1/28 Fokker D VII fighter

[Wild Child]

Over the last month or so I posted several of my large scale 1/28 Revell WW1 planes, including 4  planes that were custom built.  This is one of my favorites, the Fokker D VII.  Many believe this was the best all around fighter of WW1, and was the only German plane that the Allies insisted on being turned over to them at wars end  (to be used by various countries for years after the war).

This Fokker was fun to build, and went together beautifully.  The lozenge camouflage  was really tuff to do on this larger scale to get everything to line up well.  The personal graphics were hand applied.  The pilot I changed by modifying his arm to hold a walking stick, which Anthony Fokker gave many pilots of the era and was made out of actual airplane propellers.  Overall, I think it came out well.

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[Belugawrx]

Wow! that looks great...did you paint the camo or decals ?

[Wild Child]

1 hour ago, Belugawrx said:

Wow! that looks great...did you paint the camo or decals ?

Thanks guys.

Bruce, there were camo pattern waterslide decals made for these large 1/28 Fokkers years ago, but were discontinued as this plane has not been reissued for decades and the old kits are hard to find.  I had an old set, hoping to do a plane one day.  It takes a lot of decal sol to soften these to make them lay down nice. They are brittle and crack easy. You must also come up with paint to match all the colors, often hand mixed, to take care of misc spots where decals are spliced, or on wing  edges.  Plus, bottom colors are different too. Tuff to do, but I love the results vs the box art version which was a solid red and white plane with no camo.  This version, which was more commonly used in real life, is much cooler.

[Mike 1017]

Looks Great. I believe that the camouflage was for night fighting. ?

Mike

 

[Wild Child]

2 minutes ago, Mike 1017 said:

Looks Great. I believe that the camouflage was for night fighting. ?

Mike

 

The Fokker DV single wing fighters and these D VII planes came from the factory with this style camo referred to as a 'Lozenge'  pattern.  Some pilots overpainted this with various personal markings, as well as various unit markings.  The white tail, nose and wheels identifies the unit while the white stripe with spade is a personal marking of the pilot. All the planes in this unit would have usually had this same white tail, nose and wheels. While some planes could have been overpainted darker for night operations, all the planes should have come from the factory with this Lozenge pattern.

The Fokker Dr1 Triplane used a different pattern alltogether which was just a basic brush wash over the fabric. To see several different versions of markings on the same plane, look up my 1/28 Fokker Triplane post.  You can see what several units and personal markings look like on the same camo.  Cool stuff.

[stavanzer]

Great Build!

I've always wanted to build that D VII kit.

I think the big Benz engine would be cool in a Rat Rot too.

I should start looking for a parts Lot on eBay.