Dreidecker zur See!

[KiwiZac]

Mike, I love your work on the cockpits but the propellers are truly jaw-dropping! What utterly gorgeous pieces of art!

[Brad Cancian]

Mike, I love your work on the cockpits but the propellers are truly jaw-dropping! What utterly gorgeous pieces of art!

Who's this Mike chap Zac....? 

[KiwiZac]

Mike, I love your work on the cockpits but the propellers are truly jaw-dropping! What utterly gorgeous pieces of art!

Who's this Mike chap Zac....? 

Early onset dementia/forum overload, Ken! 

[Brad Cancian]

Slow going after moving house, and re-setting up the man-cave... but, she now has some teeth   

I replaced the kit Spandaus with those from Gaspatch, in this case the Fokker version with the extended cocking handles (those flights over the north sea can be mighty cold, requiring some hefty gloves, me thinks...). These guns are beautiful, and come effectively as a single part (save the muzzles, which are separate). Ammo chutes and padding behind the gun butts are from the kit.



Otherwise, the major components have been cleaned up, soon to be prepped for some paint. The Eduard kit is such that it is best painted before all of the major assemblies come together. Here comes the fun part...!

Cheers!

BC

[KiwiZac]

I'm so excited to see you back on this one. Am I a bad man for wanting to see someone build a 1/1 example of this? It looks like it would be heaps of fun to fly!

[Beto]

Too bad Fokker didn't consider a Dr.I on floats. A C.I would also be nice... Will you put naval lozenge on it?

[Brad Cancian]

... Will you put naval lozenge on it?

Thanks Beto - that's the plan...   

Cheers!

BC

[Brad Cancian]

Hi everyone - a long time between drinks on this project, but she now has some war paint.

First up, some pre-shading:




Then the basic colours (letting some of the pre-shading show through), and some Aviattic naval hex lozenge over the top:



Some decals, a little bit of fading, and the first round of weathering came next. The wings:




I also re-did the floats, as I wasn't happy with my previous attempt (they were a bit wobbly and lumpy). I had lots of 'fun' getting the hex lozenge to settle over the detail...





The fuselage, with tail and cowls roughly dry-fitted:






National markings were from the Eduard base kit, with the "8" and anchor from the spares box. The fictional serial number I made up and printed myself, using a "W" prefix to denote a seaplane. Hey, it's all artistic licence

Glad that I have this project to this point; I can now see the finish line (faintly, but it's there). All feedback / comments / suggestions welcomed.

Cheers!

BC

[macsporran]

Hey - I didn't see the naval hex coming.
Nice touch
Sandy

[RAGIII]

That is Really Looking Outstanding Brad! The Machine guns are awesome and Oh My that Hex Pattern! Everything is top Notch , especially the weathering.
RAGIII

[Dirigible-Al]

This is outstanding work.
Your comment on the hex loz on the floats reminds me of a H.B. W12 build I did a while ago and ended up hand painting them on the dam things only to see later some other people just painted the floats black. I am really glad you chose grey + hex as the scheme and think that this would most probably would have been the scheme used on such a machine.
Alan.

[Brad Cancian]

Thanks Sandy, Rick, and Alan!

Indeed I thought about painting the floats black. I see that the Germans painted some floats in a rough black coating, but I stuck with the lighter colour. I also figured the hex lozenge would have been applied (though I must admit, I did think of a blue version of Fokker streaking... but I think that would have been a bit much).  In any case, that's the beauty of 'what if' projects; no one can tell you you're wrong!

Cheers again,

BC

[KiwiZac]

Excellent work Brad, she's looking better with every update!

[Brad Cancian]

Thanks Zac!

[Rick_H]

Terrific.  Looks very believable!
Rick in Seattle