My Roden F.1

[GeFliegler]

Hello everyone,
This is my first post here, and it's about my just-finished Roden 1/32 F.1. i like this build, although it still has a few errors and barbarisms here and there  Of course I will build this again (and again and again) in the future, until i manage to get a perfect one. Any suggestions would be welcome and appreciated 

Also a couple of questions:
1. I believe the Werner Voss figure that is inside Encore Models F.1 is a 1/35 instead of 1/32. I mean, he looks short next to the model. What do you think?
2. Are the legs of the landing system a bit too long? I shortened them in this build, but I am not sure I did right 

[RAGIII]

Very nicely done F1! The streaking is convincing and the prop is outstanding! well Done all around!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

Beautifully finished. How some people manage to get that streaking looking so good is beyond me! Excellent modelling.

Stephen.

[gedmundson]

Very nice job on your F.1!

Although I cannot answer your questions, I did want to make a comment on the gun butt part at the rear of the twin MG's. I believe it may be mounted upside down, but may be easy to fix?

Cheers,
Gary

[GeFliegler]

Thanks to all.
Especially Gedmudson   : Yes, it is easy as they are not glued in place. I will fix this tonight.

[Des]

A beautiful looking model with excellent streaking, well done.

Des.

[Epeeman]

Your F1 is very good with very effective streaking effect

Regards

Dave

[stefanbuss]

A green nose, instead of chrome yellow??? 


(This was a joke, I have no intentioin to start a flame-war on that topic). Can you please describe how you achieved the streaking?

S.

[coyotemagic]

Splendid job!  Your streaking is superb.
Cheers,
Bud

[pepperman42]

Great job!!
                   Steve

[GeFliegler]

A green nose, instead of chrome yellow??? 


(This was a joke, I have no intentioin to start a flame-war on that topic). Can you please describe how you achieved the streaking?

S.

Hello, sorry for the delay in answering this 
The streaking was made with a HARD 3mm flat brush, with oil paint. I first painted the entire model with enamel (without primer) in a grey-blue custom tone (closer to grey). It is the same tone that is visible in the lower surfaces. Then it was sealed with acrylic silk-matt varnish. i painted the oil over it , without thinning. To avoid the usual "step" I used two brushes, on for painting and one for removing oil paint when needed. When it was dry, I passed some high degree sand paper over it, very softly, with the same direction as the streaking.  It came out with a flat and smooth surface but with each streak visible in a nice way. i wanted it like this, I didn't want the oil edges  to "fade" into the background. The plan was to do some heavy post-shading, but I changed my mind because it was looking good from all distances, angles and light conditions, so I decided not to risk it very much. I barely added some pigments here and there. I am building Paul Bäumer's Dr.1 now, so I will test some heavier post-shading on it. I don't pre-shade anything as long as I use hand brushes, so I have to add light and shades in the end. Finally, I sealed with Future. The whole thing was rather easy, one needs to do some practice with oils of course, but once you "get" it you never loose it 
Regards !!!

[lcarroll]

   Your "streaking" effect is spectacular, it really matches the effect as seen in the photos we have. Can you confirm the colour or mix you used for the oil streaking?
Cheers,
Lance

[GeFliegler]

Hi Lance,
All the oil paints I used are from the Artists' Oil Colour series by Winsor & Newton. For the specific Fokker I used a mixture of 2+2+1 of Olive Green 447, Davy's Grey 217 and Burnt Sienna 074. The result looks a bit dull on the mixing palette,  but is ok when applied. However, after previous attempts with this effect, I have come to the conclusion that the exact tone is of secondary importance. The most important thing is the application, and especially the use of the second "erasing" brush. I apply paint with the first "painting" brush in a small area, wipe of with the "eraser",  clean it and repeat next. From time to time I erase twice so as to have darker and lighter areas. The specific triplane old pictures show it was heavily streaked to the front and lighter to the back, while the latter production Dr's don't show this to the same degree. Most of the job on the model was done with the second brush. The good thing with oils is that they do not dry, so you can always wipe it of and start again until you're happy with what you see :-D
Regards !!!

[lcarroll]

GeFliegler,
    Thanks for the details! I've only tried it once and although I liked the results (with enamels) I like your version here much better.
Cheers,
Lance

[dr 1 ace]

Very well done !!!!

Ed