Hi gents!
This is my first W.I.P. in this Forum. I know that I'm not starting with a "pure" WWI model, but hope you like it!
The inspiration came to me in last Telford IPMS Convention in november 2018, in front of the table of my Club there was Arctic Decals table, in the last minutes of the Convention I disturbed Mr. Mika Jenfors, the owner, and bought this:
There are two good photos of the original one in the web but they are covered by copyright, so I can't post them. Looking in my stash of models still to build I choose the old Revell 1/72 kit as a starting point. Studying photos, this Fokker was an O.A.W. built of the last series, the louvres on the fuselage front sides are so similar to the latest Fokker built reproduced by the Revell kit with only minor differencies. As you know, the kit is "empty" in cockpit so I started building a master for fuselage structure side:
This master will be useful for ALL the D.VII in my future. Studying photos again, it seems that the two seats modification was made leaving the front tank and all the MG system to place the second seat for the passenger. The tank was moved in the center section of the main wing (as the one of SPAD's). Pilot retain his seat, other modification involved the holes where the flying wires comes out from fuselage, maybe for the presence of the new seat. This are the links of the originals:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/27400602033https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/27912020112So I built the structure and started to fill it:
Some things are scratchbuilt and some not. I used seats from Roden D.VII with Eduard photoetched seat belts and dashboard. When I bought the new Eduard 1/72 kit I added two of its photoetched set for other kits, as this one. Now I'm ready to close fuselage halves, I painted Clear Doped Linen the inner surfaces.
Every comment will be welcomed!
Cheers!
Roberto