Kempf's Dr.I roden 1/32

[IFF1418]

Looks magnificent Paolo. These struts are amazing. And what a terrific log to follow!

Kind regards
Patrick

[Ernie]

The mega-masking is paying off, Paolo...but we all knew it would.
The striping has come off beautifully as well as the preshading.
Great progress on the Tripes.

Cheers,
Ernie

[mgunns]

Hello Paolo:  I think it looks doggone outstanding.  Painting stripes is difficult to get the proper spacing, and your stripes look spot on in the picture.  Your preshading is really nice, just subtle enough to see but not out of line. 

Looking forward to more.  Glad to see you have a respirator, I got one several years ago and wear it every time I paint.  Really saves on the lungs.

Best

Mark

[mc65]

thank you all, glad you like it!

here the day's improvements. just some turquoise...
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and now the part that I fear most, the stripes!

studying old photographs in order to understand its trend, I noticed that the white that surrounds the crosses on the wing is much darker than the one on the tail... just dirty... or something else?


oh-oh! and now?!?

[mgunns]

Hello Paolo:

I think you nailed it, just dirty, other causes could be the lighting.  The wing upper surface is at an angle to the sun which could be skewing the image, whereas the tail and rudder are in a more direct attitude towards the sun, which appears directly overhead in the photo.  The underlying streaking could be bleeding through a bit as well on the cross surround on the upper wing.  Your model could be depicting a less weathered airframe than the photo.

Best

Mark

[uncletony]

In other photos of Kempf's Dr.1 taken around the same period the fields behind the crosses appear to be white, just a bit dirty.

Note the Jasta Boelcke field mod to the landing gear evident in the above photo -- an extra brace. Also note that color on the lower surfaces is applied after the streaking finish -- the so-called "return" of the lower surface color is visible at the bottom edge of the fuselage.

[mc65]

ok... thank you for the help!

I was just asking myself about that bright stripe in the low part of the fuselage... so that means, as you say, that the under color was applied after the streaking; and, significantly, that the upper and under colors are two different things!
ohi ohi ohi....

hem... I'm not able to catch the extra brace on the undercarriage... it's that under the cowling? 

[uncletony]

hem... I'm not able to catch the extra brace on the undercarriage... it's that under the cowling? 

it's more apparent in some of the other pics of this aircraft... it's this thing -- an extra strut from the "wing" between the wheels up to the fuselage rear wheel struts. Several Jasta Boelcke Dr.1s seem to have this mod.



I think the arrangement is something like this:

blue = existing struts
red = tubular brace, external, field mod.
yellow = brace from horizontal tube to back? of rear strut?

[mc65]

mmmmmmmmmmmh.... seems a nasty thing!

I'll try to get better images of that, otherwise, I'll skip it.

thank you again, bo!

[RAGIII]

Perhaps these photos of the DML part and Instructions will help!
RAGIII

[Dal Gavan]

That's looking very nice, Paolo.  As the others have said, you painted the stripes beautifully.  I have this kit in the stash....  but I should finish the three I have going before I get side-tracked again.

Cheers.

Dal.

[mc65]

thank you, rag & dal...

sorry for the big delay in asnwer, I was busy, and appalled about the turquoise, so I had a sabbatic period from biplanes... but today I came back to the bench.

just some dope color to the third Dr.I to regain confidence with the matter, but it's a (re)start.
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I tried to achieve different shades from the upper to the lower surfaces..
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bye bye, p.

[Zabu]

Just catching up.

Amazing work all around Paolo. Great stuff com you again!

Cheers

[dr 1 ace]

WOW, three at a time and people thought I built a lot of Dr.I's!

[mgunns]

Hello Palao:

The differences between the wings is very subtle but noticeable.  It will be neat to see how this turns all turns out.  I couldn't imagine trying to do three of these at one time, one at a time is enough for me.  Looking forward to your next update.

Best

Mark