Author Topic: My Simple Tribute - 1/72 Revell Fokker Dr.1 (Read 12141 times)

NigelR · « **Reply #30 on:** June 11, 2024, 06:33:47 PM »

That is beautiful work all round! The prop looks great and those guns are amazing. I haven't seen the GasPatch 1/72 ones, very impressive. Coming together very well, I'm looking forward to seeing which scheme you use.

RAGIII · « **Reply #31 on:** June 12, 2024, 04:14:32 AM »

Quote from: Brad Cancian on June 11, 2024, 06:23:34 PM

Thanks all!

Very nice work on your 'tripe Rick! Very inspirational!

Alas I don't have the Jacobs fire breathing demon as a decal in this scale... I am contemplating the stripy Kirschstein / Udet triplane... though that masking might make me cross eyed (but I guess that's the 'aim'... pardon the poor pun... )...

Thoughts?

Cheers,

BC

Awesome choice Brad! You can't go wrong with Stripes

Dirigible-Al · « **Reply #32 on:** June 13, 2024, 02:15:55 AM »

That's a great choice. If I was doing it I probably wouldn't mask it, I would cut black decal strips and do it that way (I'm not intending to tell you how to suck eggs, I did Udet's Fokker D.VII that way and it worked well).
Alan.

RAGIII · « **Reply #33 on:** June 13, 2024, 02:21:20 AM »

Americal Gryphon did decals for that bird in 1/72nd a Long time ago

One thing to note is that profile shows the Old thought on the fuselage striping. 8)More modern interpretations show a vertical line at the cockpit!
RAGIII

Brad Cancian · « **Reply #34 on:** June 16, 2024, 03:00:24 PM »

Hi all,

I've been grappling with the streaked Fokker finish today... I wanted to use oils this time (last time I used Aviattic decals) due to the masking that i'll need to apply for the striped scheme. Last time I tried to use oils for Fokker streaking was back in around 2007 on the 1/32 Roden kit (and I wasn't happy with it then)... I wanted a stylised look with plenty of variation, but one that was plausibly 'to scale', given that in 1/72 the brush strokes would be very thin.

After several hours and quite a few 'wiping the slate clean and start again' events, I nearly gave up and chose another scheme... here's the most recent attempt. I don't love it, but it's the attempt that I've hated the least, and I think I'll call it there.

(... and yes, the streaking is 'backwards' on the wings (i.e. fades in the wrong direction)... this was for practical reasons for me, mainly to get the paint evenly to the leading edges... but I guess it's plausible that this was a 'Friday afternoon' Fokker, and was painted upside down in the jig... haha!)

It is still wet, so happy enough to wipe it clean and start again if the consensus is that it's rubbish... otherwise, I think i'll let it dry, and once dry, I can work with some thin over-paint / glazing effects. I think post-shading the ribs during weathering will help 'pull' it all together. Happy to take thoughts / comments / recommendations. I must say I am surprised at how hard this has been...

Cheers,

BC

Dirigible-Al · « **Reply #35 on:** June 16, 2024, 04:21:33 PM »

I don't know why you are criticising yourself besides those Fokker guys back then did it with a 4" brush and certainly didn't rub off what they did because they thought they could do a better job next time, especially not on Friday afternoons.
Alan.

NigelR · « **Reply #36 on:** June 16, 2024, 06:58:53 PM »

Looks pretty good to me for 1/72, I say carry on!

RAGIII · « **Reply #37 on:** June 16, 2024, 10:56:53 PM »

Your streaking looks Good to Me! The Markings will give it, the streaking, a whole new look once applied. I don't know about you, but I find the forward Fuselage sides to be the most difficult part of the job.
RAGIII

pepperman42 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 18, 2024, 07:34:21 AM »

That looks good for 1/32 so at less than half the size it's excellent!!

Steve

Brad Cancian · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2024, 06:47:45 PM »

Thanks all, I appreciate the feedback (and the emotional support...!)... not sure why this was so hard to get an effect that I was vaguely comfortable with. It's a technique I think i'll need to work on in future, as I still don't love the results i've achieved.

Rick, your technique in particular is one that I think i'll try and emulate better in future; I followed your technique and found in 1/72 though that using a 'wet' brush to remove pigment resulted in streaks that just didn't look to scale, so my attempt ended up being more of a 'dry brushing' technique. Sigh. Very happy to take more tips from the super-coach...!

Now to let it dry for a few more days, before I tackle the blue undersides and then them pesky stripes...

Cheers again!

BC

RAGIII · « **Reply #40 on:** June 20, 2024, 12:21:48 AM »

Quote from: Brad Cancian on June 19, 2024, 06:47:45 PM

Rick, your technique in particular is one that I think i'll try and emulate better in future; I followed your technique and found in 1/72 though that using a 'wet' brush to remove pigment resulted in streaks that just didn't look to scale, so my attempt ended up being more of a 'dry brushing' technique. Sigh. Very happy to take more tips from the super-coach...!

Cheers again!

BC

Having not had the pleasure of seeing the first attempts I can only make a theoretical suggestion for the future

Make sure you are using a "Damp" not soaking wet brush. As in the tutorial have a bunch of different wide flat brushes on hand. Some of them need to be soft in order to Smooth things out. In 1/72nd the one on the far left of the photo, the Big Soft watercolor kids brush is very important to smooth out the streaks for the final finish. IHTH in the future.
RAGIII

Brad Cancian · « **Reply #41 on:** June 28, 2024, 05:33:29 PM »

Thanks for the tip Rick, much appreciated!

Slow progress on this one; I have given the oils about two weeks to dry (as I always prefer to be safe than sorry with these) - plan is to continue a little bit of progress with the paint this weekend, all going well.

Cheers,

BC

Brad Cancian · « **Reply #42 on:** July 18, 2024, 07:01:21 PM »

Hi everyone - been a while between drinks here; work, a house build, and travel have all gotten in the way of progress. None the less, the little 'tripe now has some additional colour.

I masked and sprayed everything, with the exception of the forward fuselage datum line, the weights table, and the propeller logos, which were decals. The stripes were by far the most time consuming and tricky part to mask, as I also wanted to integrate the national markings into the masking.

It's far from perfect, and the close up photos show every little mistake that i'll have to go and think about fixing, but here we are...