1/28 Fokker Triplane

[Des]

Great to see all three wings in place, this is looking really nice.

Des.

[pietro]

Hello Dan, THAT is fantastic! Keep up the great work.
Pietro

[ScanmanDan]

Thank you all for your welcoming comments.  I am very happy that you all like what I am doing.  Very glad I dusted her off and got back to work on her.


Progress:

Wheels on and a start on the rigging.  I used the Pymes elastic for the first time.  Kinda liked it.  it is more constant in size than the EZ Line I have used before.







Little by little

Dan

[Des]

Looking excellent Dan, the streaking and the black and white make for a very attractive looking aeroplane.

Des.

[GAJouette]

 Dan,
Outstanding Fokker my old friend. I'll gladly repeat the praise Des offered on your streaking and stripes too. As always looking forwards to the next outstanding update.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Alexis]

Very nice so far , looking forward to the final results .



Terri

[RAGIII]

Very nice! Like the others I am looking forward to the next update!
RAGIII

[ScanmanDan]

Gentlemen - I must thank you for your very kind comments and general welcome.  I am very happy that my little triplane has meet such a warm reception. I am very much enjoying reading the many excellent WIP post and learning so much about how to build more accurate and beautiful models.  I hope that I can add a tiny bit to this wonderful assembly.


Progress;

Still working on the rigging a little  .  I'm finding my old eyes are getting worse and worse and I struggle even with good magnification.  Threading the line through those tiny bits of tube is a bear.  I don't know how many I have launched into outer space and lost.  Thankfully the Fokker has very little rigging to do.



Guns in and the top wing got a shot of flat clear to bed in all the weathering and such.




Belly and wheels got a dirty up with chalks and splatters.





Getting close to finishing.  I have to get the prop finished and some more weathering(  And the wing tip skids!)  I was going to scratch up a foot step but may just give it a pass as I don't want to stuff up this close to the finish line.

I hope this is looking okay as for once I am pretty happy with my results.  I'm so glad I dusted her off and had a go to finish her.

Thanks for looking in.

Dan

[RAGIII]

Your results are very nice on this one! The overall effect of the streaking and weathering is quite pleasing to the eye!
RAGIII

[ScanmanDan]

Thanks RAGIII - She came out much better than I had hoped for.  I'm getting kind of jazzed up to attempt to finish my 1/28 scale Camel.

I did a bit more work on the tail and started to fix up a base for the finished kit.  ( Sorry about the garish background, sometimes experiments don't work out.)





Thanks for looking in.

Dan

[radio]

Wonderful work.
Cheers
Martin

[ScanmanDan]

Done, finished, kaput!

Well… 

I have had a bad case of the yips lately, you know, dropping and breaking things for no apparent reason, spilling paint and getting superglue stains everywhere .
So I am stopping this build while I'm ahead.  Listen, once you've broken off the rudder three times you have to think a higher power is telling you something.
I hear the Tiki gods of modelling and they say walk away Renee



Maybe one day I come back and put on the tip skids and the last of the control lines but for now she will go safely into the display case.  
I'm pretty happy with the way she turned out after sitting so very long in pieces on the shelf of doom.
More pics in the RFI section.
A big thanks to everyone for their encouragement to finish this one.

Dan

[RAGIII]

Really came out looking quite nice! Your streaking is effective and the weathering looks excellent. Lovely work on the striping also.
RAGIII

[Des]

This turned out to be a very attractive looking model, well done.

Des.

[coyotemagic]

Really came out looking quite nice! Your streaking is effective and the weathering looks excellent. Lovely work on the striping also.
RAGIII

My thoughts, exactly!
Cheers,
Bud