John Masters Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Ok. Ha! Here's a model of a Fokker DVII... And I knew I had these amazing decals from @Mika Jernfors at Arctic... And there is a discrepancy regards g the colour...I'll let you all choose...I know, the kit doesn't match what Mika designed the decals fr, but I think it will be alright. And Mika has written out this excellent short history of the aircraft, so I'll let him tell you...Thanks @Mika Jernfors And, as he says there are excellent photos on-line--not a lot, but good ones. So I will be streeeeetching the fuselage and making this MAC kit into a two-seater. I could cheat. I have a resin 2-seater from Belgium in the stash somewhere. Maybe I'll build that one too because it's a Sabina aircraft...I'll dig it out tomorrow and see. But for this thread, it's scratch time. And I'll finish some stuff on the bench first! See you all this weekend! --John 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Great choice John I have no idea where you get inspiration for these builds but I'm really glad you do ! Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Welcome along, this is rather interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 9 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: I have no idea where you get inspiration for these builds but I'm really glad you do ! I'm insane. No, really...I am attracted to the odd and interesting sometimes. Speaking of which...there has been little activity from Moa... 5 hours ago, Brad said: this is rather interesting! Thanks Brad. The hard part will be the conversion. It will be my first attempt at something like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, John Masters said: Speaking of which...there has been little activity from Moa... Sadly Moa was suspended for allegedly making political comments so took his ball and went home. I miss his wonderful builds. AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Andwil said: making political comments Aha...that's what I guessed. Too bad. Not that I am building yet...just some research...The profiles from Arctic are 1/72nd so it is easy to see what modifications I need to make. I don need to lengthen anything! The forward cockpit goes where the machine guns went! That simplifies my life tremendously. The new cockpit cut-out is in blue. --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 This looks interesting. I didn't know that there were civilian operated D.VIIs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 8 hours ago, TimJ said: I didn't know that there were civilian operated D.VIIs. A few actually. Blue Rider has released a couple of excellent sets of decals with both civilian and post-war military aircraft--sometimes with different motors (Packard) so that makes for interesting looking ships. Omega Models released a double seater resin kit from Belgium that I have somewhere... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Nice subject. Red or blue? Hard to say which I’d go for. I miss Moa I don’t recall anything overtly political in his posts, aside from being slightly sarcastic about American culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hey! It's time! I can start this I think... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 First off, let's take care of the second cockpit, just behind the firewall. man...I would hate to sit there! --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 So far so good. I haven't built one of these MAC Fokkers in years. As I recall, it was an easy kit and, luckily, has none of the fit issues of the Roden kit. I did all of that. I will be using a tape harness for the seat. Once I get the rear floor/seat installed I will scratch build a small platform or the passenger seat, add a seat, etc... The PE pieces... And the motor and internal pieces all PE'd and assembled... What of the forward cockpit? Easy-peasy... --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 OK. The cockpit parts have all been 'wooded' and are in one half of the fuselage. One would think that with all the leftover bits and bobs I have in boxes I could rustle up another seat! No...in the time it took me to find out this fact, I could have made three new seats. So I built another. Next, I will adjust the top of the wing to show the three fuel tanks that are added. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Buttoned up... --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Nice! FWIW, If the polls are still open, I'll vote for red! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 hours ago, dnl42 said: I'll vote for red! I'm leaning that way too. It is Texaco, after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 I used a wee bit of filler here and there. I also used a piece of Evergreen to close off the gap between the two cockpits. Don't let me forget to add the windscreens before the top wing! --John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 We aren't talking 'Eduard Fokker' here or even 'Roden Fokker', but it is a serviceable shape and quality and much better than the old Revell or ESCI offerings. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Scratch-built wing fuel tanks... --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 This is looking very nice John, and I vote for Red too. Texaco and blue do not match in my mind's eye. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Ray S said: Texaco and blue do not match in my mind's eye. No they don't. I agree. There is probably an actual FS number for "Texaco Red"... I am thinking there is a slim possibility it could be green. The actual Texaco logo from back then is the red star with a green 'T' in the middle. And green and red are in the same tonal palette and often look the same in black and white images... Still going for red... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Thought I had forgotten? Aircraft primed and ready for painting... --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 Time for some CDL. I'm not messing about with fancy mixes. I think the Beige looks just fine. Looks just fine from here... I'll let that dry overnight really well and then mask it all off for the red and the black anti-glare. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 The red...oh my, yes...the red... That is a snazzy looking colour combo with the CDL! --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Thought I'd forgotten about this, eh? Not a chance. I decided to begin the decal stage. This is tricky. The Arctic decals are very delicate and so I have decided to not use any solvent at all, not even water-based stuff. They look absolutely stupendous! Once they are all on and dry I will apply a very thin layer of water-based varnish to seal them. Note the scratch built fuel lines on he underside of the wing...brass wire. -John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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