New Meng (Wingnuts) Fokker Dr.I 1/32

[Gisbod]

Hi all,

 

Hot off the bench, very nice kit - but the Meng additions are average - Instructions/ Decals. The wings were bent, but easily reformed with hot water and brute force!

 

All insignia masked and painted.

 

Work in Progress here:

 

 

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11486.0

 

 

 

Guy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2020 by Gisbod

[BlueNosers352nd]

Very nice!  What did you use for rigging?  Got a Stearman sitting here for most of the year scared of rigging it.

[Terry1954]

Beautiful job there Guy. I often get tempted to try a DR1 ............. minimal rigging!

 

Terry

[SAT69]

Museum quality! Enough said.

[redcap]

Excellent result and very nicely finished. Thank you for the pics.

Gary

[Duncan B]

First I've seen and I suspect it'll be quite a while before I see a better one. Very nicely finished and, thankfully, not a red one  

 

Duncan B

[Gisbod]

Ah Thanks 😀

 

12 hours ago, BlueNosers352nd said:

Very nice!  What did you use for rigging?  Got a Stearman sitting here for most of the year scared of rigging it.

 

Just plain old fishing line... I’ve got the ICM Stearman next up.

 

3 minutes ago, Duncan B said:

First I've seen and I suspect it'll be quite a while before I see a better one. Very nicely finished and, thankfully, not a red one  

 

Duncan B

 

Cheers Duncan, shame I won’t see you at SMW this year...

 

Guy

[MikeC]

Just seen this over on LSP, but still worth a comment here: very nicely done.  

 

I feel quite inspired to start mine, which arrived last week.

[Uncle Pete]

[BlueNosers352nd]

8 hours ago, Gisbod said:

Just plain old fishing line... I’ve got the ICM Stearman next up.

That's what I've used in the past for antenna wire and a little rigging of the Roden Junkers D.1.   Doesn't have to be tight......just a little heat and it tightens up.

[Viking]

First one out of the starting gate! It looks very,very nice, better that I hoped after reading various on line reviews.  Superb paint job, I really must take the plunge and try masked/painted markings.

 

Cheers

 

John

[Simon Cornes]

Beautiful  - is that the kit propellor?

Cheers

 

Simon

[Howlindawg]

That's just a lovely, lovely build.

 

Great choice of scheme, fantastic paint and well done to Meng for getting the kits out and into punters hands.

 

Well done Guy, it's a credit to you... as usual!

[Lightpainter]

Simply beautiful!

[Gisbod]

Thanks again 😬

 

On 9/23/2020 at 6:52 PM, Simon Cornes said:

Beautiful  - is that the kit propellor?

Cheers

 

Simon

 

Yes Simon, just oils over a light striped base as usual.

 

 

[Simon Cornes]

4 hours ago, Gisbod said:

Thanks again 😬

 

 

Yes Simon, just oils over a light striped base as usual.

 

 

Amazing, I thought it was one of those very expensive carved wooden propellors! There's hope for us all!!

[Gisbod]

4 hours ago, Simon Cornes said:

Amazing, I thought it was one of those very expensive carved wooden propellors! There's hope for us all!!

I’m too tight for that Simon! 😆
 

guy

[Simon Cornes]

So what is the process then Guy? I’m interested to know what make of paint and colour you use. I haven’t tried painting a wooden propellor yet but I imagine you start with a lighter light brown colour then mask it with narrow strips, apply a darker brown. Apply something like burnt umber oil paint and dry brush to get graining and then, when dry, apply something like Tamiya clear orange. Am I anywhere close?

 

[Buzby061]

Lovely build, nice to see a Triplane that isn't red!

 

Pete

[Gisbod]

1 hour ago, Simon Cornes said:

So what is the process then Guy? I’m interested to know what make of paint and colour you use. I haven’t tried painting a wooden propellor yet but I imagine you start with a lighter light brown colour then mask it with narrow strips, apply a darker brown. Apply something like burnt umber oil paint and dry brush to get graining and then, when dry, apply something like Tamiya clear orange. Am I anywhere close?

 

That’s it in a nutshell Simon, I didn’t use a orange top coat tho.. just the oils... it took me about 10 mins, easy really.

 

Guy

[exdraken]

Wow!

Fantastic!

And is not red!

Very nimble airplane! Saw a replica doing dogfights last year! Would not need to leave the airfield for that....

 

 

[Simon Cornes]

17 minutes ago, Gisbod said:

That’s it in a nutshell Simon, I didn’t use a orange top coat tho.. just the oils... it took me about 10 mins, easy really.

 

Guy

Makes it sound very simple - methinks you’ve done this more than once?!!!

Simon

[Kev The Modeller]

Superb build  this is the livery I'm going for, thanks for sharing