Revell 1/28 Dr1.....

[Allan31]

The Revell 1/28 Dr1 is about the first model I remember seeing. I was maybe 4-5 and remember the triplane and Camel sitting way up on a bookshelf out of reach. I could see them closer as I walked up the stairs peeking under the banister but no touchy.

 

I have for years thought it would be a great idea to build these three kits, (now four) in the original kit markings but with just some scratched tweaking here and there. Enhancing the kits but still keeping them the old Revells we all grew up with. The Camel and SPAD are easier because the original markings for those kits are correct, for the Dr1, we have a problem.

 

 

Molded in bright red plastic with no painting required, re-boxed in later years but with better decals. Originally, it was FI 102/17 in red and we know MvR never flew 102 like this in red. 102 was an FI and light blue with streaking finish. I wanted to use the maltese crosses as that was in the first kit. Newer issues gave me the 425 I needed to use the maltese crosses if I cut away the excess white panels. Problem solved, close enough.

 

 

I got the kit off Evilbay for cheap and was thrilled to find a copy of an Ed Boll article on how to improve the kit. Don't know the date but would like to find out.

 

 

 

I was born in '56, it's as old as me. The wings were flimsy so I used Tamiya thick slathered around and let them set up over night making sure they would stay straight.

 

 

The Boll article says the prop is fine but I thought I could improve.

 

 

 

 

I corrected the right aileron with some .10 styrene and putty by tracing the left.

 

 

 

 

Boll would have me swap the throttle and fuel pump as Revell got them backwards but I left them as is. I did do the cloth screen behind the seat as suggested.

 

 

 

 

I will add belts from yogurt cup foil and a seat cushion.

 

Engine next.

Edited November 14, 2022 by Allan31

[Stringbag73]

Fantastic start on this one, I remember built this thirty years ago straight out of box. Would built it again. I follow with mutch interest!

 

Cheers!

[Allan31]

Looking at photos of 425, I redid the cockpit combing using styrene rod that I will cut down and reshape.

 

 

 

 

Using an ellipse guide, I cut out the crosses. I wanted a thicker white border but I discovered the Revell art is sized wrong sometimes, the white available dictated the outline. They did their best 1957.

 

 

Everything in Tamiya fine white and masking for the first coat of Vallejo 71.102 red.

 

 

After the first coat dried I then applied the black markings to be over-sprayed with a second coat.

 

 

I shot a second coat and applied the rest of the kits markings, Now everyone is drying waiting for a coat of Future and weathering.

 

 

More soon !

[AdrianMF]

Looking good Allan!

 

I remember the Werner Voss boxing, thankfully in sky blue plastic rather than red!

 

Regards,

Adrian

[malpaso]

I built this kit a couple of years ago.  In the final MvR livery using the excellent kit decals.  The kit may have been created six years before me, but it's aged well, a good example of how excellently the craftspeople mastering the models of those days could do their job.

[Allan31]

Finished and posted in "Ready for Inspection"...