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

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    Very nice Jan but can we keep these pages for the end results and the mechanics to the Hobby Room please

    "He is wise who watches"

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    sure thing, i didn't realize, i am sorry

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    Default Fokker E.III (aka my first repaint!)

    While I was repainting two Morane-Saulnier N planes in RFC colours (see post here) as my first repaint project, I also wanted to convert Buddecke's Ottoman Empire-marked E.III into a German-marked one that could be flown along with Immelmann's. It struck me this would be hardly any effort at all - all I'd need to do would be remove or overpaint the Ottoman squares and replace them with some of Dom's cross pattée markings.

    However it occurred to me that I'd then have two almost indistinguishable E.IIIs, which is less than ideal for gaming. I searched for some sensible way of adding a distinguishing marking to the soon-to-be-ex-Buddecke plane but didn't find anything I liked. There are lots of pictures of Udet's E.III (and models/replicas thereof) with the diagonal red stripe and the extra cross on the top of the fuselage. But without a decal for the red stripe I knew I wouldn't be able to do that by hand without it looking messy.

    At the back of my mind during the search was the vague thought that I didn't like the pale CDL colour that the model had actually been molded in; it was too light. The E.IIIs were, from what I can recall reading, skinned with unbleached canvas and then doped, resulting in a darker manilla/buff/light brown colour. A few reports that I was able to track down on the net seemed to corroborate this. I found myself making the decision to repaint the CDL areas (i.e. most of the plane!) in a more convincing canvas colour, which was mainly German Yellow Ochre with some mixing with other colours until I felt satisfied with the shade.

    I left the cowling and the other grey areas undisturbed, something which in hindsight I feel was a mistake; I should have repainted the cowling as natural metal instead of leaving it grey.

    I didn't attempt to add the aircraft ID number to the fuselage. They're gaming pieces rather than intended to be museum-grade models, so I'm just fine with this omission. Similarly I didn't even consider doing the rigging!

    So, the third part of my first repaint:

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    Comparison with the 'standard' Immelmann E.III
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    The three repaints of this project, plus the 'out-of-the-box' Immelmann.
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    Nice work on that one Alex.

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    Sometimes the most simple repaint is the best.
    Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    A very neat and tidy set of repaints Alex.
    I'm never sure about that doped linen thing myself.
    Factory fresh doped is about your colour, but when you visit museums you often see "Sun bleached" linen, a creamy, almost white colour. Is this the true colour that they would attain in use, or just the ravages of 100 years?
    I'll go for your factory fresh for the very sensible reason that you state. Its easier to tell the black one from the white one, as in the joke about the two similar horses.
    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 Prodromoi View Post
    I didn't attempt to add the aircraft ID number to the fuselage. They're gaming pieces rather than intended to be museum-grade models, so I'm just fine with this omission. Similarly I didn't even consider doing the rigging!
    I'd say that was a couple of good non-calls there: It is entirely possible to get so bogged down in detail that you never finish the project, and if that happens, how aer you going to play games with them, anyway?

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    Quote Originally Posted by zenlizard View Post
    I'd say that was a couple of good non-calls there: It is entirely possible to get so bogged down in detail that you never finish the project, and if that happens, how aer you going to play games with them, anyway?
    Absolutely!

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    Quote Originally Posted by zenlizard View Post
    I'd say that was a couple of good non-calls there: It is entirely possible to get so bogged down in detail that you never finish the project, and if that happens, how aer you going to play games with them, anyway?
    X2
    Superb work Alex.

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    Beautiful work here, Alex! I really like your natural linen color you've achieved.

    All the best,
    Matt

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    Nice work Alex! The E.III looks fabolous. I feel comfortable with the normal, standart E.III but your version feels more realistic. I've never seen an E.III in real life, as Rob did, so I can't really tell which one looks like more the real one. Great job kn those Morane too.
    This makes me remeber reading Udet's book, and his description of shooting down his first enemy... I think I'll read that again!
    Thanks


    Nick

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    Well not an EIII but an EIV
    Here is my Fokker EIV flown by Oswald Boelcke.
    It's a shapeways model.

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    I hope you will enjoy it anyway.....

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    Very prettily done Per, and I do like the aerobatics.
    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 Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Very prettily done Per, and I do like the aerobatics.
    Rob.
    I blame my iPhone Never realy getting the grip of it
    Well better luck next time

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    OK, with all of the excellent repaints, where are you getting your national insignia decals? I have a Buddecke E.III that is begging for some redecoration.....

