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Ravenlord
05-11-2013, 14:11
So I wonder, if anyone else has build/painted a Fokker D.VI:

I´ve done mine in full-collor-lozenge fabric (decals) - as most early machines - later ther were 4-, 5-color and mixed lozenge fabric in use.
It seems that the welded fuselage were stored a while until rotary engines where available (Balkenkreuz on fuselage generally used March - April 1918) and the wooden wings were build at time, when the engine was there to be installed (Balkenkreuz on wings generally used May 1918 until wars end).
Sometimes 4-and 5-color-lozenge-fabric varied between fuselage and wings.

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=89772&d=1368292619

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=89763&d=1368292619

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=89770&d=1368292619

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=89773&d=1368292619


Matthias

Baron Rolf
05-11-2013, 15:03
Very nice Fokker D.VI there Matthias :thumbsup:

flash
05-11-2013, 15:22
Good job Matthias - like that alot ! ;)

Marechallannes
05-11-2013, 16:59
A lot of work Matthias, but the result is great! :thumbsup:

grumpybear
05-11-2013, 18:09
Very nice. Is it Shapeways?

phililphall
05-11-2013, 20:01
Nice job. Great work on the camo!

Ravenlord
05-13-2013, 07:48
Thank you guys!

@ grumpybear:

Yes it´s a shapeways model - by Kampfflieger models.

Matthias

Womble
12-29-2013, 10:26
Here's mine from jasta 80b.

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y463/Pfalzdxii/80b_zps3b0ce67b.jpg
http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y463/Pfalzdxii/20131228_123505_zpseb5d7d35.jpg
http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y463/Pfalzdxii/20131228_123119_zpsc67ff71c.jpg

Ian

Baron Rolf
12-29-2013, 10:53
Ian you've done a great job on that Shapeways Fokker D.VI :hatsoff:

john snelling
12-29-2013, 10:54
Both are nicely done.

Womble
12-29-2013, 10:59
Ian you've done a great job on that Shapeways Fokker D.VI :hatsoff:

Thanks. Yes its Shapeways by kampfflieger printed in WSF.

fast.git
12-29-2013, 11:21
Outstanding work! A steady hand and clarity of purpose are more than evident in your work... :thumbsup:

Ravenlord
12-30-2013, 14:24
A real Eye-Opener!!!

Very, very well done!!!

Matthias

Zoe Brain
01-08-2017, 20:14
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flash
04-14-2020, 23:16
I finally dug this out of my storage and decided to abandon all hope of my being able to apply lozenge deal to it - as it's a one off I decided to give it my personal 'Patriotic Hun' scheme to get it done.
Had a bit of an issue with the white paint, as you will see, I'll put it down to dodgy Fokker finishing !
Anyway here it is:
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I used old GW Blood Red paint - I used Humbrol 64 acrylic grey for the tyres, snakebite leather for prop & sskid, blacks, gunmetal, vermin fur for other bits & pieces, inc Peter Pig pilot.

I've thought for years used the O deck but now I see is assigned the U deck..? Was it ever O ?? Think I'd prefer the O deck myself.

Walarik
06-18-2022, 03:01
Here is my fictional Fokker D.VI. Still I do not have "balls" to do lozenge. :) But with Pfalz D.XII on my table now, it will be inevitable. ;)
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Hu Rhu
06-18-2022, 04:12
Very nice painting on that Fokker D.VI. :thumbsup:

Rep gun jammed. :mad:

malachi
06-18-2022, 04:13
Great work, Georg!
REP

Flying Helmut
06-18-2022, 11:49
Lovely D.VI, Georg! :clap:

I've not done any of these myself - maybe I should...

flash
06-19-2022, 03:53
Looks good Georg :thumbsup:

camelbeagle
06-19-2022, 07:24
Nice! What colors did you use for the green and light purple. I like them!

milcoll73
06-21-2022, 13:02
nice! working on a reverisco dVI myself right now. havent figured out how im going to paint it other than no lozenges.

OldGuy59
09-04-2022, 17:43
Here is my fictional Fokker D.VI. Still I do not have "balls" to do lozenge. :) But with Pfalz D.XII on my table now, it will be inevitable. ;)
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OldGuy59
09-04-2022, 18:54
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Crosses aren't the same, but I couldn't find a reference for the ones on the model. Field paint job?

[Edit: Crosses changed to March-April 1918 crosses, probably only used on D.VIs for a few weeks at the beginning of its operational service]

PS: I tried a new technique for the wing rib tape. It wasn't monochrome, but strips of lozenge camo. So, I tried to emulate that.

flash
09-05-2022, 10:40
..Crosses aren't the same, but I couldn't find a reference for the ones on the model. Field paint job?..

They are correct for the aircraft, Mike, it's one of the types used in 1918.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2tLLOe8WRZpAiDu2R3tDMG2jV6vIKD3X0Xw&usqp=CAU

Flying Officer Kyte
09-05-2022, 11:17
Germany's Luftstreitkräfte (the army air service of the German Imperial Army) first officially adopted the Balkenkreuz in mid-April 1918 (about a week before the death of Manfred von Richthofen), and used it from that time until World War I ended in November 1918. The IdFlieg directive of 20 March 1918 to all manufacturers states in the first sentence (translated to English): "To improve the recognition of our aircraft, the following is ordered: [...]". In paragraph 2, the second sentence specifies: "This alteration is to be carried out by 15 April 1918." The closing sentence reads: "Order 41390 is to be speedily executed.

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OldGuy59
09-05-2022, 16:12
Crosses on the Camo D.VI changed to March-April Balkenkreuz.

Note: This cross was only used from March to mid-April of 1918, and was possibly only on the first few D.VIs to reach the front. It was changed to a very wide white-bordered thick cross for April-May 1918, and then to the thin cross with narrow white borders in May 1918, which was used to the end of the war.