Author Topic: Revell 1/48 Fokker Dr 1 (Eduard) Speedbuild... (Read 12066 times)

Alexis · « **Reply #30 on:** November 26, 2016, 11:06:05 AM »

Juan is right , your white is fine

Terri

RAGIII · « **Reply #31 on:** November 26, 2016, 07:55:23 PM »

Looks outstanding to me also! You are making great headway. You have already passed where I am on my F1 and DR1 builds

RAGIII

Monty · « **Reply #32 on:** November 27, 2016, 01:44:32 AM »

Hi Juan, Hi Terri, Thanks for the kind words, but the white turned out to be a very thin coat, it just rubbed off easily and was really patchy when dry, so I just recoated as you see below!
Hi Rick, this build is nowhere near the quality of your work! It's mainly fun and some compromises, but Thank You for the encouragement!

It looks a bit stark now, but somehow much better... in the only photo of this Dr1 it is clean and shiny...

Regards,

Marc

Juan · « **Reply #33 on:** November 27, 2016, 02:03:38 AM »

Nice winter camo, LOL

. You are right it looks much better and I am sure will even look better once the red goes down. Looking forward to that.

RAGIII · « **Reply #34 on:** November 27, 2016, 05:12:27 AM »

I have to admit that your re paint looks even better

Keep up the great work!
RAGIII

Monty · « **Reply #35 on:** November 28, 2016, 01:01:31 AM »

Hi Juan, Hi Rick, Thank You for those comments! Time is the enemy - this needs to be finished by Friday! So on with the masking! Fortunately it's not too complicated, with the rear fuselage and tail in white, I masked the division line round the rear fuselage carefully with Tamiya masking tape, my favourite, then used paper to construct a bag around the delicate tail surfaces! It didn't take too long... Then I used Tamiya Masking tape to do the white backgrounds to the crosses on the upper and lower wing... Sorry about the quality of the photo, I finished this late at night...

And on with the red! Here I used Tamiya acrylic gloss red, just well thinned... One coat will have to do, I'm running out of time... I know the underside could be blue with natural linen colour background to the crosses, but I chose to go with colours similar to Lt Raben's other Tripe with red undersurfaces and white backgrounds... mea culpa! No evidence of this really exists...

We need to let that dry now...

Regards, Marc

Juan · « **Reply #36 on:** November 28, 2016, 01:11:26 AM »

Looking really good, I am sure you can meet your deadline. Awesome build to follow.

lone modeller · « **Reply #37 on:** November 28, 2016, 03:58:14 AM »

For a speed build this is really going very well indeed. Great modelling.

Stephen.

Manni · « **Reply #38 on:** November 28, 2016, 07:59:12 PM »

Awsome, you build a complete Plane faster than I do an engine and it looks totaly convincing.
Top work.
Manni

lcarroll · « **Reply #39 on:** November 29, 2016, 12:19:57 AM »

Marc,
I've been sitting back watching this little adventure with interest; great job and you appear to be really enjoying the Build. This project appears to be a perfect opportunity to optimise the enjoyment of the hobby for you and it looks like you'll easily meet the deadline. I'm looking forward to the completed photos!
Cheers,
Lance

RAGIII · « **Reply #40 on:** November 29, 2016, 12:58:33 AM »

Quote from: lcarroll on November 29, 2016, 12:19:57 AM

Marc,
I've been sitting back watching this little adventure with interest; great job and you appear to be really enjoying the Build. This project appears to be a perfect opportunity to optimise the enjoyment of the hobby for you and it looks like you'll easily meet the deadline. I'm looking forward to the completed photos!
Cheers,
Lance

I think Lance has said it perfectly. Especially the part about your enjoyment of the build! I think the red looks excellent!
RAGIII

Monty · « **Reply #41 on:** November 29, 2016, 05:44:24 AM »

Hi Juan, Stephen, Manni, Lance and Rick! Thank You All for the great comments and encouragement! Yes, it's curiously liberating just to build and not get obsessed by the finer details or techniques - just to use what's in the box and forge ahead every day! It has been fun - and the response from the great Modellers on the site has helped - please forgive my errors! I think every modeller should try one of these once in a while...

Well, on with the build, the masking came off and I meant to take a photo but I forgot... Then I examined the finer details of the red and white masking... unfortunately, just at the leading edges of the upper wing white square and the leading edge of the lower wing leading edge the division between the red and white looked a bit rough... it took me a while to work out what had gone wrong, and t was an error way back... The leading edge of every wing has a mould separation line and I was careful to remove that, but due to the (red) transparent plastic and my inattention I didn't realize the underlying plastic near this mould line was a bit rough... I should have examined it with some magnification and simply fixed it by an application of surface primer and a sanding down with some very fine sand-paper, say 1000 grit... that would have cured it and made the paint soo much smoother... Well, I won't lose sleep over it, the first place where paint (or dope) wears or chips on a real aeroplane is the leading edge of the wing, built in weathering!
Then straight on to the decals... usually I will coat with gloss acrylic Tamiya then wait til it hardens properly then apply decals but time is running away from me! So decals go straight onto the relatively glossy paint... should be OK, says Marc crossing his fingers! My good friend Tony Dill (AKA the Great Dillini ... long story) gave me some decals for Lt Weiss's Tripe... and the crosses were perfect for this! The only slight problem was the white border to the upper and lower wing crosses, no problem! Just ignore! It all seemed to work OK... remember, if you catch a glimpse of that white border, remember these crosses were modified, over-painted and touched up a few times at this stage of the war!

So this is where we are, just one modelling session, but the colours are starting to pop!

Regards,
Marc

PrzemoL · « **Reply #42 on:** November 29, 2016, 07:32:52 AM »

Nice, Marc. Watching you building this one brougth my thoughts to the fact, that I still have one Dr.I in 72 scale to build in Raben's markings with white raven decals from Pheon. You just might have solved the question I had, what to build next!
Anyway, you will have a nice model to show on Friday meeting. I wish I could join you there...

Alexis · « **Reply #43 on:** November 29, 2016, 10:53:13 AM »

Your moving right along Marc , she is turning super so far

Terri

coyotemagic · « **Reply #44 on:** November 29, 2016, 11:10:02 AM »

Just two weeks and you've got the major components assembled, painted and decaled! Remarkable! I dream of being able to finish a model so quickly. Beautiful work!
Cheers,
Bud