Redboost Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 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 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi Libor, Amazing..! Such clean, superb builds there. Wonderful paint work, and the kit's shape looks on point as well. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Very tasty looking Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Excellent! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 A nice pair. I do like the DXXI but had a bad experience with the SH offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Fantastic, Libor. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Great pair Libor - I like them both. Very nice painting and weathering on these rather seldom seen planes. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Outstanding work! You nailed the colors and the demarcation between them, and the weathering is right on the mark, too! It's also good to see somebody who can fair and paint canopy framework cleanly! Well done! (Going to do the DXXI with retractable undercart next?) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Really nice pair of builds there, great job(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboost Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Thanks chaps, glad you like them! Mike: got it to the stock recently, but it will follow later on... Done with Fokkers for the time being:-) Cheers Libor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruudster Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Yes! DXXI's and two real gems at that! Great work Libor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Always admired your paintwork Libor, you somehow make such small kits look like a bigger scale, superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Very nice pair of Fokkers! I'll second Mike's comment about the canopies - beautifully fitted and finished! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Lovely work on these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) Very nice Libor, it's nice to know your Finnish builds have such good credentials, it makes me feel good about copying your photos to use as reference for when I get around to doing mine. Steve. Edited January 1, 2017 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinback Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Wow - very smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboost Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Cheers gents! The canopies actually required carefull fitting and also some filling around them, so they needed to be restored with fine polishing and a coat of Future. Steve: no problem Steve, just let me know when needed, I may have more on this topic. Best wishes for 2017 to everyone! Libor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very nice work, Libor. I like this pairing a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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