Dan Hayward Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) I've been working on this for the past month or so and just finished it up today. This particular model depicts the Lorraine-Dietrich engined version as flown by LOT, the Polish national airline in the mid 1920s. The kit is nicely molded but the fuselage halves were quite thin in places so I basically built a box out of sturdier plastic within their fuselage halves. I also added quite a bit of internal stiffening to the wing as you can see. Definitely a fun project! -Dan Edited April 19, 2020 by Dan Hayward Added Photos 33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 That looks very nice 👍 what a great build this is and also an unusual subject👌 cheers, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Great work, I know from recent experience what it takes to get something as nice as this from a vacform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Skilful build with a great result. Nice little Fokker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 First Class modelling. That really does look the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Splendid job. Always find a bit of vac form interesting from the point of the freedom and necessities of invention required. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Very nice indeed! It's particularly interesting to see how you handled the exhausts, which are very effective, and the subtle control cables. The paint finish is likewise excellent. Great result. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Wow, that is really great result! I have this kit in my stash, so I hope one day I will follow you, but I am not sure that result will be so nice as yours... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Great work, it’s always good to see someone’s hard work pay off and result in a stunning model 👏👏👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) Excellent build. The varnished natural plywood colour couldn't be closer to the prototype. This pre-1930 Lot (it isn't an acronym BTW) scheme with white tail is much more colourful than the later one (with SP- registrations), when both rear fuselage and wing uppersurfaces were painted "silver". It's incredible that last of these Polish single-engined F.VIIs (re-engined with radials in the meantime) were still used as bomber crew trainers in 1939... Mind that several Broplan (I know, not only theirs) kits feature incorrect prop turning direction. Have you checked this one? Cheers Michael Edited April 20, 2020 by KRK4m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskits62 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Great work - well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 What a great looking aircraft, really nicely done too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Great modelling and a beautiful model! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 What a beautiful build! Love seeing these Golden Age airliners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 A gorgeous build. Well done … something to be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Everybody has built a Spit and-or a 109 but this is very special. Simply lovely !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hayward Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, KRK4m said: Excellent build. The varnished natural plywood colour couldn't be closer to the prototype. This pre-1930 Lot (it isn't an acronym BTW) scheme with white tail is much more colourful than the later one (with SP- registrations), when both rear fuselage and wing uppersurfaces were painted "silver". It's incredible that last of these Polish single-engined F.VIIs (re-engined with radials in the meantime) were still used as bomber crew trainers in 1939... Mind that several Broplan (I know, not only theirs) kits feature incorrect prop turning direction. Have you checked this one? Cheers Michael Thank you for the correction on Lot, I have to admit that I did all of my research on this via Google and Bing image searches and should have dug a little deeper to get some of the background info. I wondered if anyone would catch my incorrect propeller! The vac prop was too small so I looked through my supply of Aeroclub props to find one of suitable diameter. All I could find was the one that is now on the model temporarily and you can see that not only does it turn the wrong way, but I've painted the brass guards on the blades on the wrong edges. I'm afraid I'm probably going to have to carve one myself to get it right and that will take a while. -Dan Edited April 20, 2020 by Dan Hayward typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Here are articles on Polish Fokkers F VII, unfortunately in Polish, but I belive that web translators work better and better... http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/1038/126/Fokker-F-VII2 http://www.jura-pilica.com/?rabin-herszel-rozynes,451 Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hayward Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, JWM said: Here are articles on Polish Fokkers F VII, unfortunately in Polish, but I belive that web translators work better and better... http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/1038/126/Fokker-F-VII2 http://www.jura-pilica.com/?rabin-herszel-rozynes,451 Cheers J-W Excellent info! Thanks for those links, I was able to put some dates to some of the changes I saw in photos. -Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangeways Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Superb, I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Definitely a non run of the mill airplane. Most assuredly an exceptional build. I didn't even know the real airplane existed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hayward Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Thank you all for the nice comments! -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Dan, what a delightful model! Excellent build of a refreshing subject, thanks for the in-progress photos. May I ask next time to have an extended step-by-step WiP? They are so useful for learning how other modelers deal with construction issues, new approaches, techniques, materials. There is a not small fraternity here of Vac builders, and a growing interest in civil types, of which this is a classic example. Thanks for the treat! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 What a nice example of modeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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