A Pair of Dreidecker.

[Heavens Eagle]

Watching to see how this turns out. I still have a lot to learn about painting and effects.

 

[moon puppy]

Change of plans, doing dr1 127/17 due to decal availability. I have 127 in hand.

 

[moon puppy]

This is my take on the streaked olive finish on the clear doped linen out of the Fokker shop. Am I right, beats me but unless they come up with a 120+ year old who worked at the factory to tell us I'm full of it I"m going for it.

I'll seal this maybe Sunday, give it time for the oils to cure out. I see some touch up I need to do. The tail plane is going to be overcoat of red, thin red like I did the albatros dv. I just want the shadow to be there.

 

[Rhino]

A very convincing finish!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Looking good Bob!

Happy 4th of July #250

 

[moon puppy]

Well this is the issue with painting sub assemblies and even parts before assembly. The join between the stabilizer and fuselage had a bit of a gap, Should have test fitted before painting. I had to shim it up which leads to the predictable fill sand and repeat. I had to sand off the paint job because if I tried to work in just one area it would leave that subtle step between paint layers. Had to strip/sand RHS and the turtle back, so far LHS unharmed. Letting the chemicals do their job now for another sanding session.

 

[jknaus]

Love the streaking paint job. Looking forward to seeing more. Good info on the seam.
James

 

[Brokeneagle]

Streaking looks very realistic Bob - love it! Bit of a 'how did you get the effect' would be great!

 

[moon puppy]

Bit of a 'how did you get the effect' would be great!

When I repaint the fuselage I'll get a couple of shots.
Thanks Ian!

 

[paddy]

I am having the same issues with painting parts before final assembly, joins are always going to be a problem, not sure their is much you can do about it. Interesting scheme and it looks like its going to work really well

 

[jknaus]

I had a historic video of painting the streaked finish, but I can not find it now. Basically the painter would dip a wide brush into the paint and lay down a solid line in one go. Then he took a step and ran another line in one go and continue until no paint was available. Dip his brush and continue on. Thats how they ended up streaked from dark to lite. Loving your representation Bob.

 

[centaur567]

I'm not too sure, but I was wondering if the fabric was dyed it blue and applied overall and then streaked. After all the lozenge was dyed. Gary S.