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Hi all, Thanks to the covid-19 measures and a surprise Christmas present from my wife I took up scale modelling again after over 25 years of absence! However, my skills were not that good anymore and things in the scale modelling business appeared to have developed considerably, and after two false starts on 1:72 RAF Phantoms (@iainpeden: I still have the tanks!) I tried to boost my self-confidence on this simple 1:72 Fokker D.XXI. The kit is very simple and doesn't fit nicely on most parts (check canopy), and an eyesore is the colour blue in the roundel and on the fin, which is too bright to my humble opinion. The '221' decals come from Print Scale, but judging the D.XXI photos I have in my collection the digits are too thin. Finally, I turned to Hataka Hobby for the correct colours, but painting with acrylics was a first for me. That was very, er, educational. Anyway, I did enjoy building the kit and indulging myself in Fokker D.XXI's history. I choose a livery that should represent 221 fresh from the factory, September 1938, so with red-white-blue roundels and absence of bar visor and radio. During the first day of the invasion by nazi Germany, May 10 1940, 221 was flown by lieutenant Doppenberg who shot down a superior Messerschmidt Bf109E. However, after the capitulation this aircraft was set on fire by its own personnel on May 14, and that was that. Cheers, Rob
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Hello fellow modellers, this is a couple of Finnish D.XXI's of the Wasp Junior powered 4th version, built with earlier slot-less (FR-125) and later slotted wing (FR-129). The Special Hobby kit needed some extra work to adress too short cowling, which was extended by 1.5mm thick strip and the fabric on the landing flaps was sanded down as these were all-metal. Otherwise, pretty nice build with just few adders here and there, especially around the engine and in the cokcpit. The FR-125 markings for 2/LLV 30 machine depicting it in early July 1941 as flown by T.Mattila came from the box, while the markings for FR-129 representing mount of the most succesfull pilot of the Wasp powered D.XXI , V.Karu (6 kills), was assembled of decals coming from Stratus book on Finish AF, and partially from the kit. Public thanks must go to Kari Stenman for his invaluable help with the markings of the latter kit. Cheers Libor
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Special Hobby is to re-release, in September 2016 with Dutch and Danish markings, the Classic Airframes' 1/48th Fokker D.XXI kit - ref. SH48181 Sources: http://www.specialhobby.eu/fokker-d-21-dutch-and-dannish.html or http://www.specialhobby.eu/en/our-own-production/special-hobby/fokker-d-21-dutch-and-dannish.html?cur=1 http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=68170&start=8025#p1904822 Classic Airframes kit review: http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/reviews/kits/ca4150reviewse_1.htm box art See this special offer: http://www.aviationmegastore.com/fokker-dxxi-danish-air-force-special-summer-holday-sale---was-euro-4995-cf4153-classic-airframe-cf4153-special-offers-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=95202 V.P.
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Next 1/32nd Silver Wings (http://www.silverwings.pl/) resin kit will be a Fokker D.XXI. Release expected this autumn Source: http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17655&mode=thread&order=0 V.P.