as I wrote in my thread on my KotS Fokker Dreidecker that project gave some motivation for a little more WW1 stuff. As I am not too much into k.u.k. aircraft at the moment I refrained from proceeding with my Aviatic rebuilding project .. yes I am a sissy. (even though I got another kit sans some part to finish that one).
Still I have sooo many kits in the stack, that it is easy to pull something different from it. This time it is Eduard's Fokker D.VII OAW as I like Büchner's markings. I also have the Lifelike set (which is a good addition if you want to build the kit) and I also printed the WNW instrucktions for some additional finetuning (e.g. u/c wing painting).
I am at this model for about a week adding some bits every evening. Thus there are already some pix.
First I applied the Losenge decals on the inside surfaces. The fuselage halfs then got a Buff overspray to tone these down. Followed by a devlan mud was and some detail painting. I proceedet with the rest of the pit as per instructions.
Nothing spectactular and always a horror for myself, but in the end there is not much to see.
Same is true for the engine. Thus I just built it per instructions and painted it a bit.
Luckily the engine can be maneuvered into the closed fuselage, which will ease painting the green and blue colors. I thought of altering the engin as per WNW instrunctions, but you can see nothing of it once the oil cooler is in place so I left the Daimler as it is.
I attached the elevator as it will also be blue, but the wing is just clipped in. I will apply the kit Losenge although I know it has some changed/wrong colors ... only a few people will make that mistake out
all the best
Steffen
P.S. I noticed the Belt should be attached to the lower seat strut, but as no one will ever see that spot, I left it as it is.
