Did the right handed Gefreiters also read that manual? I think one was repairing my BMW.

Yep but is read from right to left.

Just to keep everyone in the loop. Here are some kit and Part of Poland etch metal items I have been working on.

Greetings all;

Starting on the interior pieces and framing. Once I skin the interior with the lozenge and the fuselage formers I will have to put the cockpit tub in one side at a time then add the flooring. After that the details. Note to all! Once you start modifiying a kit you have to keep being creative. Lengthening the fuselage the way I did caused me to think outside the box uh er fuselage, uh in the fuselage. You know. . .

Working on the Spandau Machine Guns! Note all plastic items show a depth variation / step down from the collars to the fretted jackets. These should be pretty much the same down the whole length. The bad thing is that if you do this it leaves a gap at the bottom near the gun barrel. The good thing is that you can use the gun barrel to fill in this gap.




There is a sink mark in the right side of the breeches.

Greetings all;
Just a comparison for now. But the interior side structures are going to have to be dealt with so I thought I might show you what I will have to do.

Below is the standard kit side wall structure provided in Roden's 1/32 Fok. Dr.I & Fok. D.VI kits


Below is the interior of the Eduard Fokker E.V kit #8096 I did back in April 2006. This interior structure is very close for both the Fok. E.V / D.VIII and the Fok. D.VI kits due to the longer nose areas.


So you can see I will have to do some alterations. Because I lengthened the nose.

Stephen, I know that a pro like you will make short work of this once you get started. A little plastic rod and soon its done,

RAGIII

Hello JackFlash,
Amazing! This Fokker DVI is going to be awesome. Will be checking in on all the Roden 1/32 builds. Really a cool idea. Thanks!
Best Regards,

Greetings all;

Just a bit of an update. And I didn't want to get too far behind.

Here is the difference between the Fokker Dr.I and the Fok. D.VI fuselage.

Here is my first attempt at the basic side wall of the Fokker D.VI as it should be.

Looks good!
Just like I said, a little plastic rod and your done
RAGIII

I am going to need some 1/32 five colour lozenge myself.

Hi Stephen,
You might want to have a play on the Aerodrome (Losenge Fabric test for all) thread regarding this.
Our mate Wojtec posted a beautiful pattern that printed up a treat for me.

Cheers,

Hugh

Nice work on the frame Stephen .

I have done some work on the undersurface lozenge for the wings. I have to say I am very pleased with the 1/32 lozenge Roden has for this kit. Very resilient! It tends to stretch like fabric. It takes careful handling and with care any folds or creases can be smoothed out before you add any solvents. Images later. I will work on the top surfaces later tonight.

Stephen,

How is Roden's colour on these decals? In the past there has been a lot of discussion abou the veracity of their lozenge colours.

Cheers,

Hugh

Not too bad. I think the undersurface decals came out too orange in this image . Due to my flash.

I have only seen Rodens 48 Lozenge which comes with the Fokker kits . So this is the first time on viewing them in 32 and it is a vast improvment over there 48 .
Still they are better then the ones that come with the Battleaxe kit .

How would these compair with Techmods 32 Lozenge ?

Good progess on the build , can't wait to see the work in the office

I'm wondering how he is going to get the office in. . . Now that he had closed up the fuselage...

Techmod? In my experience. . . limited as it is, these decals are very difficult to use. You need to at least give them a coat of something to strengthen them up a bit.

Also, the 1/48 5 colour are very bright . . . Need a lot of toning down.

Cheers,

Hugh

Its all done with mirrors. Nothing up my sleeve presto!

Yep, this is looking real good. I just hope that you can get all theese bits together without that white paper. I think you fooled the camera to focus on the white paper. Often I find taking good photos harder than building models. The nice part is that this is a fourm for modellers and models Your build Stephen is the best
Larsa

Larsa your kind words are a healing ointment to my tattered mind.

The tough part is going to be the 1/32 rib tapes. I may not have enough material.

OK Stephen, you can stop anytime now............

All this chit chat about Lozenge stuff is "making" me look in that direction. It may not be my NEXT build......Abbie is next for me, but later......................

It would need to be in 1/32...............I've even considered making my own. Even photoshopped a few not too bad looking candidates (in my oppinion). The problem seems to lie in decal paper. I've used some before in my inkjet printer but it proved to be rather thick. Even laying flat, it took a lot of solvaset and future to hide them. Suggestions on a GOOD THIN paper?

Anywho..........it's fun watching you work the magic with the Lozenge.............plus I wanna see all that "stuff" stuffed into the fuselage.

Regards
Steve

Hey Steve,
There is a whole big discussion on making your own Losenge decals over on the Aerodrome...
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/models/37519-losenge-decal-test-all-10.html

This is the page that I was most intersted in... And I printed Wojteks examples on Microscale paper with my Kodak Ink Jet. Though thick (the paper) I was very pleased with the results.

Try it!

Cheers,

Hugh