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    I got these from Doms decals but there are several others. 144 direct on eBay is another great source.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Chum View Post
    Nice work Per!
    What he said!

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    Default Udet E.III Repaint

    Posting this repaint was suggested by my brother Bob. He bought me the Buddecke E.III and like the Goering D.VII it is rather plain and ripe for a repaint into another craft. I saw the image of the Udet, but not knowing that it was the Udet E.III until Bob told me that it was. I liked the Red stripe on the fuselage. Of course I had to paint the wheel disks, and the Prop and tires. I also added a 32 gauge piece of wire to the front rigging support.

    Others that have repainted this Ares miniature know that fortunately the black wing squares are easily removed decals. The raised white edges also make it easy to fill in the squares with white paint. masking and careful painting provides the rest of the detail and small iron cross decals are used on the fuselage and rudder, but it was the Wing Crosses that were an issue since I did not possess the correct size decals. What I did was create stencils from blue painters tape.

    Before all this trouble I had pin drilled out the rigging hole depressions that are on the bottom of the wing as I plan on completing rigging with monofilament thread.Click image for larger version. 

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    Excellent work all around, my friends!

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    Completed a repaint (actually just a re-decal) of an Immelmann Fokker E.III to convert it to a Kaiserliche Marine Eindecker flown by Leutnant zur See Gotthard Sachsenberg in late 1915.

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    'LF196' decals are homemade.

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    Looks great Carl! The details are what make this plane special. I really liked it.


    Nick

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    Glad to see some more early plane repaints. I have a spare one of these and am trying to figure out the repaint for it.

    Nice work Carl.

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    Thanks gentlemen, I have a thing for German naval aviation at the moment as my Over the Trenches campaign pilots are Marinefliegerkorps. This was probably the quickest re-identification job ever.

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    Nice one Carl. I have difficulty using commercial decals properly never mind making my own!

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    Leutnant Oswald Boelcke's Fokker E.IV, Feld Flieger Abteilung 62, January 1916

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    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Leutnant Max Immelmann's Fokker E.IV, Feld Flieger Abteilung 62, January 1916

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    ................and both together!

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    Tim - your attachments 216304 to 216309 are not displaying. When I click on them I get an Invalid Attachment message.

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    Oops! So do I!

    I'll try to fix it....................
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Leutnant Max Immelmann's Fokker E.IV, Feld Flieger Abteilung 62, January 1916

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    Both together.......................

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    Magnificent Tim.
    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 Flying Helmut View Post
    Oops! So do I!

    I'll try to fix it....................
    Fixed


    Great job as usual.

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    Thanks chaps!

    I have actually used these two planes in several games over the past 6 months, but had never got round to supplying them with pilots until now.

    I've discovered that I hate painting pilots!!!! It took ages for me to face up to doing this, so when I needed six additional pilots for my Albatros D.Is I did a batch of 12.
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Top of the line work, Tim.

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    Glad you like 'em, Sam!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Here's my Ernst Udet repaint, this was previously an Ares Buddecke model. Paint by Vallejo & decals are from the Valom E.III kit.


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    Very nice!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    Very nice!
    Took da woids right outta me mouf!
    You've been busy. Brian - great work all round.

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    So many great paint jobs on this thread!
    And soooooo much inspiration!!
    I currently have 2 Red Eagle supplied EIII on my bench, painted in plain Buff but awaiting completion, that were looking a bit boring. Now I have a tad too much choice/inspiration for more interesting repaints!!
    Thanks all!

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    The picture below shows two green Eindeckers - Ludwig Hautzmayer and Jindřich Kostrba.
    Hauptmann Heinrich (Jindřich) Kostrba was an Austro-Hungarian aviator (of Czech origin), the first which to score three victories in a single day, on 18 February 1916. He scored 8 aerial victories in total and became one of the first Czech aces. As the War ended he became the first commanding officer of the Czechoslovak Air Force.


    This couple of airplanes became something I really must have.
    Here are my Valom models equipped by Peter pigs pilots and home made decals for numbers on fuselage.






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    You can find my cards for these two airplane in File section:
    Jindřich Kostrba
    Ludwig Hautzmayer

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    So it looks there will be an early war mission over Italy next game session Cool

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