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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: skeeterbuck on October 07, 2019, 11:58:39 PM

Title: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: skeeterbuck on October 07, 2019, 11:58:39 PM: Eduard kit with Gaspatch MG's & Aviattic streaked camo decals. Fuselage bands and lower wing crosses were masked off and painted on.

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Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: RAGIII on October 08, 2019, 12:22:12 AM: Really Terrific DR1! The streaking decals look awesome as does the weathering! Awesome build!
RAGIII
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: PrzemoL on October 08, 2019, 12:25:49 AM: This is the beast streaked Dr.I I have ever seen. Those decals are the most realistic way to depict streaking, IMHO.
Great job all around!
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: lcarroll on October 08, 2019, 01:52:19 AM: Beautiful job. Great work with the decals and nice subtle weathering, a model to be proud of!
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: Juan on October 08, 2019, 01:54:17 AM: Congratulations on a beautiful build.
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: Robin on October 08, 2019, 03:41:15 AM: Beautiful.
Very nice weathering and the Aviattic streaking decals look superb.
No issues with masking on decals?

Robin :)
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: lone modeller on October 08, 2019, 04:25:01 AM: That is a terrific model. The mud and wear is super - not overdone at all but very convincing. Stunner!

Stephen.
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: skeeterbuck on October 08, 2019, 06:48:54 AM: Quote from: Robin on October 08, 2019, 03:41:15 AM
Beautiful.
Very nice weathering and the Aviattic streaking decals look superb.
No issues with masking on decals?

Robin :)

Robin, I'm not sure exactly where you're referring to. If it's the crosses on the upper wing, I panted the background color first and then carefully trimmed the streaked decals up to the painted edge. I also did it the same on the fuselage sides. Decal from the cowl to the bands around fuselage and paint the rest of the way back.
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: Robin on October 08, 2019, 07:16:15 AM: Ah! I was wondering about the use of masking tape on the streaking decals to paint "things" on them....like the fuselage band.

You didn't. :)
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: aircare84 on October 08, 2019, 09:33:39 AM: Very well done!
Did you paint the lower color, or is it decal as well?
And, how did you do the prop, it is very convincing.
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: Alexis on October 08, 2019, 12:06:39 PM: Verrrry Verrrry nice ! :) :) :)

Terri
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: skeeterbuck on October 08, 2019, 12:20:46 PM: Quote from: aircare84 on October 08, 2019, 09:33:39 AM
Very well done!
Did you paint the lower color, or is it decal as well?
And, how did you do the prop, it is very convincing.

The underside blue is paint. I used Mr. Color C20 Lt. Blue for the base coat, then masked the ribs and lightly sprayed Mr. Color C117 & C118 which are both slightly different shades of Lt. Blue. The removed the masking and sprayed a final coat lightly to blend the different shades together. The prop was done by painting Mr Color C44 Tan then cutting thin strips of Tamiya masking tape. After applying them, I sprayed Mr. Color C43 Wood Brown overall. The finished with several light coats on Tamiya Clear Yellow. I like using Mr. Color paint because it's lacquer based and when applied lightly as I do with an airbrush it dries rather quickly and adheres well. I rarely, if ever have trouble with lifting paint when masking. The down side is that it has a strong smell so you should have a spray booth to extract the fumes outside. I can spray and don't even smell the paint. Hope this helps. :)
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: kkarlsen on October 08, 2019, 03:22:21 PM: What a beautiful build!

Kent :)
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: Borsos on October 08, 2019, 08:37:23 PM: That‘s truely wonderful and among the best triplanes I‘ve ever seen in any scale.
Andreas
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: Jorgo on October 09, 2019, 03:59:20 AM: Modeling at its best!

Best regards,
Jörg
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: skeeterbuck on October 09, 2019, 08:44:32 AM: Thanks all for the positive responses. I think that Richard at Aviattic deserves some of the credit for making the "streaking" decals so accurate. 8) With his "cookie cutter" approach it makes this camo easier to mimic that ever. I hope that his new DR.I decals released in 1/32 also carry over to 1/48 & 1/72 scale. (a hint Richard if you reading this)
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: kensar on October 09, 2019, 09:54:36 AM: As the others have said, an excellent result! Spot on weathering.
Title: Re: Karl Bolle's Fokker DR.I
Post by: ModelCellar on October 17, 2019, 07:53:19 AM: Great bit of modeling. I like it a lot =).

Paul