David Koktavý Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 Hi All, Finish Air Force is my favourite object. I decided to build that nice Fokker D. XXI. I am not decided yet about camouflage scheme. The most possible scheme to do is the mount coded FR-98. One earlier scheme is green overall, the second is standard green-black. We will see... So let´s start... I am just going to cut the pieces out of the sprues...
AnonymousFO98 Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 Lovely subject David- good choice These are Fokkers I would like to meet.
David Koktavý Posted April 18, 2010 Author Posted April 18, 2010 (edited) Hellou, I made some progress this weekend. Unfortunatelly I am disapointed, because I thought it will be straightforward OOB build. First of all I have assembled the cockpit and realized it does´nt fit well (I had to cut its sides), furthermore its rear plate looks like a bad dummy In fact there is tubular construction in the rear section of the cockpit. So I cutted it out and made head plate on the tubes sofar. Next issue is to cut-out the hole for rear window. I think you must have 1th. class modeler university graduation to cut it out accurate for clear piece. In my case I didn´t manage it well. See the pictures... Finally I decided to remove the cockpit, because there will be also necessary to polish the window from inside. I am currious how it will turn out... You can see the pieces for engine cowling in the picture. It is also uncommon to have it for assembly in this way... Edited April 18, 2010 by David Koktavý
AnonymousFO98 Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Ditto will be well worth the effort is going to be really nice when finished looking good so far
RobF Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Like the look of this one What did you use to make the seatbelts - it doesn't look like masking tape ?
David Koktavý Posted April 30, 2010 Author Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) Hi, thanks for comments. The seatbelt are made by using 0,2mm plastics sheet. It is only a "dummy" because I couldn´t find any etched seatbelts in my stash. I think it is sufficient because the canopy will be closed. Next progress coming soon... Edited April 30, 2010 by David Koktavý
David Koktavý Posted May 9, 2010 Author Posted May 9, 2010 Hello, this build proceeds very slow. Unfortunatelly I didn´t manage to polish the window especially from the underside well. So I decided to make a new clear piece. I used the fuselage section as a master. At the moment I am atempting to fill and sand it on the fuselage. It seems to be successful work...
David Koktavý Posted May 22, 2010 Author Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) Dear All, as all modelers, I sometimes make a disaster too The rear window is really unlucky issue. I had it well done, unfortunatelly when I glued the cockpit, the window stained with glue . I did an attempt to clean it. I did it well. Unfortunatelly during cleaning I damaged the window again. Well, I realised it is neverending story and I must start the build again. In order to avoid to continue another disasters on the window, I decided to destroy all the fuselage. I was realy dissapointed, because the main guilty is MPM production !! (I miss the smile "a execution of producer ) I used some parts from scraped fuselage and made a new fuselage from another kit in my stash. I again made the rear window. I didn´t manage it well as the previous, but it is without any bad incidents sofar. Now I am on the timeline ( as I was last week). Best regards, David Edited May 22, 2010 by David Koktavý
AnonymousFO98 Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 what can one say? Good luck David keep battling away and hope it goes better for you from now on :fingerscrossed:
Iain Ogilvie Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Sorry to see your problems - we all have models like that! Best of luck continuing the momentum - always liked this aeroplane Iain
David Koktavý Posted May 31, 2010 Author Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Thanks for encouragement, I made some progress over the weekend. Pictures coming soon... Edited May 31, 2010 by David Koktavý
David Koktavý Posted May 31, 2010 Author Posted May 31, 2010 As I promised, here are pictures. Well, I think the worst is behind me. Here is a new canopy. You also can see the little bit improved cockpit with tubular construction. I also improved all the inlets by drilling. I found out that the rudder doesn´t have the triangular gap. This is one more bad thing in this kit, but the correction is quite easy, let´s see... Now, my Fokker is almost ready for camouflage airspray...
David Koktavý Posted June 5, 2010 Author Posted June 5, 2010 Good work and well recovered on the canopy Thanks, short report after Saturday work... The decals follows after the cote will be dry... P.S. You also could discover what is my camouflage choice
Troy Smith Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 lovely work, the mottling on the wheel spats is superb!
Troy Smith Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Great Work David hard to believe it's 1/72nd! Good photography too. cheers T
Doug Rogers Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 That's an excellent build David, you can see the care you've taken in the finished model.
fraxinus Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Great Work Davidhard to believe it's 1/72nd! Good photography too. cheers T ditto above .......superb photo of an excellently finished Fokker ....very nice mottle on the undercarriage spats
David Koktavý Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 Boys, thanks for your reactions. I appreciate it. I am sorry, that I didn´t manage to build a second kit in this GB. I have a lot of Finnish Air Force subjects in my stash. May be there will be another GB regaring to FAF in the future...
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