Very nice Eric. Jasta 12 just went on my painting list!
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Very nice Eric. Jasta 12 just went on my painting list!
Very nice Jasta 12s Eric!
Well done Eric! :sAprvd:
Very nice indeed Eric - like them a lot. :hatsoff:
Hello all
Had another play around with Dr over the summer and painted this chap. The plane represents Steinhausers
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VERY NICE!!
Looks great, well done!
With the looming possibility of yet another all-red Fokker triplane arriving on my doorstep eventually (Kickstarter does nothing if not test your patience), suggestions on repaints that work with the basic red paint scheme as a starting point?
I’m very confused - looking right at the listing: Forum - Off Duty - ***Hobby Room*** - Official Fokker Dr1 painting thread. Take it to...the Hobby Room? Is there another? Some other specific place within the Hobby Room? And why can’t we discuss painting Fokker Dr1s on the official Fokker Dr1 painting thread? I’m not trying to be clever or smart, I simply don’t understand your instructions.
Ok...here's a Newbie question. WOG made two versions of the Red Baron's DR.I. One is an all red triplane. The other has only the top wing, cowling, rear fuselage painted red, forward 1/2, middle and lower wings upper surfaces painted green and sky blue under color.
Which one more accurately portrays the Red Baron's aircraft?
I have one completely red and 2 of the partial red. I wanted to depict an accurate Red Baron and the other 2 will be converted to other tripes. Thoughts, suggestions?
Link: www.terryjamesart.com: MvR - The Red Baron and his Planes
Not only are there threads on the red Baron's planes, there are a few on the problems of getting any planes' colors correct. The 'official' color of PC 10 on RFC/RAF planes is another that has yet to be definitively answered for some.
Just to confuse people further, the Triplanes and Tripods Kickstarter will introduce a third Manfred von Richthofen Fokker Dr.1 paint scheme.
As said previously Cyrus, the Baron flew several Dr.1 so take your pick.
I can't recall which are which and can't find the reference now but the first one is the prototype F.1, of the others one was crashed, one was used to visit neighbouring units & a few were used in combat - I'm sure a little digging on t'internet will reveal all for you, along with the debates over what colours/markings were used and the discrepancies between images and models !
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Just finished painting a Fokker F.I Triplane that I scratch built from plasticard. Very crude, but it's my first attempt at building something this small!
Painted up as Voss' F.I 103/17:
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Valom kit built for Aerodrome member ArkansasChuck;
Jasta 18, Leutnant August Raben, spring 1918;
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Mark, you are a crazy man. The effort to make a plane like that from scratch must have been monumental. I know I put in a lot of time to paint my planes but I am not sure I'd attempt what you did. Very good for a first. Great job!
Thanks! The construction itself is not really that hard - I used a papercraft one and shrunk it down to get the gross piece sizes, cut those out and took it from there. The plasticard I originally used was too thin and the wings warped badly, so I had to reinforce them, which is why the wing edges are a bit rough. I've learned a fair bit in the making, so future projects should be slicker. Boxier planes are easier, of course.
The painting was a lot harder, but that's the same for anyone's work on this thread! I definitely need to work on my small scale precision techniques - far too much repainting was done, as you can see on the upper wing white areas. Masking that off would have been more sensible, and I have a bad habit of doing one thick coat instead of multiple thin ones. That doesn't fly at this scale so well.
My attempt at Voss' Dr1
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I hope to get better pics tomorrow when the light is better.
Very Nice!! Great JOB!!
Good paint job on the Voss Triplane, looks great.
Thanks guys! I ummed and aahhed about the nose for quite a while, but yellow won out.
That's another real cracker of a paint job Steve.
Rob.
Nice job, Steve!
Thanks. I think I may try some entente repaints next. Haven't tried Valom planes so possibly some pups.
Just leaving my workbench, here is one of 3 more machines carrying my personal panoply for Leutnant Helmut Pfeiffer in 1918.
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Originally painted for PragueCon in May of this year, I discovered I had lost the rub-down lettering sheets!!!!:eek:
I couldn't find the lettering anywhere (still can't!). I took the plane to Prague in its unfinished state, but didn't get to fly it.
I recently managed to acquire another sheet on ebay, so here is the finished plane, finally, painted to match the scheme I developed for my now infamous Fokker D.VII.
Superb Tim.:clap: Well worth the Rep gun.
Rob.
That is a gorgeous DR.I.
Glad you like her, chaps!
Many thanks for the Rep!
My latest Shapeways. Dr.I of Paul Baumer, Jasta 2.
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That sure is a snazzy one Pete.
Very colourful and well painted..
Rob.
Gorgeous work, Peter! Baeumer's last Triplane sure looks tasty:sAprvd: I doubt the Ares version will hold a candle to yours...:)
All the best,
Matt
That is great painting, Peter! :thumbsup:
Thanks Matt.
I'm not sure Ares is correct. :takecover: I trust Greg Van Wyngarden. His Osprey book on Jagedstaffel 2 'Bolcke' has the version I did with the thick Balkenkreuze and the black wingtips. The plane in it's previous markings did not have the black tips, has Iron Crosses and has a set of Iron Crosses on the lower wing's upper surface.
Either way, it's a pretty plane!
after painting a Karl Bolle DVII for the raffle I decided to paint another Karl Bolle for myself.
Plane is Shapeways, (Decapod) Karl Bolle, Jasta 2.
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Lastly is another Decapod Shapeways Dr.I. Hermann Frommherz, Jasta 2.
Decals a mix. the strut b/w teeth and the checkerboard are off of a sheet by Aviation wing. Crosses are some of Dom's and John McEwan.
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Nice work on all three, Peter.
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