It all started back in October’20 when I built the (newer) Revell Dr.1 as a change of pace. (I had just finished a BIG project- a 1/144 scale Escort Carrier (RC) with Avengers and Wildcats on deck.) The Revell kit was a nice build, but it is molded in bright red plastic. I didn’t want to fight painting over the red, so I finished it in Jacobs’ all black scheme, using the decals from the Eduard Profipack kit.
After I finished, a club mate said “Nice to see something besides the all red MvR Dr.1 - there was such a variety of colorful schemes.” That inspired me, and now, a couple of months later, I have a total of eight Triplanes. All but one are Eduard kits, a mix of WE and Profipack kits.
The models are build essentially OOB, with pilots added. (They will all end up in a mobile over my desk- a “Flying Circus”.). After building seven of the Eduard kits, I am pretty sure I have found most of the mistakes you can make when building this kit. (I have more left to finish, so I may yet find a new error to make!)
Markings are a mix of Eduard and scrapbox decals, plus some were painted using masks.
One thing I am pleased with is the Fokker Streaking- it came out a lot better than it did on other builds in the past..
Here are the first Seven. I have since added MvR’s all red plane, as number 8. Number 9 is on the bench now, it will be Pippart’s Jasta 19 black and yellow plane. I have four more in stash after that, but they may wait for my Albatros (2 of 9 done) and my Nieuport (2 of 15) collections to catch up.....!
