Quite the colorful flight of Dreidecker, Felix! I also agree that the whole wing edge issue leaves me a bit flat - on my repaints I paint the wing edge, but I haven't gotten around to doing it on all my planes yet...
All the best,
Matt
Quite the colorful flight of Dreidecker, Felix! I also agree that the whole wing edge issue leaves me a bit flat - on my repaints I paint the wing edge, but I haven't gotten around to doing it on all my planes yet...
All the best,
Matt
Yep, very nice flight of Fokker triplanes
Excellent! I love them, well done!
Great advancement. Are the stroke decals of the same pattern? Manfred's seem almost white, but I guess the light source is the cause? I like the Lothar Variant the most.
Last edited by Flying Helmut; 05-03-2020 at 15:51.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Nice job!
Having considered it for a while decided to paint the Nexus MvR Dr.1 from the deluxe set I picked up recently into a personal scheme previously used on a captured Nieuport 17 & Fokker D.VII:
Peter Pig pilot figure used - the one with the bomb but with the bomb cut away it looks like he's shaking his fist at the enemy...Or something like that !
Black, white & GW Blood Red used; tail rounded off & repainted.
"He is wise who watches"
Great plane. I love your color scheme for it and your other similarly dressed birds.
nice! reminds me of the d7 i did for the painting contest.
That is a very attractive paint scheme, Dave!
I doubt it, it's featured on the forum since 2012 but matters not, they all look good in the scheme.
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That's a cracking good triplane, Dave!
As you know, I'm a big fan of your personalised Germans - I think this is the best of the three.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Thank you sir
"He is wise who watches"
Leutnant Helmut Pfeiffer, Jasta 26, winter 1917 - Spring 1918
'Nexus' MvR Series 1, pilot by 'Peter Pig' (converted bomb-dropper, as per Flash!)
All paints "Vallejo"
Engine 'Oily Steel', with black ink for depth and drybrushed 'Silver'
Prop and wing skids 'Natural Wood' over base of 'Yellow Ochre'
Tyres 'Cold Grey'
Cockpit rim 'Cavalry Brown'
Decals by 1/144 Direct and Aviation Wings (Ace cards by I-94)
"S" monogram rub-down letter by Letraset
Last edited by Flying Helmut; 04-23-2020 at 13:49.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Good colour match though I'd have kept the markings of the new one as the originals were wrong.
"He is wise who watches"
Unknown pilot painted for Jasta 7, May 1918
'Nexus' Fokker Dr.1, bought on ebay ready-painted overall black.
Added 'Peter Pig' pilot, and repainted whole.
'Vallejo' "Black" overall.
All detail colours by 'Vallejo':
rudder "White"
tyres "Cold Grey"
cockpit rim "Cavalry Brown"
prop "Yellow Ochre", overpainted with 'translucent' "Natural Wood"
engine & guns "Oily Steel", inked "Black", highlighted "Silver"
pilot: coat "Earth", helmet "Leather Brown", face "Bronzed Flesh", goggles "Silver"
Decals - upper wing crosses were already in place on the model as bought.
Fuselage, tail and underside crosses by mehusla 1/144 Direct, Dice by I-94
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
nice! you seem to have a thing for black lol!
So, has anyone done a repaint of Enemy Ace Hans von Hammer from the old comic books?
This slipped past me before, very nicely done Tim & appreciate all the detail given
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Not quite. 425/17 only had Balkankreuz for less a a week, IIRC only a day or two; the Iron Cross version only needs the white fields replaced with red to represent most of 425/17's life. I'm looking for an Early Ares to correct myself so I can set my Nexus original aside to preserve as a collectible...
The white fields are incorrect - that was the point - and although it certainly had the standard iron cross markings he only got two victories with that machine the day before he died when it would have had the balkenkreuz.
Check out Tusekine's collection sale DB, I think he had some Nexus MvR's listed.
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or..The Story of the Legless Fokker:
I obtained this Fokker Dr1 from a mate of mine when he was tidying up his collection - it started life as a Nexus WoW all red MvR but something was amiss as you will see.
I decided long ago I wanted to do a repaint to represent Werner Voss' Fokker F.1 103 and this was the only donor I had available so I ploughed on with it.
First I removed the wing tip skids from the lower wings then rounded out the tail a bit...elevators & rudder... I also relocated the cabane struts and glued them in place
Then I painted the whole thing sky blue bar the tail which was painted white
After that had dried thoroughly I dry brushed the upper sides & fuselage with Humbrol 86 olive green and used the same paint on the cowling.
Once dried I painted the face on the cowling - very fiddly but I hope I caught the essence
and finally I added the decals (Dom's decals), a Peter Pig pilot then sealed & varnished the whole lot.
Of course the more astute of you will have spotted that Werner had sadly lost his undercart, the reason behind this threads sub-title.
My appeal was answered and with many thanks to his generous benefactor - Steve (Guntruck) - he is now whole again !
It's a Christmas miracle - he got legs !
Other than what was lacking I was quite happy with the model and how it's turned out, the blue really shows through and though I thought to try another technique decided to quit while I was ahead !
Last edited by flash; 01-02-2021 at 00:28.
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It's a beauty, Dave!
Nice job!
I hope to tackle a project like this someday with one of my surplus Kempfs
Good to see this one complete. Nice job.
Nice job there! Dr1s with the face on it are always my favorite!
Lovely job, Dave!
Inspires me to try one myself.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Wonderful job! Love it!
Is it more historically accurate to remove the wing skids from the Dr.I models? Just curious about the rationale on that... they are too large?
edit: reading is fundamental. Found the answer earlier in this thread -- the prototypes did not have them. Carry on.
Last edited by malachi; 01-01-2021 at 08:56.
I really like that subtle color scheme. Very nice!
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