My first atempt to upload somthing at this site , had some problems with the pictures so i had to call for help , that´s why it´s empty here , sorry for that bur now i hope i understand how to do.

Rogga

Ok , Rodens Fokker Dr.I , i have built some eduard kits in 48-scale before so this is my first one in the larger 32-scale .
Some pices ready for priming


Ready to be glued in place , this is fun
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So far , so good , more to come
Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Best
Rogga

Looking really great so far .

Hi Rogga
It´s looking good. Thanks for sharing, your build is something to show on this site.
Cheers
Larsa Q

Time to join the two fuselagehalves together


I also use Parts etch.


And now it´s time to put the last things in





More to come in a little moment
Best
Rogga

This is not a speeedbuild, just catching up I guess. Otherwise YOU must have the fastest paints and glue in Sweden

Nice to have you onboard my friend

Cheers
Larsa Q

Some more pictures.
Time for the primer again


A lot of cutting there is :-)

Some more things finished and able to be put away for now.



The only bigger problem i have meet with this kit is the enginecowling beeing to thick so the engine don´t fit inside. My solution was to cut down the engine , very sad but in place it´s not posible to see anyway.


That´s the progress so far.

Best
Rogga

Hello Lasse

Working as a painter i know how to apply paint and glue fast
No , as you say , i´m cathing up

Cheers
Rogga

Thank´s Terri

The results get good when one is inspired and this site is full of inspiration

Cheers
Rogga

Wow , go Roger go ! Yes there is Lot's of inspiration and support on here with a great family atmosphere !

Looks great. I will be doing this kit again sometime soon. I like what you did with the interior.

Great job, but please how tdid you do that prop. Superb

Rogga please forgive the following corrections. I was down at the threads for Brad Cancian and Rowan Baylies (good fellows that they are.) It seems the Part of Poland for the 1/32 Fokker F.I and the Eduard 1/48 instructions say that a "Bosch" starting magneto should down low near on the floor boards.

The "Bosch" starting magneto they include (that they tell you to put near the pilot's foot) is bogus. It was designed for inline motors.

The starting magneto for a rotary engine ( a round bare metal disk shape on a metal flange) should be put at the pilot's left shoulder. It is molded there in the DML & Eduard Fokker Dr.I kits. (Yes Eduard gives you the PE "Bosch" version and tells you to add it near the floor boards too.)

Here is the fun part. In my Fok. D.VI kit here, using the Part of Poland PE. . . step "AE" not only do they tell you to put the wrong type of starting magneto in the wrong place, BUT. . . .wait for it. They tell you to install it with the crank handle facing away from the pilot. Yes, the poor scale pilot will have to reach down by his foot, reach over the top of the magneto and find the crank on the other side and remember to turn it in the correct direction. If he gets stuck down there between the guns and the control column they will have to hacksaw him out.

IPMS judges will have a field day with this.

Just for reference the Spandau Maxims were given a baked on enamel coating of black.

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

Thank you Carl

Build another one , maybe in the upcoming campain Dr.I vs Camel

Thank´s Andrew

Well , i use Gunzes coullors , H37 sprayd first then streaked witn H72 , a layer gloss coat and streaked again with yellow ochre artist oil and some more layers gloss varnish.

Cheers
Rogga

Thank you Stephen

You are forgiven , anouther day past and some more things i have learned , that´s good.
Do you mean this picture :

The same thing is in my instructions to and this one made me realy comfused , not having so much reference material to use ( my old computer with all goodies in it broke down a while ago ) i was glad when i saw a picture of the same cockpit with the switch placed at the same location as mine.
I think i will leave the switch and the mashineguns the way they are now , i´m a bit lazy modeller just hating to change things i se as finished
But for all future German projects i will use black on the guns.

Once again , thank you for good and valuable critics.

Regards
Rogga

Hello

Ok , some more pictures , i haven´t done so much since last , but here is the progress so far:
The engine in place

And here with the cowling in place , luckely it hide the destruction i was forsed to do to the engine


Time to glue the first wing in place

And there it is and the second one waitng to be atatched

The little bird is growing


I know there might be problems when it´s time to paint the wings and that it´s much easier to paint the wings before gluing them to the fuselage but with this one i wasn´t satisfied with the joinings betwen the wings and the strutts , i used some filler there and i want to have all those work done before painting

Finaly some pain added to the fin/rudder


Well , there is where it is today.

Best
Rogga

Nice! For now it's a biplane but on the best way to become a triplane!

/Öcsi

Thank´s Öcsi

Yes the third wing is not so far away to get in place , just some primer and preshading on the fuselage first.

Looking good my friend, just lovle those preshadings Will this one be finished off for the
February meet?

Cheers
Larsa Q

Thank´s Lasse

Yes those preshadings look promising , the rudder looks realy great , unfortunatly the picture of it isn´t the best.
If the model isn´t completly coverd in maskingtape i will bring it to our next meeting but finished no , no , no , not in two weeks , just to much work still to be done on it


Rogga

This is turning out to be most execellent ! Lokking forward to more .......................

Push it, Push it Rogga.No,No just kidding. Take the time you´l need for this and let shine at "Grevens glue Galore" in june
It would be nice to have the Fokker besides my Albie and Pfalz

Cheers
Larsa Q

Thank´s Terri

I´ll ceep this post updated every now and then , taking pictures almost every day of the Fokker