A flock of Fokkers (triplanes)
Dec 16, 2023 2:15:16 GMT -5
deafpanzer, handiabled, and 3 more like this
Post by aaronw on Dec 16, 2023 2:15:16 GMT -5
I also like flying things, pretty much all of them from the early days through the Vietnam era. I tend towards the colorful so really enjoy the WW1 and interwar periods.
I built these three at the same time, using three different kits, all 1/72 Revell, Eduard and Roden.
This is Brothers Richthofen with Warner Voss. Manfred in the red DR1 (Revell), Lothar in the yellow DR1 (Eduard) and Voss in the olive streaked F1 (Roden).
I found each of these kits had their selling points. The Revell kit was the easiest (and cheapest too, as I recall), this is the fairly recent kit from the early 2000s I think, and it has good detail without being a handful.
The Roden kit was the most fiddly, but this is in part because it can be built as either a prototype F1, or a production DR1 so has some extra parts to fit.
The Eduard kit was also a very nice kit to build. The amount of detail is similar to Revell, but I'd say just a tad crisper. It is however also a little more difficult than the Revell kit, but still very pleasant to build.
This was my first attempt at doing the German olive streaking paint scheme, and I used artists oils. Pretty happy with the effect. I found Lothar's paint scheme the most difficult, because the olive steaking is supposed to faintly show through the yellow. Who knew you could have trouble with yellow covering too well.
I ended up doing several thinned coats to get the effect I was after.
I built these three at the same time, using three different kits, all 1/72 Revell, Eduard and Roden.
This is Brothers Richthofen with Warner Voss. Manfred in the red DR1 (Revell), Lothar in the yellow DR1 (Eduard) and Voss in the olive streaked F1 (Roden).
I found each of these kits had their selling points. The Revell kit was the easiest (and cheapest too, as I recall), this is the fairly recent kit from the early 2000s I think, and it has good detail without being a handful.
The Roden kit was the most fiddly, but this is in part because it can be built as either a prototype F1, or a production DR1 so has some extra parts to fit.
The Eduard kit was also a very nice kit to build. The amount of detail is similar to Revell, but I'd say just a tad crisper. It is however also a little more difficult than the Revell kit, but still very pleasant to build.
This was my first attempt at doing the German olive streaking paint scheme, and I used artists oils. Pretty happy with the effect. I found Lothar's paint scheme the most difficult, because the olive steaking is supposed to faintly show through the yellow. Who knew you could have trouble with yellow covering too well.
I ended up doing several thinned coats to get the effect I was after.
