parts look OK, no flash to speak of, some parts look a little delicate, and will need care to get off the sprue in one piece.
A few detail pics
The inside isn't quite correct, as it should show the corrugations over the frames, but the cockpit opening is pretty small.......

The corrugations are fine ( with a few sink marks! ) - I will have to be careful on construction - I don't want to have to repair any damage!
Not many references to colour schemes this seems to be the one

Red-brown Fuselage, pale blue underside & wings purple ( lilac/mauve ) over green.
I have made a descendant of this - not the Junkers Ju.52, but the F.13......................

I think I've made one other WWI monoplane, the Fokker E.III - a long time ago!
Dave

 

[PaulTRose]

no rigging!....always a bonus!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Loving the look of this one Dave!:thumb2:
These past few years have certainly proved that your aircraft building has got serious..... in a modelling "Fun" kinda way,
Your expansion into the nautical side of things has more than shown how much you enjoy diversity mate..... always a pleasure to look in and see what`s next from my South Western counterpart:hungry: ...... even if you`re JUST outside of the BEST county!!
Great stuff Sir!
Andy

 

[Dave Ward]

Loving the look of this one Dave!:thumb2:
These past few years have certainly proved that your aircraft building has got serious..... in a modelling "Fun" kinda way,
Your expansion into the nautical side of things has more than shown how much you enjoy diversity mate..... always a pleasure to look in and see what`s next from my South Western counterpart:hungry: ...... even if you`re JUST outside of the BEST county!!
Great stuff Sir!
Andy

Sir,
I'm actually a Yorkshireman - doing missionary work amongst the heathen! :rolling:
I do like different genres - to make the same type of models over and over would quickly kill my mojo, and is one of the things that keeps me sane..................
Luckily my stash has a fair amount of oddities lurking there, I'm always finding stuff that I had forgotten buying. - I moved a few Tamiya boxes the other day & rediscovered a 1/400 Tauro 'Gorizia' Italian WWII Cruiser. Given that Tauro made some of the worst 1/35 models ever produced, the Fiat 3000 & the A7V I'm surprised that I bought it and how good it looks...............
Dave

 

[The Smythe Meister]

HA! Yep........
..... I admit that i look into my stash at times and think,"Why on earth did i buy THAT"?!!:anguished:
HOWEVER,it`s really all about enjoyment..... and even those older,sometimes lesser quality,kits can be made to look nice with some moderate effort,(And believe me,as you well know,i`m FAR from an expert!)...... as they say..... "The chase is better than the catch"!
I do remember that you`re a Yorkie........ yourself and "Ghostbuilder" used to engage in "Yorkshire speak" elsewhere if i remember correctly!
And in the Global nature of the net,and this site....... you are indeed a fellow South Westerner..... well,in the same country anyway!!
Andy

 

[Dave Ward]

I moved to this neck of the woods in 1989 - so I've just about lived half my life in Gloucestershire, and surprisingly some of the locals actually talk to me now! :tongue-out2: . The last time I lived in Yorkshire was 1987, and there are no longer any family connections living there, so I doubt that I'll ever go there again!
Dave

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

Looks like it needs that real attention to the detail this one? Looking forward to watching your take on the build Dave.

 

[Dave Ward]

References are a bit thin on the ground, and the Roden instructions are a bit vague on internal colours - so I downloaded the instructions for the Wingnut Wings 1/32 D.I from 'Scalemates'. Absolutely fantastic - more detail than I could possibly replicate & photos of a full sized specimen - it pays to think laterally at times!
Dave

 

[Isitme]

I moved to this neck of the woods in 1989 - so I've just about lived half my life in Gloucestershire, and surprisingly some of the locals actually talk to me now! :tongue-out2: . The last time I lived in Yorkshire was 1987, and there are no longer any family connections living there, so I doubt that I'll ever go there again!
Dave

You mean your mail is actually put through the letter box instead of tied to a brick and tossed onto the roof... And then the neighbours gather and offer advice about how to get it down....
Mike.

