After my first attempts in 2004 and some WW. 2 planes, I built two other WW. 1 planes in 2005
The first one was this Fokker E. IV and the other one was a Rumpler C. IV (my first Vacu ever)
The Fokker is a realy nice little kit, but a little fiddly. With its PE parts, you get a realy nice detailed plane.
This was the first time for my, that I did some weathering on a WW. 1
For the linen, I used Gunze Sail Color. The metallic parts were done with Gunze polishing metalizer. I did some tests on how to replicate this burnished effect on the engine hood. I achieved the best results with a base of airbrushed Gunze Metalizer (Iron) and painted then dozens of little Gunze metalizer (Aluminium) worms with a brush on this surface. After this, I polished the surface which blended both colors a little bit and gave them a shiny appearance.
Weathering was done with pastel chalks and oil Colors, rigging with invisible thread.
Please excuse the pictures. They are somewhat old.
One more recent Picture:
