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Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:08 pm
by Pabbi
not used to make WW1 stuff :shock: thankfully not much rigging :thumb1: but a lot of decals :tongue:

going to spain for vacation so will be starting this hopefully mid august :dance:

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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:28 pm
by generalgrog
Welcome to the build!!.

GG

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:57 am
by cib2265
Now thats a lovely Fokker! :tongue:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:19 pm
by Neils
I love the scheme on this. Was tempted to put it on my WnW kits but at an extra 20 quid decided to go with one of the ones out of the box.

looking forward to seeing it built :)

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:34 am
by Opapapa
Nice choice Pabbi! :thumb1:

Decalling the wings is little pain but otherwise it's really nice and fun to build. Just finished painting the fuselage to my "Schwaben".

I didn't have any problem with the lozenge decals but i've heard/read that the decals of the painting in the fuselage can break easily. So be careful with those.

Olli

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:59 am
by Jamesday1998
damn that looks like a nice kit!
good luck

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:19 pm
by HamilkarBarkas
Great looking kit, i like the seven Swabians with the spear a lot (i´m a Swabian you know). They are rather dumb, but lovely protagonists in fairy tales and adventure stories.

Gotta love them :dance:

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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:54 pm
by Prop72
Nice Limited ed kit! Look forward to seeing it started.

Enjoy Spain :)

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:34 pm
by UKguyInUSA
Another great looking WWI kit....this is going to be a tough SiG to judge with all these wonderful variants and color schemes being entered!

Enjoy your build :) :thumb1:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:39 pm
by Pabbi
so unpacked looks like this....

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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:10 pm
by Pabbi
and a small start, page 1 of the instruction finished :)

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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:33 pm
by Pabbi
looking at the post above I notice something was missing :oops: now on
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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:55 am
by UKguyInUSA
Looking great so far :) :thumb1: :thumb1:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:18 am
by AchtungPanzer
Wow ! Nice historical plane , super work :th: mate. I look forward to more with interest :cheers2:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:12 pm
by Pabbi
fuselage now together, some PE switches for intrument panel not used.... too small for me :oops:

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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:53 pm
by Deacon
Lovely work sir. :thumb1:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:21 am
by Opapapa
Good job so far Pabbi. :th: Dont't mind the small PE parts. You wont see much of the interior when the kit is finished anyway.

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:58 pm
by Pabbi
thanks Deacon and Opapapa :)

ready for primer
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humbrol spraycan primer
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one of the PE missing and not found :(
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tamiya lightgray and redbrown
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all that could go wrong, went wrong during spraying, finally at this stage
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rudder taken off to take all paint off and then I will make a second attempt to pant the rudder white :(
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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:21 pm
by martin57
great job so far nice looking kit , have fun with the decals . :thumb1:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:33 pm
by Pabbi
thanks martin57 :)

decals on, great decals thin but not fragile. mr mark setter and softer worked well.
rudder and undercarriage brush painted
ez wire for rudder and undercarriage
the undercarriage did really test my patience
guns on... no PE parts used :oops:
klear brushed on and now "only" the top wing left :scratch::

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Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 1:33 am
by UKguyInUSA
She came together nicely and looks awesome so far mate! Some excellent details in the cockpit and engine areas :) :thumb1: :thumb1: :clap:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:07 pm
by planemaker
Superb work so far! :thumb1: :thumb1: Hoping to see it finished.

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:52 pm
by Russ72
Looking good Pabbi. :th:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:04 pm
by rodrant
Nice build , and again such a nice color scheme , WWI Planes were really great ! Such variety of colors , could be hard to distinguish who was frien or foe :P

Great Build Pappi ! The cockpit is ***** , liked the wood effects , the engine is great , seems in real metal , good luck with the rigging !

Hey about the PE ...I have an opinion , sometimes it really doesn't matter ..perhaps in WWI Planes the guns could be better in PE , but if you paint it with a good metal color the it will be good !

Keep it up , Would like to see the final reveal soon :th:

Re: Fokker D.VII Sieben Schwaben, 1/48 Eduard

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:37 pm
by Pabbi
Top wing on, I think this was the most difficult part of the build, far from perfect but I am just happy that it is on :)
Will take some better pictures tomorrow for the "Final Reveals".

Thanks to all who commented or followed my build :thumb1:

FINISHED :dance: :banana: :cheers2:

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