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Thread: Official Fokker E.III & E.IV Painting Thread

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    Scary red - I like it!

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    Wow, I love all the EIII here. Lots of great colors, rigging and a bat! Here is my repaint of the Turkish EIII.

    First I gently scraped off the black squares. I found painting directly to the Ares planes was not good with paint flow so I cleaned it off and applied a
    flat clear spray. That did the trick and the paint flowed nicely. Orange is a Valejo, the canvas is another Valejo I'll get info on later, decals by Dom.

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    Tiger Tiger, burning bright,
    in the middle of my gunsight!
    Tally Ho!

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    All I can say Peter is "Oh man! Look at the colours man, look at the colours." Too cool man too cool
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Is this a ficticious repaint or historical? If historical any details, by the way another fantastic job. 2nd question where are you hiding the Elves?
    See you on the Dark Side......

  6. #56

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    There was no other so provocative Fokker on the whole Western Front. The colours seem to call: "C'mon and get me!" or maybe better: "Erschieß mich!".
    Point for your creativity, Peter!
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    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    Is this a ficticious repaint or historical? If historical any details, by the way another fantastic job. 2nd question where are you hiding the Elves?
    Purely fictitious. I did this for the early doors campaign. If the up and coming Peter Buttner survives he will get a series of planes like this.

    My emerging elves seem to work in frenzied binges putting out batches of planes here and there. I wish I could train them better like Clipper's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbiggles View Post
    Tiger Tiger, burning bright,
    in the middle of my gunsight!
    Tally Ho!
    Maybe I'll bring this to Doncaster and see who can shoot it down the most!

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    Just when I thought I could put to rest any desire to expand my paltry early war plane collection, this thread caught my eye. I know there is a darkside called WGS, but now I feel harassed from both flanks.
    “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato

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    Great repaint, Peter.
    Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    Excellent repaint and very bold colour scheme, Peter!
    I like it a lot!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sulring View Post
    Excellent repaint and very bold colour scheme, Peter!
    I like it a lot!
    Agreed.....also a great plane if your a Bengals fan.

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    Makes me want to start on my spare EIIIs - I just have too many projects planned but un-started.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7eat51 View Post
    Just when I thought I could put to rest any desire to expand my paltry early war plane collection, this thread caught my eye. :
    Early war...early war...sis boom bah.... sorry, couldn't find the cheer smiley.

    Great aircraft Peter, would love to see a "series" going on through the years of the war.

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    Here is a Ares repaint of the Turkish Fokker E.III. I saw a paper model as well as a skin for Rise of Flight of this paint scheme and fell in love with it.

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  16. #66

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    Great colour scheme. More REP would have come your way but I have to wait awhile and spread some around first.
    See you on the Dark Side......

  17. #67

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    A very attractive colour scheme and rendition James.
    Fortunately I have no constraint on awarding rep.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    Great colour scheme. More REP would have come your way but I have to wait awhile and spread some around first.
    Many thanks for the comments anyway, I came across the scheme while searching around for history and information on the EIII but have no idea if it is historically accurate (An actual plane flown) or a fans own rendition. If it is the later then I would like to thank whoever came up with the scheme.

    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    A very attractive colour scheme and rendition James.
    Fortunately I have no constraint on awarding rep.
    Rob.
    Many thanks Rob! The decals I also made myself. I was wondering if anyone has the wording the is written on the side of these birds?

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    opps no need found it.... it's written on the side of the Airplane

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    Nice kite! Hopefully it will get to fly in the campaign before the new planes start to show up. (sorry, I too have to spread the REP elsewhere, I'll come back when I'm allowed)
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  21. #71

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    Lovely repaint James, and a fantastic colour scheme. Who flew this beauty ?

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    Nice work James, like the others, I have to spread the rep around some more

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sulring View Post
    Lovely repaint James, and a fantastic colour scheme. Who flew this beauty ?
    Also interested in who flew this plane. Very cool color scheme.......Well done James.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    Great colour scheme. More REP would have come your way but I have to wait awhile and spread some around first.
    Got him for you, of course rep from me is not quite as rewarding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sulring View Post
    Lovely repaint James, and a fantastic colour scheme. Who flew this beauty ?
    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Chum View Post
    Also interested in who flew this plane. Very cool color scheme.......Well done James.
    Ok, the only info I could find is that it was flown by Lt Rauschke (LandFlugzeug 70), although it will be the paint scheme of the fictitious Olbt. Von Machin' Fokker EIII

  26. #76

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluedevil View Post
    This is a repaint of an official Ares mini: the Buddecke EIII.

