Revell Fokker D.VII two seat conversioin 1:72

[Joe M]

Hi All,

This year I took part in the Christmas KUTA held by the Irish Branch of IPMS. I had not taken part in one of these before but it was a good excuse to take something off the "shelf of shame". The catalyst for this was a set of Artic decals I purchased a few years ago at SMW Telford.

I decided to use the old 1963 Revell kit of the Fokker D.VII.  Its not a bad kit considering its age. It equally could have been a Revell Nieuport 28, Airfix Hannover CL.IIIA or the Airfix Roland CII, all of which were started many moons ago and are on the shelf of shame.

After the war a number of these were converted to two seaters. The decals supplied were for one that was used by Texaco with what I thought was an eye catching colour scheme.

Initially I had begun to modify the fuselage to take the second cockpit and there I stalled until the KUTA.  This was the starting point.

IMG_20191216_210311 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

The Kit.

IMG_20191216_210126 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Artic Decals.

IMG_20191216_211330 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

An old Roseparts interior designed for the Revell kit.

IMG_20191216_210558 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

The engine and exhaust just had to be replaced. Luckily I had an aero club one in the spares box.

IMG_20200119_122649 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

The interior with the Roseparts cockpit fitted for the pilot and a front cockpit scratch built from bits and pieces.

IMG_20200122_164817 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

IMG_20200122_165351 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

The main 'N' struts were sanded down to a more acceptable size but at this stage I decided that the rest of the struts would have to be replaced with different sizes of plastic rod.

IMG_20200127_172602 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Engine ready to be fitted.

IMG_20200129_103440 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

in place after modifying the fuselage.

IMG_20200129_104841 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Beginning to take shape.

IMG_20200203_165351 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Replacement undercarriage struts along side the original.

IMG_20200205_001102 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Replacement struts.

IMG_20200205_001301 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Up on her tootsies,

IMG_20200206_093624 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Prop ready.

IMG_20200206_154546 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

The finished product.

IMG_20200209_235737 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

IMG_20200209_235749 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

IMG_20200210_000631 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

IMG_20200210_000613 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

IMG_20200209_235835 by Joseph Moran, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Joe M

Stick & String Rule O.K.

[Wulfman]

Lovely job, well done!
 

Wulfman

[Joe M]

18 hours ago, Wulfman said:

Lovely job, well done!
 

Wulfman

Thanks Wulfman, all kind thoughts are appreciated.

Cheers

Joe M

[stevehnz]

A lovely job on that Joe. It looks very distinctive in that livery.

Steve.

[Joe M]

Thanks Steve,

I'm happy with the result. The only thing that I have to watch is with the Aeroclub engine being quite heavy and the undercarriage struts being very fine if I put it down a little bit on the hard side the rigging wire that I used (0.122mm) tends to bend!

Cheers

Joe M