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The Revell 1/28 Dr1 is about the first model I remember seeing. I was maybe 4-5 and remember the triplane and Camel sitting way up on a bookshelf out of reach. I could see them closer as I walked up the stairs peeking under the banister but no touchy. I have for years thought it would be a great idea to build these three kits, (now four) in the original kit markings but with just some scratched tweaking here and there. Enhancing the kits but still keeping them the old Revells we all grew up with. The Camel and SPAD are easier because the original markings for those kits are correct, for the Dr1, we have a problem. Molded in bright red plastic with no painting required, re-boxed in later years but with better decals. Originally, it was FI 102/17 in red and we know MvR never flew 102 like this in red. 102 was an FI and light blue with streaking finish. I wanted to use the maltese crosses as that was in the first kit. Newer issues gave me the 425 I needed to use the maltese crosses if I cut away the excess white panels. Problem solved, close enough. I got the kit off Evilbay for cheap and was thrilled to find a copy of an Ed Boll article on how to improve the kit. Don't know the date but would like to find out. I was born in '56, it's as old as me. The wings were flimsy so I used Tamiya thick slathered around and let them set up over night making sure they would stay straight. The Boll article says the prop is fine but I thought I could improve. I corrected the right aileron with some .10 styrene and putty by tracing the left. Boll would have me swap the throttle and fuel pump as Revell got them backwards but I left them as is. I did do the cloth screen behind the seat as suggested. I will add belts from yogurt cup foil and a seat cushion. Engine next.
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The kit, bought for less than a tenner from the Kingkit Scrapyard, missing the machines guns, but I’d probably have replaced them any way. Still haven’t decided on the finished scheme, but it won’t be Richthofens machine. Built many times as as a kid, I’m finally going to try to do justice to the kit, and put a high level of detail in as it’s such a large scale.- 39 replies
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Hi Folk's and happy new year,I'm kicking of this year with a real oldie 1957 to be correct.My youngest asked what I wanted for Christmas and being a "poor" student this fit the bill they're all over at low prices,anyway it has been a real fun build and minimal rigging too.I used three shades of red to try and give it a bit of depth but ran out of rattle can matt coat had to brush on Humbrol matt which dries more silky I will spray it when the LMS re-opens,final touch was to gloss the cowling and tone down the white with Tamiya smoke.Many thank's for looking in.
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To clear the bench for my P-47 Radial Engines Rock build I've finished this kit. I used an article in FineScale Modeler to correct the wing and fuselage shapes.
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I built this Revell Triplane a couple of years ago. It was in a bargain dogfight double boxing with the Camel at Hobbyzone. So far its the only kit I've built larger than 1/72 since returning to the hobby.I haven't started the Camel yet... The build was fairly straightforward, the parts all fitted together well considering the moulds date from 1957 so are 6 years older than me. The only mod was to provide symmetrical ailerons as the kit replicates the one that was captured and well publicised (with drawings in Flight) during WW1 that had different each side. The different ailerons were due to a change over in the factory, or more likely Fokker just didn't care as their quality control probably killed more Fokker pilots than the RFC! Cheers Will
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