    In our club we tend to do the Air-battles of the Western front so I had little use for a Fokker that was wearing Turkish colors. So Idecided to repaint this one.

    It went a little sour when I tried to drill out the pilot "blob" using a Dremel tool: my cutting bit had a mind of its own and took a little walk over the top and the left wing of the mini.

    And as I had been so stupid to paint the mini BEFORE I started chopping at the pilot, you can imagine that I was not amused at all with the result. The strut over the machinegun went awol in a blink of an eye and there was substantial battle damage on the left wing.

    I reconstructed the strut with styreen rod and used superglue (gel)to close the gap in the wing ( it stil shows a bit )
    Then i used my painting skills to camouflage the disaster.

    All in all it turned out rather well I suppose.








    I love the weathering effect! How did you do that?

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    What did you use for rigging?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tusekine View Post
    I love the weathering effect! How did you do that?
    Weathering is is done as an after effect and in this case I think it was a dry brushing of a lighter tan colour or white.

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    Stunning job - can see why you fell in love with the paint scheme - really vivid. Makes me wonder why ARES used such dull versions for the 'factory three'. Understand you had to have Immelmann but surely they could have found prettier options than the ones provided.

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    And yet another EIII. Ex-Immalmann model. Poor boy went Boom! on his first flight.

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    Very Nice Peter!

    The stripes really stand out on the grey!

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    Beautiful models guys! I personally like yours James and Peter. The combination of colors is awesome! REP incoming.
    Thanks


    Nick

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    Quote Originally Posted by FarEast View Post
    Very Nice Peter!

    The stripes really stand out on the grey!
    Unfortunately I took these photo at night not under the best light. The plane is actually more blue than it looks. I have to take a better photo of this guy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barkmann View Post
    Beautiful models guys! I personally like yours James and Peter. The combination of colors is awesome! REP incoming.
    Thanks


    Nick
    Thanks Nick.

  36. #86

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    Super paint scheme Peter!
    Unfortunately, my Rep gun is jammed as regards you at the moment - I'll save it up for later.

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    deleted - the site Doubled it, for some reason!

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    I have popped a bit of rep your way for this and the other aircraft Peter.
    Lovely crisp detail.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Thanks for the kind comments and REP. I might rather you don't shoot me down if we meet over the lines somewhere though.

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    Superb work Peter. Clean crisp work.....clean crisp photos as well.

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    I pimped my Fokker a bit. I used a thin wire led through hubs made of wire insulation.
    Next time i am gonna do this i will leave out the bottom part. Too much hustle and the wires tend to break.
    Also the engine shield is made of some sort of a metal alloy, so maybe scratching the paint on it can give it metallic shine.

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    Looks superb to me. I must admit that I have only rigged the specials, like Udet, and Mrs K's Bristol.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Thank you Rob, i added a compass - again a slice of a wire insulation

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    Nice touch, and the close up makes the threading very clear too.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Wonderful work on the rigging Jan!

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    Superb rigging! Far beyond anything I'm capable of.

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    Very nice riging Jan. Now I feel I have to go back and rig mine.

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    Thank you guys, it wasn't that difficult after i've found the right way:

    1. I used 0.5mm drill bit to drill the holes - there are dents on the wings already so it is super easy.
    2. Then i cut the black hub (out of a wire insulation) that i glued on the ramp in front of the cockpit. I filed the ramp first a bit, so it is lower and flatter - the hub will extend it.
    3. Then i released 3 thin wires out of a multi-fiber wire (don't know the English word for it but it is a wire that is composed of many thin wires - a standard electrician wire 0.5mm)
    4. I led the 3 wires through the hub so the hub was in the middle of their length, then i dripped a small blister of a gel superglue on the wires right next to the hub, and pulled the glue inside together with the wires. Then you have to let it dry.
    5. Take each wire - do not bend it to much they do break - and run it through the hole in the wing, pull it and prey it doesn't break. Then put a blister of a gel superglue on a piece of paper, dip a toothpick in it and slap a little of it to the spot where the wire meets the wing on the bottom side. The glue may damage the paint a little, but nobody looks there, haha.
    6. If you want to do the bottom rigging, just use longer wires, after you have fixed them in the wings (1-5) run them through hubs you have fixed on the landing construction in very similar manner.

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    Fokker III being butchered to be reborn to Fokker IV

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    Now that is innovative Jan.
    I can't wait to see the outcome.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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