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/dutch East Indies Fokker D.VII decals?


JohnMacG

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Blue Rider has a set of postwar Fokker DVII...

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/blue-rider-br525-international-fokker-dvii--1109398

 

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BR212

 

Not shilling for Hannants, but this is where my search for you led me...

The Scalemates link shows the 1/48th scale set.  I have them in 1/72nd.

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All the decals above are for Dutch Fokker D VIIs in the Netherlands. So far no decals for the ones in the NEI (Netherlands' East Indies). Here the info to make them yourself:

 

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Be careful with the orientation of the national insignia,  The color illustration of  F-302 has the red at the bottom of the roundel, but the photo of F-301 show it is upper forward on the fuselage, and upper left on both wing roundels.  The earlier aircraft (F-30) has an earlier rendition of the roundel orientation.

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Yes, actually all of these D VIIs have it wrong. Officially white should point down on the fuselage and back on the wings. But during the 20s you'd see all possible versions in the NEI, with red or blue pointing down, or - like here - down on fuselage but forward on wings, and even red-blue-white on some early DH-9s. So the best way is to use a photo. I'd say the top 301 and colour profile is how the unit carried it most of the 20s (red forward on wings) and the bottom 301 is how it looked like in the very early days.

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