Red Baron Fokker DR1 - Revell 1/28

[cor]

After seeing all the Red Baron egg planes, and then finding this at the local on sale, I was primed and enticed.

The kit was molded in 1957, has very limited detail, but looks fun. I will add as much detail as I can in an effort improve my skills before I tackle my next 1/12 F1 car.

A few pics.






Wingnut Wings it is not.



Some spare bolt head PE, a metal washer, nut and bolt thread. Came up a treat.

[digger303]

Off to a flying start....
I like the prop.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cool project!!!
1957, wow

[DRUMS01]

WOW! I actually still have this kit unbuilt too. I think I got it in the 70's. Did yours come with some figures too?

You are totally right in that it is not up to current model standards straight out the box. But it sure looks like your taking that in stride and making some wonderful improvements.

Ben

[Garion77]

Oh boy ! that old of a kit from Revell ! It's a good recipe for problems !
Great start ! Can't wait to see the following posts !

[cor]

Off to a flying start....
I like the prop.

Cool project!!!
1957, wow

WOW! I actually still have this kit unbuilt too. I think I got it in the 70's. Did yours come with some figures too?

You are totally right in that it is not up to current model standards straight out the box. But it sure looks like your taking that in stride and making some wonderful improvements.

Ben

Thanks ben. It has 2 ground crew and the baron himself smoking a cigar. Prob the same kit.

Oh boy ! that old of a kit from Revell ! It's a good recipe for problems !
Great start ! Can't wait to see the following posts !

I found it a really chill kit to build and had fun. Yes, there are issues, but an easy build. I imagine there are millions of these things gathering dust around the world.


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Its finished, only took about a week and was a great fun build, really got my mojo back after doing some tough kits.
Im going to give it to a friend who likes planes.




Here's some pics, I'll post final photos when I get some daylight time over the weekend, the indoor halogen was very harsh.








tape and paint to recreate the fabric over the frame. doesnt look too bad.







decals were absolute schwinehunds, all clear silvered, so a thin red paint over the whole thing did the trick.




aluminium wire for the foot step and handles




guns, scrapped the plastic forward of the breech and added drill bit for barrel and some pe mesh for the protective cage.
Tiny loop of wire for forward sight







seatbelt from masking tape and aluminium baking tray foil




flares from masking tape and aluminium wire

[digger303]

Nice work going on.

[BigWall]

It looks great

[cor]

Nice work going on.

It looks great

Thanks chaps. Finished pics here: Finished Photos