Eduard Fokker Dr.I stripdown

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June 2, 2014
engine resin base
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June 2, 2014
engine, freeing the tubes
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June 2, 2014
engine, freeing the tubes
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June 2, 2014
busy soldering
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June 2, 2014
PE-base for mg's
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June 2, 2014
one MG finished
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June 2, 2014
soldering the engine mount
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August 26, 2014
basepart upper wing
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August 26, 2014
folded and ready for soldering
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August 26, 2014
soldered wing, still need to clean-up
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August 26, 2014
soldered wing, still need to clean-up
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August 26, 2014
soldered wing, still need to clean-up
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August 28, 2014
baseparts
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August 28, 2014
base midwing
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August 28, 2014
base midwing
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August 28, 2014
testfit
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August 28, 2014
With frontparts in place
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August 28, 2014
With frontparts in place
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January 27, 2015
bottomplate treated with woodpaint from vallejo and oil-paint for veneer look, a tad too dark in my opinion
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January 27, 2015
sideplates treated with decals from uschi, paint on the sides needs to be cleaned
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January 27, 2015
centre spar with same treatment as with the bottomplate, but instead with pushing the brush up and down, you streak the brush lenghtwise
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January 27, 2015
wheels need to be repainted/cleaned up
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January 29, 2015
different stages of painting the wings
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January 29, 2015
some detail
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January 29, 2015
better picture of the engine
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January 29, 2015
The hull, almost complete
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January 29, 2015
and it's mega-size, still regretting the airco dh-1 1:144 as stripdown-model
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January 29, 2015
struts

Bart Goesaert
Hoi Choppa, do you have a little experience with soldering? Then I would give it a try, even if it's just for the middle pieces. Just don't use to much solder. Clean the parts really good with a glassfibre pen. For the soldering I use coreless solder and H-39 (Griffon) flux. I flatten the solder with a plier till it's approx 0.1/0.2mm (really flat) and I cut tiny "chunks" of it (max 0.5mm wide, 1-2mm long) I then place a little chunk at the connection, a little flux goes with it and heat it one second... connection established.

As for the glue, I would use an extra thin, till medium thickness, due to the distance between the parts is small but not zero.

That example is a nice one, a very nice one. I like it very much. Thanks.

28 August 2014, 07:24

Choppa Nutta
I lost the bid on ebay, oh well, probably just as well given how small this kit is 🙂
this kit is just so cute and hugely appealing , I wish they would do a large scale version of this kit, like 1:24 🙂

Also, I can't help but think if they had included a few more plastic parts and some decals one could have built both the stripdown and complete versions of it, would have been a nice touch 🙂

28 August 2014, 21:23

Bart Goesaert
you'll just have to scratch some stuff on the landing gear and a propellor, then there's the matter of the decals..

28 August 2014, 21:27

Choppa Nutta
True and the decals required are few, luckily the kit comes with spare wheels the rest wouldn't be so difficult to scratch build. Buy never the less it would have been a nice touch 🙂

28 August 2014, 21:40

Urban Gardini
I've got one incoming for £18.89 from creativemodels.co.uk..ripdown-p-32215.html

28 August 2014, 21:43

Choppa Nutta
I nearly got that deal, ended up bidding on ebay for one instead but now I've chickened out as I just don't think I am skilled enough to handle this small scale, the DH2 at 1:48 makes for a tempting alternative but it is not as good looking

28 August 2014, 21:59

Bart Goesaert
just give it a try? there's no reason not to... It looks difficult, but it really is more intimidating then difficult. Never tried, never gained...

30 August 2014, 10:20

Choppa Nutta
indeed true 🙂

30 August 2014, 11:59

Dave Flitton
Looks good so far

27 January 2015, 20:08

Christian Bruer
Ah, some crazy PE work🙂 Ok I will sit down and watching to what the man did! And by the way, excellent work so far!

27 January 2015, 20:34

Bart Goesaert
thx, some more painting...

29 January 2015, 01:19

Christian Bruer
Does the Fokker has bracing wires inside the wings and do you plan to add them?

29 January 2015, 17:37

Bart Goesaert
only a cross in front of the pilot and between the landing gear and hull, otherwise no wires were needed. It seems to have been a point of discussion, because pilots didn't feel safe without them. I do intend to try to add these.
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or do you mean the wires that are woven between the beams? Will try to...
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