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Offline IanB

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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #60 on: July 28, 2016, 11:44:34 AM »
a little fine tuning with fine sandpaper was required to even the 2 pieces up, and....done!
 Braces added too, I just hope they stay in place when I paint them as they're less than 1mm long!











 I was a little worried that I may have been a bit hasty in removing the moulded on fairings, but now they're done I'm so glad I did - I'm very happy with the results!

Ian
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #61 on: July 28, 2016, 04:28:01 PM »
Wow, Ian, there is some great piece of modelling going on in this thread! Great job and very inspirative, many thanks for sharing and following with great interest.

Cheers

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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #62 on: July 28, 2016, 08:21:40 PM »
Quote from: ondra on July 28, 2016, 04:28:01 PM
Wow, Ian, there is some great piece of modelling going on in this thread! Great job and very inspirative, many thanks for sharing and following with great interest.

Cheers

Ondra

I couldn't agree more with Ondra, Ian.  Amazing work, my friend!

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #63 on: July 30, 2016, 11:54:53 AM »
Ondra, Ernie, thanks for the comments!

 A little more progress today. After a little filler to blend in the cheek fairings (the cowling was convex around the outer edge), I started with another first: scribing panel lines! The D.I nose was a pain, but the D.II was fairly simple with just the one panel line around the cowling.
 A quick blast of Testors aluminium and we're ready for some CDL tomorrow....





 I have also made some 9mm wheels and am waiting for those to arrive from Shapeways. If they are ok they will be made available. They're not intended to be 100% accurate to any specific aircraft, but are more "generic" wheels of the correct size which I hope to use on vacform kits and to replace some of the poor kit wheels from Airfix, Revell, (Merlin!) and others.....basically a replacement for the old Aeroclub metal wheels.....

Thanks for looking in!

Ian
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #64 on: July 30, 2016, 11:56:53 AM »
Lovely work, Ian!  I'm really looking forward to seeing this pair completed.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #65 on: July 31, 2016, 02:54:50 AM »
Excellent!

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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #66 on: July 31, 2016, 06:14:37 AM »
Bud, Warren, thanks for stopping by!

 I'm finally getting some colour on these two. The metalwork is done, and I sprayed the CDL this morning....







 I ordered the Dark Green and Red-Brown a week or so back, so when those arrive I'll get the upper surface done.....

Ian
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #67 on: July 31, 2016, 06:18:02 AM »
I'd love to be able to do work like this one day.

Warren
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #68 on: July 31, 2016, 09:10:30 AM »
Quote from: coyotemagic on July 30, 2016, 11:56:53 AM
Lovely work, Ian!  I'm really looking forward to seeing this pair completed.
Cheers,
Bud

100% agreement with my Amigo!
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #69 on: August 01, 2016, 05:09:40 AM »
Have missed recent progress - very impressive mouldings there and you achieved them first time too! It does not always work like that but it is not nearly as difficult as it looks and there are innumerable shapes that can be moulded. The rest of the builds are really coming on well - people will be hard pressed to believe that these are kits and not scratch builds.

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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #70 on: August 06, 2016, 06:24:50 AM »
Thanks Warren, Rick, and Stephen - another step closer....

I finally received the Misterkit paints I had been waiting on...and decided not to use them! The Albatros red-brown was too light for my liking and the Fokker Olive Green was way too bright. I ended up using Tamiya XF64 red-brown and Pollyscale Fokker dark green. I think it looks pretty good - it may not be perfect but I'm certainly happy with them. If anyone has any details of matches they use for the early colours I'd love to hear.

 So here's how they look now....



The D.I wing is the one with the CDL patches left for the upper wing crosses. All the other crosses were applied directly on the CDL too and had no white background or edges.





 The D.II fuselage was masked with tape, but all the rest was done with a piece of thin card, torn to give a slightly ragged edge, held close to the surface to give a not-quite-definite edge. I'm happy with how it's turned out although there's a little bit of touching up to do in places.

Of course I had to do a quick mock-up with the wings on.....



Thanks for looking in!

Ian

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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #71 on: August 06, 2016, 06:59:21 AM »
They are both going to look great when you finish. You're doing something spectacular with such difficult kits.
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #72 on: August 06, 2016, 07:05:26 AM »
Cracking paintwork
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #73 on: August 06, 2016, 07:38:56 AM »
Really nice paint work Ian! Both are looking gorgeous!
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Re: Fokker D.I & D.II double build. Merlin, 1:72
« Reply #74 on: August 06, 2016, 10:17:15 AM »
Ooooooo, Nice!  Double the pleasure, double the fun!
Cheers,
Bud
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