Junkers D 1 Roden 1/48

[Monty]

Hi Derrick! Yes, I agree, Roden do wonderful WW1 kits in any scale, their tooling and quality is really good now, so it would be a pleasure to get some new 1/32 kits... but I think they are a little scared off by WNW...

Hi Rick, It's enjoyable modelling and goes quite quickly...

Hi Toby, you won't regret buying it ... or building it! The fuselege is easy enough to get together with some care and dry-fitting, it's the only way to make he corrugations convincing...

I couldn't resist adding a few details without glue just to see if they fitted... looking like something now...



Regards,

Marc

[Cimmerian]

Looking really good, I keep gettig tempted by this.

[Monty]

Hi Ken, the more I do, the more I like it... I'm sure you will really enjoy building it!
So on to the painting. Firstly, some old school masking, stuff the holes with some tissue paper!



Ready for paint!

Marc

[Alexis]

Nice project you have on the go , cockpit turned out really well 





Terri

[BigBlue]

Great start; I really like what you have done with the cockpit.  I look forward to seeing more.

Chris

[RAGIII]

I am looking forward to seeing this one with the colors applied! Really nice work to date!
RAGIII

[radio]

Good work Marc.
Cheers
Martin

[Monty]

Hi Terri, Chris, Rick and Martin, Thank You all for checking in, the encouragement keeps the project going!

I did get some paint on... But just a little aside about my interpretation (and I emphasize my opinion only) on the chosen colour scheme: 3 nice clear B&W photies in the Windsock Datafile page 20 and a description on page 32 appear of this very airframe, we're not always that lucky to get so much info! The underside is described as being "White pigment" and the tail surfaces too.. but I see in the colour notes the author says the white may be faded light blue as the airframe stood outside in the winter... the tail surfaces appear much whiter in the pics than the underside... So as a kind of compromise I added a touch of light grey to the underside colour and made the tail surfaces whiter.. my choice, mea culpa!



Now I need to let it dry well, mask off the white areas and carry on, it will take a little while as it's unusually cold and rainy here...

Regards,

Marc

[Des]

Looking very nice Marc.

Des.

[RAGIII]

Looks great to my eyes!
RAGIII

[Ernie]

Looks great to my eyes!
RAGIII

Mine too!  The Junkers is really shaping up nicely, Marc.  I think this model
for instance, would be a great one for Roden to do in 1/32 as I couldn't see
WnW interested in it.  Good work, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[Monty]

Hi Ernie, Thanks for the kind words! This subject would be ideal for 1/32, but I don't think WNW would go for it - all their subjects seem to aircraft actually used in action, this may be a bit "What if" for them, even if we disagree! But perhaps Roden will do it... one day...
Hi Rick, Thank You for checking in, it helps keep the enthusiasm going!
Hi Des, your support is always very welcome...

And so we're into masking, masking and more tape... Then spaying the first topside colour... and note the photos look nothing like the colour in real life! Here I used Tamiya Acrylic purple with just a dash of light grey, it looks more mauvey-purple in real life, here it looks royal blue! Colour balance and all that!





Aah well, Onwards!

Marc

[radio]

Beautyful colours Marc.
Cheers
Martin

[TobyCoulson]

Looking really good in the purple/mauve. What did you use for it?

[Des]

The colour looks pretty good on my computer Marc, looking forward to seeing more.

Des.