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Offline gedmundson

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William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« on: October 17, 2015, 04:03:45 AM »
Hello again,
Since there seems to be a real interest in William Barker, I thought I'd add a few pics of a recent completion of a WnW Fokker D.VII (OAW) model that was built to represent his race plane from 1919. I used the Pheon decal sheet of Canadian Fokkers (including the Snipes) and kit decals for the lozenge. I actually had to steal the fuselage decals from the D.VII (Alb) kit because it's the only one with the five-colour option, and I stole the wing crosses from the (Fok) kit since they were the style used on Barker's mount. Some detail like the pitot tube & associated impulse line and small pipe coming from the radiator assembly were added after studying some of the few pictures I could find for reference. I added the small flags on the outer struts as a final step after most of my pics had been taken.

Although I do like the Aviattic decal line, I chose to experiment for the first time with the WnW lozenge decals, and toned them down a large degree with a lightish brown mix of Tamiya acrylic.
Cheers,
Gary






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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2015, 04:07:34 AM »
Excellent!
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2015, 04:11:08 AM »
Truly gorgeous, Gary!  You did a brilliant job toning down the garish WNW lozenge.  No one would ever guess you used the kit decals.  I love this scheme and you executed it splendidly.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2015, 04:21:27 AM »
Beautiful! I love your weathering!

George
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2015, 07:12:38 AM »
You have achieved an excellent result Gary, a truly stunning looking model.

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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2015, 07:38:07 AM »
Even though it is the ugly Fokker D.VII, your model is just great. Fine delicate weathering, superb toning down of the bright WNW losenge, very convincing propeller. All in all a top class model.
But, hey, where is the rigging???  ;)
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2015, 02:25:49 PM »
Stunning work Gary! Outstanding tone down on the Lozenge. Beautiful overall finish!
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2015, 05:45:55 PM »
Hello ladies and gentlemen,
Brilliant idea !! And amazing build, bravo !!!!
Best regards.
Alain.
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2015, 07:09:37 PM »
Nice job there Gary!

I did the same on my Hannover build. The toned down WNW decals produced perfectly acceptable results imho.

I wasn't aware that aviattic existed at that stage.

There is a site by a Canadian chap : Edward P Soye  " Those Canadian Fokkers",which has pictures of several of the captured German aircraft which were taken back to Canada after WW1. It tells the histories of these aircraft and their fates.

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/38/Those-Canadian-Fokkers--War-Trophies-and-the-Nascent-Canadian-Air-force.aspx

Looking forward to seeing more of your excellent work.

Best wishes,

D :)
« Last Edit: October 17, 2015, 08:17:46 PM by Dave in Dubai »
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2015, 11:37:19 PM »
    Lovely job on "50", Gary. The WNW Lozenge looks great with the treatment you gave it and I like the "just right" wear and weathering you've done.
Cheers,
Lance
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2015, 07:41:21 PM »
Hello Gary!!!

Great work!!! I like unusual schemes such as this!!! ;)

Cheerio
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2015, 05:41:58 AM »
A bit late to the party, but as I just joined up I came across this (and many other great builds!)
I really like the Lozenge tone-down; I have the D.VII Alb and wasn't sure if I would be able to pull off the Jasta 73 nearly-full Lozenge scheme. This model makes me want to try it, thanks for that! (not that it'll look nearly as good, though...)

I also love the reversed aileron!

Jeroen
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Re: William Barker's Fokker D.VII race plane
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2015, 12:59:21 AM »
Really nice scheme and WnW lozenge decals look just great on this one! Everything seems to be in balance in this model. Great build!
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