Nice detail shots. The guns and the ammo belts in particular look great, well worth the effort on those.
Thanks, NigelR. Given the distance between the upper deck and upper wing on the Fokker Triplanes, the spandaus are important. I did have to mess around a bit to get the Gaspatch Spandaus to fit and the kit fought me a bit, but I found the results acceptable.
Really fantastic results here - what a fine looking build! Curious what paint (brand/color) you used for the green of the deck in front of the pilot and cowling? It seems to match the Aviattic decals very well
Thanks petrov27. It can be very difficult to interpret old black & white photos, but I was guessing that the colors would be more saturated on the metal bits than over the canvas. I used a foundation of Floquil RLM82 and a light overcoat of their Japanese Navy Dark Green.
Outstanding work, sir! Especially with those decals, they can be tricky but you have done magnificently.
Your build highlights why Voss' triplane was described as having a silvery finish in Voss' final dogfight with 56SQN. From the right distance and in the brightness of daylight I can see how this could throw quite a silver tone.
Great stuff!
Cheers,
BC
Thanks, Brad. McCudden's description of Voss' triplane was fairly specific, which is why I think that if the cowling had been yellow he would've noticed that and mentioned it it his report. It certainly was one of the epic dogfights of the war- right up there with Hawker vs. Richtofen, Udet vs. Guynemer, Barker vs. darned near everybody, and few others.
