recent additions: Entente

**Max Von Below** · 08-04-2015 18:00

some recently completed planes...

**Blackronin** · 08-05-2015 01:02

Excellent!

**Nightbomber** · 08-05-2015 03:12

Made of paper! Well done!

**Jager** · 08-05-2015 06:21

Looking quite nice.

Karl

**Max Von Below** · 08-05-2015 12:26

Thank you!

**Ned2** · 08-05-2015 13:12

These are nice. Wish had the skills, and patience, to manage to make them. Would cut my costs.

**Flying Helmut** · 08-05-2015 13:56

Cool! Prefer the Central Powers ones though...........

**grumpybear** · 08-05-2015 15:19

Very nice work.Tried a paper model once, made a complete mess of it.

**matt56** · 08-05-2015 17:46

These look lovely, too, Greg - I especially like the Brit two-seater....

All the best,
Matt

**Max Von Below** · 08-06-2015 19:20

Thanks for the kind words.
These little guys are fun, but I still have a lot of room for improvement.

**spookiedfx** · 09-21-2015 18:21

Dont judge yourself to hard those look great

**Zakopious** · 09-22-2015 19:21

Use the three foot rule.
Place the paper plane and the official Wings of Glory plane side by side.
Look at them from three feet as you would see them on the game table.
Chances are that the paper plane will look as good or better than the official Wings of Glory plane.
You know that your plane was constructed with more love and care than the plane made in a factory by a worker just doing his job.

**OldGuy59** · 09-22-2015 19:51

Originally Posted by Zakopious

Use the three foot rule.
Place the paper plane and the official Wings of Glory plane side by side.
Look at them from three feet as you would see them on the game table.
Chances are that the paper plane will look as good or better than the official Wings of Glory plane.
You know that your plane was constructed with more love and care than the plane made in a factory by a worker just doing his job.

What he said. I think they are terrific.

Sorry I didn't comment sooner. Thanks to Kermit for revisiting this.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 09-23-2015 06:43

I only just spotted these too Greg.
They are superb.
That just leaves 5 rep points to your medal.
Rob.

**Max Von Below** · 09-23-2015 06:47

Thanks guys! I found that if I take my glasses off, they get better, too

I do agree with you Kenneth. Making something instills a greater appreciation for it.

**Teaticket** · 09-23-2015 07:03

Greg, great planes. I've never tried making a paper plane but these might push me over the edge.

Darcy Burgess · 02-21-2016 05:16

Stunning work!

Did you use plans?

**Zakopious** · 02-21-2016 06:14

Those pictures look like the Zio Prudenzio planes.
He died two years ago and his website is down but the planes are still available on the Wayback Machine.
See: https://web.archive.org/web/20150212...t/fok-air.html

**Max Von Below** · 02-26-2016 17:39

I think I got most of these off Pinterest.

Darcy Burgess · 02-28-2016 08:59

Kenneth, Greg;

Thanks for the info.

I tried my hand at a 1/144 Fokker Dr.I last week (From Zio's plans).

I was doing fine right up until I got to the wing struts!

Any advice on those? I couldn't keep them all in place at the same time.

Darcy

**OldGuy59** · 02-28-2016 10:22

First off, a very belated Welcome to the Forum, Darcy. Did you check in on the Canadian Wing to say hello? Report for Duty - Canadian Wing

I had no end of fun building my Fokker Dr.1

The saga of me putting my plane together, and a "suitable for general viewing" one at that, can be found here: Zio Prudenzio Model Cards - My 2nd Project - Fokker DR1

My "detailed" description doesn't explain anything about attaching the upper and lower wings, darn it. Well I attached the center wings (that is well described), but I cut the outer struts in one long piece, and cut holes through the center wing. I put the struts through the center wing and glued them in place, the wings being held by the additional structural spar (the steel pin I added due to the twisting fuselage. See the thread above.). I glued on the lower wing, using the fuselage to get it in the right place, and eyeballed where the outer struts would contact the lower wing. Then, rather than attempt to flare the bottom of the strut and gluing to the surface of the lower wing, I glued the flares together, and cut slots in the lower wing. I put the "flared end" (now glued into a stiff tab) into the slot and glued it. This made a nice join for the lower wing and strut, and got rid of the ugly flared paper join. It also added strength to the join.

The upper wing was a bit tricky. I eye-balled the fit, cut the outer strut slots where they should have been, and then test-fit the cabane struts (fuselage to the upper wing near the cockpit). I ended up gluing the flared ends of the lower struts together and cutting slots into the fuselage where it indicates they should go. I glued the cabane struts in place in the fuselage slots, and prepared to put on the top wing.

With the outer wing struts in place, and slots cut into the "correct" place on the upper wing, I did what I tried on my first Camel. Glue the outer struts in place and hold it in the "correct" position (Cabane struts were "pressed" out of place by the wing, but I made sure they were going toward the wingtips, not over the fuselage). Once reasonably dry, one at a time, I touched the top flares of the cabane struts with glue (right side of the flare for the left cabane, left side of the flare for the right cabane, as I wasn't going to "flare" them), and pressed the cabane into the correct position on the upper wing. This worked for me.

Check this post for my first try at doing a paper upper wing for a description: Zio Prudenzio Model Cards - My 1st Project - Part Four

The completed Dr.1 album: Zio Prudenzio Model Cards - 2nd Project

Hope this helps.

**Zakopious** · 02-28-2016 10:41

Originally Posted by Darcy Burgess

Kenneth, Greg;

Thanks for the info.

I tried my hand at a 1/144 Fokker Dr.I last week (From Zio's plans).

I was doing fine right up until I got to the wing struts!

Any advice on those? I couldn't keep them all in place at the same time.

Darcy

See my posts 28 - 30 about struts: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...l=1#post100606

LOOP · 02-28-2016 10:54

Originally Posted by Flying Helmut

Cool! Prefer the Central Powers ones though...........

But you allways need something to shoot at

LOOP · 02-28-2016 10:56

They ARE excellent

**clipper1801** · 02-28-2016 20:34

Well done! I think there should be a complete WOG game for paper models! They have a unique charm and nostalgic history, home made models thrown from hay lofts around the world to the glee of many a child with dreams of flight in their hearts and minds . . . my dad made many of these flights as a child, enough to inspire me and my kids as well . . . carry on!