Fokker Dr.I triplane by cog - multiple - 1:72

[cog]

Here goes, first I'll walk you through the building of a single Fokker Dr I - Eduard Profipack. In the mean time I have already built 9, so I'm on my way to a reasonable JASTA (Jagdstaffel) as the Germans would say. I have used multiple brands - Revell, Eduard, Roden - and from some different kits. Considering the number of airplanes I'll be building, it is worth to find the cheapest kits and bash if necessary.

 

Overall dimensions:

Width wing tip to tip                           10 cm    - 4"

Length nose of the prop to the tail    7.5 cm - 3"

Height wheels to upper wing             4 cm     - 1 5/8"

 Basic kit parts for the Eduard ProfiPack - as OC has written, the manufacturer delivers very nice kits to work with

 

I start to cut off all excess parts, and split the main sprue in two pieces, which facilitates handling when airbrushing. After that, I remove as much attachment points as  possible and sand any irregularities down. Some parts can be painted off the sprue and are taken off

 

Prepare for some preliminairy work

 

The "cockpit" must be prepared before priming the fuselage, since the example is a Profipack, I got some PE thrown in, which, at this scale, hardly shows, some close ups  ...

 

Prep for priming

 

Priming in white and grey, as the airplane will be camouflage green and white, from above, and baby blue and white viewed from below

 

Painting the wings. Someone asked me if I could show it, well I tried, it ain't easy to make a video whilst painting

Paint and brushes used

https://youtu.be/kKYMGta6-CE

 

Next ... tomorrow. Some shooting to be done

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by cog

[Old Collingwood]

Count me in mate  love these eduard kits  - is it my imagination or do they feel a bit more solid than other makes  (my spit feels more solid than the ICM version).

 

OC.

[Jack12477]

Me too !

[mtaylor]

I'm in....  at 1/72 those must be tiny.

[Egilman]

I"m here, still hunting around for my pocket microscope though....... ;-0

[popeye the sailor]

love the Fokkers........I have two that both fit in the palm of my hand    watching and waiting  👀

[mtaylor]

I know someone will ask... so I'll do it first with apologies to Charles Shultz.  At some point will there be a little flying dog house with a beagle sitting on top yelling "Curse you Red Baron"? 

[popeye the sailor]

that would be great if Carl was building Sopwith Camels  

[Edwardkenway]

I'm in! Nearly missed this one 

[Canute]

I'm in to, Carl.  A whole Jasta will be quite a colorful lot.

[Javlin]

Like that paint technique stealing it for my next one.Hey what about Wingnuts going out of business?sad day in the modeling world. Kevin

Edited April 26, 2020 by Javlin

[captain_hook]

At 1/72 the wingspan must be only about 10cm / 4‘‘ ! I could only do that with a magnifying glass attached to my head. Nice work.

[cog]

OC, I added the measurements to the first post, and you are right: Wingspan 10cm 4"

 

Thank you gents, that is most kind of you.

 

It seems I'll be taking photographs for some time. I cannot seem to get a series of eight where all photographs are acceptable. Lets start with the last Fokker I built ..

Edited April 26, 2020 by cog

[lmagna]

Not much room left but I will certainly be looking from somewhere. I'll try not to step on any toes.

[cog]

And the next. A pain to shoot ... three tries,  but there is worse, even if you can't imagine what could be ...

 

Always room for you, Lou

[cog]

14 hours ago, mtaylor said:

I know someone will ask... so I'll do it first with apologies to Charles Shultz.  At some point will there be a little flying dog house with a beagle sitting on top yelling "Curse you Red Baron"? 

 

14 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

that would be great if Carl was building Sopwith Camels  

 

Oh gents, I do have a Sopwith Camel ... slightly out of scale (1/32) but never the less a Sopwith from Wingnut Wings, "hidden" in my stack of kits. Unfortunately discontinued at Eduard in 1/72, but then again, who did see Fly boys? There is a Nieuport in the proper scale

[cog]

Well, this one was worse. The missing photographs ... I just couldn't get them right. Changed lighting, changed ISO, changed image format, changed about all the logical things I could think of (naturally that is very limited, considering my brain's capacity )

 

No exisiting camouflage. Used the pattern from the Fokker VII from Ltn. Hans Kirschstein, Jasta 6

 

Edited April 27, 2020 by cog

[Jack12477]

Is that a flying zebra ?

 

Nice painting, Carl. 

 

[Canute]

Carl, they are little gems. Well done.

[lmagna]

53 minutes ago, cog said:

The missing photographs ... I just couldn't get them right

Possibly it was the camo doing it's job and fooling the camera. Still some striking models by any measure, the camera doesn't know what it is missing.

[Egilman]

1 hour ago, cog said:

Well, this one was worse. The missing photographs ... I just couldn't get them right. Changed lighting, changed ISO, changed image format, changed about all the logical things I could think of (naturally that is very limited, considering my brain's capacity )

They look perfectly fine to me Carl..... to both my Mk1 eyeball and through my pocket microscope....

 

Nice work on a difficult color combination....

Edited April 26, 2020 by Egilman

[Egilman]

17 hours ago, mtaylor said:

at some point will there be a little flying dog house with a beagle sitting on top yelling "Curse you Red Baron"? 

But the Baron shot him down--'CURSES, foiled again!'......

[mtaylor]

Wonderful work, Carl.  

[Jack12477]

55 minutes ago, Egilman said:

But the Baron shot him down--'CURSES, foiled again!'......

Yea, I get to see the real deal every Sunday afternoon during summer months   Black Baron in his DR I vs  Sir Percival Goodguy in his Sopwith Camel.  Kids love it.  

[Old Collingwood]

I agree  completely  - this is superb work  of small subjects at a small scale  - not much room for error, they look loverly mate.

 

OC.

[cog]

2 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

Is that a flying zebra ?

 

Nice painting, Carl. 

 

No ity's the flying French cruiser Gloire

 

2 hours ago, Canute said:

Carl, they are little gems. Well done.

Thanks Ken. Never knew gems could fly, you learn something new every day at MSW

 

2 hours ago, lmagna said:

Possibly it was the camo doing it's job and fooling the camera. Still some striking models by any measure, the camera doesn't know what it is missing.

Must have been, on of those photographs even fool my eyes (3rd one)

 

1 hour ago, Egilman said:

They look perfectly fine to me Carl..... to both my Mk1 eyeball and through my pocket microscope....

 

Nice work on a difficult color combination....

Thanks, explain the pocket microscope action to me. Tried it with mine, but it doesn't work on the screen I've got

 

22 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Wonderful work, Carl.  

Much apreciated Mark

 

  

1 minute ago, Old Collingwood said:

I agree  completely  - this is superb work  of small subjects at a small scale  - not much room for error, they look loverly mate.

 

OC

Enough margin for error, you just do not see it as readily as at a larger scal

Edited April 26, 2020 by cog

[cog]

Ltn. Lothar von Richthofen

Jasta 11

 

The yellow turned out a bit odd, should have been more like yellow ochre

Edited April 27, 2020 by cog

[Egilman]

7 minutes ago, cog said:

Thanks, explain the pocket microscope action to me. Tried it with mine, but it doesn't work on the screen I've got

You had to get the one that came in the wheaties box, the one that came in the crackerjack boxes was a cheap knock off....

[Jack12477]

Looking good Carl. That striped pattern on the top surface of the 2 bottom wings is impressive. Watched your video, impressive ! 

[cog]

Ltn.d.r.  R. Geunter von Beuren

Edited April 27, 2020 by cog