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Hello! While I was away on Christmas vacation for a week, my Next Project (which I ordered on my birthday back in August) still did not arrive at my house, though the Polish Post swears it is on its way. So in lieu of the Next Project I have decided to go ahead with an interim next project. I have chosen to build the Fokker D.VI from MPModel for a couple of reasons: The D.VI is mercifully short of rigging. The model is designed by Marek Pacynski. That second point needs some additional explanation. Mr. Pacynski's designs have been a mixed bag for me (see here for a prior example). I have completed two of them, but two others wound up in the trash can. The two finished models were both WW2 monoplanes; this one is a WW1 biplane. I have many of the other MPModel biplane kits designed by Mr. Pacynski in my stash, so this one is a guinea pig of sorts -- a build to see how the Pacynski WW1 kits stack up against the WW2 kits. Call me a masochist, but I'm always willing to give a designer another chance at redemption. The D.VI, of which only 59 examples were built, is a relatively small and simple aircraft, so this kit shouldn't take too long to build if everything goes together with a minimum of fuss. That's what we're here to find out if it will do. Stay tuned! P.S. Mr. Pacynski is nothing if not extremely prolific -- you'll note that this kit is #9 in the MPModels series. That line now includes a whopping 124 titles.

Charlie, I have merged your two Black Prince topics, since they are essentially duplicates, and moved them to the kit discussions area since neither of them is an actual build log. In the future, should you wish to start a build log, please refer to the "starting and naming your build log" topic pinned at the top of each build log category. Thanks!

Try clicking the 'card' tag at the top of this page. 😉

This probably won't happen, for the simple reason that as the forum main page gets larger, it get more frustrating to sift through. This balance between too much and not enough has come up regularly in the past -- at one point, believe it or not, we used to have a significant number of additional subforums listed on the main page. Based on member input, coupled with site traffic data, a number of the lesser-utilized forums were eliminated in order to make the remaining forums easier to navigate. Ultimately, no single format will make everyone happy.

I assume you mean the Mamoli kit?

Welcome aboard, Jeffery! Ideally, to make a 1/350 or 1/200 scale model you should work form plans in that scale. That way, you can take 1:1 measurements off the plans using a pair of dividers. Do you have plans already? What scale are they drawn in? If you know the plan scale, you can calculate a % enlargement (or reduction) to arrive at the desired scale. A print shop that handles large-size copies (such as blueprints) can probably do the scaling for you and make copies at the desired size. Cheers!

Congratulations on your finished project!

Your hull looks great!

Welcome aboard!

I think it will be!

Haha! That is one reason why I have avoided scratch building -- the conversions from European paper weights in gsm to US paper weights in pounds always make my head spin. But here's one web site where they've done the work for you: https://www.papersizes.org/us-international-weights.htm

Nice work!

A very good first effort!

A spring clamp by any other name smells just as sweet.

Welcome aboard!

If you have a good printer you can easily print them at any scale you like. Paper is much easier to drape naturally than fabric. One thing to bear in mind is wind direction. If you display billowed sails, the flags should fly in same direction the imagined wind is coming from. If the sails are slack or the model is bare-poled, then ideally the flags should hang straight down. Here's a 1/250 scale paper flag hanging loosely:

Well done! Congratulations!

Such a lovely model, Marek! I do hope we will see more of your work in the future. Cheers!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!

Congratulations on a rare set of models!

All done! One month from start to finish. Any faults in the finished product are entirely my own doing. The kit itself is a gem. I still need to work on my egg-crate hull skills -- once the hull popped off its glass plate, I tended to hold it in the same places, resulting in a little of the 'starving cow' look, but not too bad. Here's the final pics: I'm 95% certain that my next project is included in a package that's currently on its way here from Poland. Look for that one in the new year. Cheers!

Nice work, Rob!

This is essentially what wood modelers have been asking for for years, i.e., a plan set and set of bulkheads to get a build started.

The foremast is now complete. What a chore! I dropped one of the tiny deck lamps during construction, and of course it disappeared into the jaws of the Carpet Monster, never to be seen again, so I had to scratch-build a replacement. Then I noticed that I had glued the lamps to the wrong part of the mast, requiring some delicate surgery to remove them and re-glue them in the right place. But that part is done now -- whew!! All that is left is three navigation lights and the flags.