Eduard Fokker DR-1 1/48 *COMPLETED*

[Timmie]

Hi guys and gals,

Currently i'm building a Fokker Dr-1. This is my first WW1 plane ever.
I'm building this one OOB. and it's near completion.

I'll post some pictures of the progress so far.

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grtz

[UKguyInUSA]

Nice start mate! I have this kit to build, so I'll be watching how the build goes closely. Enjoy the rest of the build!

Cheers,

Martin

[Timmie]

Thanx Martin,

I've found this build rather enjoyable.
The kit comes together like a charm.
Off all the nice painting schemes i'll choose for Manfred van Richthofen's all red DR-1.
I know this is quite boring, but one must have a red triplane on its shelf

And having bought the duo-kit which supply's 2 DR-1's means that the other plane will have the more colorfull paintscheme of manfred's brother Lothar van Richthofen. who was a great ace in his own right, downing forty Allied planes.

Plane in primer and pre-shade.

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the engine only half of it painted ( as it will mostly be hidden behind the motorcover)
and last picture after some layers of paint sprayed on with my airbrush


Grtz

[Timmie]

Some more progress pics.

Started with the rigging. (i'm glad this plane hasn't that much rigging on it)

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Painted the prop with oils.

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The bit were the prop attaches to the spreu will be dealt with later.

grtz Arjan

[Timmie]

Hi,

I've finished the airplane of Manfred,
Here are the photo's of my attempt to capture his tri-plane in plastic

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[Timmie]

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[Timmie]

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Next one will be the Dreidecker of Lothar von Richthofen

grtz Arjan

[kikque]

That's a great looking Dr 1 Timmie, well done The propeller and the guns look great. I'll look forward to seeing your next build

[Russ72]

Nice job Timmie, very cool. Look forward to Lothar's.

[Timmie]

A little update, progress will be slow
I just can't find the time to build.

But i've done something.
the interior is done and as we speak the hull gleud together.

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till next time
grtz Arjan

[ThomasBrown]

Cracking job on the first build buddy! Looking forward to seeing your end result on the second.

[UKguyInUSA]

Fabulous job mate....looks like a great kit from Eduard. I'm tempted to put this on my wish-list.

Cheers,

Martin

[Timmie]

Hi there

It's time for another update.
after glueing the hull together i smoothed out the joints.
after i was satisfied i sprayed on some primer.

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next i painted the pre-shade

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grtz Arjan

[Timmie]

On the horizontal stabilizer Eduard replicated some ribs.

for this plane i sanded these down after seeing the next few pics on the net
as can be seen the surface of the horizontal stabilizer is flat with no ribs protruding through the fabric.

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grtz Arjan

[Timmie]

In a spare moment i tried to replicate the striped camo
The axle-wing was a willing victim for my tries.
cause in the end the axle-wing will be painted/ sprayed as one colour (no camo)

i didn't take a picture of my first try.

This is a picture of my second try.

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Still not satisfied, cleaned up the mess i made
and onwards too my third try

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I think this result is convincing enough and i'll be quite happy if i can get this on almost the whole plane (without the dust ).

Grtz Arjan

[Timmie]

At last i pushed myself to make a start at the dreaded striped camo wich came standard on a DR-1

Both sides are done now, and i'm pleased with this result.
Now only the rest of the plane to do

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Any suggestions are welcome.

Grtz Arjan

[Timmie]

At last an update.

Everthing what should be striped is painted with the striped camo.
I used strongly thinned enamel paint and gradually built up the striped camo.
I don't know about you But i'm rather pleased about how it turned out.

behold a plane covered with stripes.

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I'm using the colour scheme as shown on IPMS CLICK HEREfor reference.
next i painted the fields for the crosses (top wing and sides of the fuselage)
Applied a clear coat of varnish and stuck on some decals.
another coat of varnish to protect the decals.
And here is how she's looking by now.
ready to recieve her yellow tale.

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that's all for now. till next time
grtz Arjan

[Timmie]

hi,

It's time to show off the second DR-1
This DR-1 is painted as the ride of Lothar von Richthofen.

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[Timmie]

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[Timmie]

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This kit from eduard is a enjoyable build.
And with all the different colour scheme options that once flew, this one doesn't have to be boring.

I'am curious what about your opinions.
Thanks for watching.

grtz Arjan

[Avgas]

Fantastic work on both kits. I've built this one as a 'get up to speed' kit as I've been away from the hobby for decades and the work on the machine guns and ammo chutes is superb, I know how fiddly they are!

[Timmie]

Thanx Avgas. It was indeed a enjoyable build. It was my second build after being away from the hobby for more than 20 years.

Grtz Arjan