 

[Dave Ward]

With the rubbing down on the MiG-3, I've only just managed to make a start on this - not spent a lot of time on this, as only the top of the engine can be seen, and that is partially obscured by the machine gun blast troughs

Roden give aluminium as the overall internal fuselage colour, but the D.I had steel frames, so as suggested in the Wingnut Wings instructions, the steel frames will be grey/green, you won't be able to see much, but it's a bit of contrast. Hopefully I'll be able to press on with this tomorrow................
Dave

 

[Defiant911]

Whilst waiting for the glue/filler/paint to dry on my MiG-3, I picked on this as my next build:


Absolutely no rigging on this! 2 different colour versions...........
Sprue shots
Parts look OK, no flash to speak of, some parts look a little delicate, and will need care to get off the sprue in one piece.
A few detail pics
The inside isn't quite correct, as it should show the corrugations over the frames, but the cockpit opening is pretty small.......

The corrugations are fine ( with a few sink marks! ) - I will have to be careful on construction - I don't want to have to repair any damage!
Not many references to colour schemes this seems to be the one

Red-brown Fuselage, pale blue underside & wings purple ( lilac/mauve ) over green.
I have made a descendant of this - not the Junkers Ju.52, but the F.13......................

I think I've made one other WWI monoplane, the Fokker E.III - a long time ago!
Dave

Looks an Interesting build Dave. Look forward to seeing this progress.

 

[Dave Ward]

There's a fairly complicated framework for the internals..............................

Despite a new scalpel blade & a lot of care, I still managed to break a couple of parts, luckily clean breaks, not compound. Still the pilots' throne to fit & a really complicated control column ( looks like they had the throttle built in ), then priming - black, as a basis for the aluminium, which is the majority colour.
Dave

 

[salty]

Looking great! Will follow this along. I’m currently building a Fokker D VII so good to see how others approach a WWI plane

 

[Dave Ward]

Looking great! Will follow this along. I’m currently building a Fokker D VII so good to see how others approach a WWI plane :smiling3:

Gyorgy,
I did the Eduard 1/48 Fokker D.VII last year, and blogged it - not a lot of rigging, but those lozenge decals are tedious!
Good luck with your build!
Dave

 

[The Migrant]

Great subject, and a good start. I found the last two Roden kits I built to be a real challenge engineering-wise– hopefully your Junkers will be better. The engine looks to be quite nicely moulded.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Dave
Just had a catch up with this. Coming along well isn’t it......
I see you have downloaded the instructions for the wingnut wings version, but have you looked at the website? There are quite a few pictures on there as well.....
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/product?productid=3180

 

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Looks odd with the corrugations. Front end looks more like a vintage car. Must be one of the first monoplanes.
You're off to a good start although that framework must have been a bit of a tester.
Jim

 

[Dave Ward]

Hi Dave
Just had a catch up with this. Coming along well isn’t it......
I see you have downloaded the instructions for the wingnut wings version, but have you looked at the website? There are quite a few pictures on there as well.....
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/product?productid=3180

The instructions are comprehensive enough!, makes you wonder how long that site will be up, since WW ceased production.................

Last update for the day - primed and gave the internals a coat of aluminium - I'll give the frames & other parts detail paints tomorrow

Nasty ejector pin marks on the fuselage interior sides, but they won't be seen
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Detail painted the interior & added one fuselage side - I was worried about the fit, but it was spot on - as the corrugated fuselage is four separate sides, any mismatch is going to show, but so far...............

I'll see whether I can leave the engine out until later - this dictates the position of the front radiator, and I'd prefer the fuselage to be assembled & square before fitting engine & rad. Any jiggling & the corrugations will suffer & that wouldn't be easy to remedy.
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Fuselage all closed up - when the engine, blast troughs and machine guns are fitted, all that interior detail will be lost!

I'll make up the wings, and see if there any problems - the joint doesn't look that strong - the wing stubs lokk rather shallow........
Dave