Fokker DR.1, unarmed trainer/test/captured, Sabre Kits, 1.72nd scale...

[John Masters]

This is fun.  A Fokker Dr.1 flown by the French as a training tool.  Unarmed, of course.  This is actually an Eduard kit, so the quality is very high, reboxed by SabreKit, another Czech company, or maybe the same Czech company but a subsidiary?  Who cares.  I have built this kit before and it is flawless and absolutely tiny when completed, and the Dr.1 was quite small to begin with.  

 

 

 

 

I'll jump in soon enough!

 

--John

[Wez]

I think @Marklo is doing the same subject (or similar), funny how that happens!  It will be interesting to see how they come out.

 

Good luck John

[Marklo]

2 hours ago, Wez said:

I think @Marklo is doing the same subject (or similar),

I think so. Afaik a number of DR1s were captured but all had similar paint schemes. I have quite a few builds to progress before I get to this one in earnest.

[JOCKNEY]

Good luck with this one John 

 

Cheers Pat 

[John Masters]

I'll get around to it!  Thanks Pat.

[John Masters]

I'm gonna start this one tonight, come hell or high water...

 

 

[John Masters]

Ok @Marklo @JOCKNEY and @Wez...there is something to be said about building an Eduard kit.  A confidence exists that I know it will come together easily and cleanly.  

 

 

I will treat this as a 'Weekender' and, I hope, whip it out right quick.  

 

--John

 

 

 

 

[2996 Victor]

Great start, John, I'm looking forward to seeing this come together! Great subject matter, too.

 

Cheers,

Mark

[Marklo]

7 hours ago, John Masters said:

there is something to be said about building an Eduard kit.

I can’t but agree, and some of the time it is a pleasure to put together a really nice kit, but tbh if that was all I built I’d probably get bored in the long run  

 

On a semi related note look what I got for under a tenner, as far as I can tell there isn’t a lot missing  I also got a cheap 1/48 P47 with no instructions and a 1/48 F100 missing a few parts, well pleased

Edited November 4, 2021 by Marklo

[John Masters]

26 minutes ago, Marklo said:

if that was all I built I’d probably get bored in the long run  

 

Me too.  

[John Masters]

It seems like I have my mojo back.

 

 

 

 

I had forgotten how much I enjoy the Eduard Dr.1 in the Gentleman's Scale.  It is the best, by far and hands down.  It reminds me also that I should build Lothar's machine.  Poor Lothar...always flying in the shadow...

 

--John

[John Masters]

I did a little work early AM and some a little later.  At this stage I am ready for primer on the fuselage, and then some paint.

 

 

Those closeup shots always point out the little bits that need cleaning up...

 

 

I gave the Oberursal a bit of aluminum, the prop some light tan, then some wood, and decaled the rudder.

 

 

I think I'll go for Olive Drab for the fuselage.  The French repainted it and they didn't use PC10.  The blue cowling and wheels will be a colourful addition!

 

--John

 

 

 

 

[John Masters]

I mixed a bit of Sky Blue and Prussian Blue to get the cowling and wheel colours correct, or at least Bright Blue.  The Olive Drab is Medium Olive Green and I had a tough time time getting the airbrush to cooperate.  I'll do a bit of masking today and apply the Sky Blue underside.

 

 

--John

 

 

[John Masters]

The underside is painted, the axle airfoil is painted, the wheels have been masked an given a medium grey for the rubber...prop boss is brass...

 

 

Almost there!  Decals tonight.

 

--John

[John Masters]

Decals on. Not including the rudder, there are only the four French roundels.  Once again, I should have painted the rudder.  Im not happy wth it and I am not up to re-doing it.

 

What little rigging there is will happen today, some slight paint touch-ups, perhaps a little dust on the wheels and underside, some oil stains.

 

 

--John

[Grandboof]

Another blink and you missed it . Looks great . Glad your spray gun decided to co-operate . 

Martin H

[John Masters]

On 11/8/2021 at 12:01 PM, Grandboof said:

Another blink and you missed it . Looks great .

Coming in under the wire...for me anyway.  This one is finished and in the gallery.  I have become distracted again by real-life situations.  A shipping container arrived from the USA last week containing all my furniture , books, and a couple pf boxes of built models that I had stored there for the last 6-10 years.  

 

 

Some repairs.  Some binned.

 

 

My Blau Vogel from CMR survived and is repairable...

 

 

50% dd not make the 'repair/renovate' list for various reasons.  

 

 

In any case, the Fokker is in the gallery...

 

--John

[2996 Victor]

The Dr.I is looking great, John, and very unusual! A worthy addition to your collection, too.

 

The Blau Vogel is lovely. Such a shame about the damage, but it looks minor and easily repairable. Is there a WiP from when you built it?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

[John Masters]

Thanks @2996 Victor.  The Blau Vogel was built during a period of time when I hung around The Aerodrome website and when they had a WiP/RFI thread.

[Andwil]

Oh dear!  I can imagine how your heart would have sunk when you opened that box.

 

The new DR.1 is nice though, even if a little strange in French markings.  Those rudder decals never really work that well do they.

 

AW

[John Masters]

2 hours ago, Andwil said:

Those rudder decals never really work that well do they.

No...and I never learn that lesson either, it seems.  

 

Thanks though.  The builds I will be able to salvage are the best interns of quality and construction anyway, and the rarest.  Funnily, my pride and joy, the Pegasus Albatros C.II that I worked so hard on, came through unscathed, as did quite a few D.VII builds.  Those did not make the grade are not missed.