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Revell 1/72 Fokker D.VII
- Thread starter Rhino
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Cobras and Havocs... Simply have a timeline for the Cobras though.
One letter off my wife's name... will be done by Xmas
or Valentine's, or her birthday! Gotta give myself goals!
Rhino
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I like to decal. This is fortunate, because this paint scheme is half decals.
These Warbird Decals are opaque enough that paint overspray is covered completely. It do take a while to soften them around curved leading edges. It's going pretty well, but I'm getting low on Solvaset. It's a comfort to find the price on the 2 oz. bottle only went up $1.50 in 25-some years!
Sectioning the decal for the upper surface of the top wing seemed like a really good idea. It failed when 1/3 of this stuck to my thumb. One big piece did the trick! Then one must walk away!
Rhino
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We had quite the thunderboomer storm the other morning. Some real life stuff got in the way of this small bit of Fokkery.
Mornings here are quite dark, so Dad's pick-up needed the taillights fixed. I installed new taillight assemblies, monkeyed with wiring and then I remembered to check the easy stuff first. It still needed the pigtails for the bulb sockets. I finally won!
I always thought the D.VII looked as if it was wearing fashionable sunglasses. I'm doing my best not to get carried away and just enjoy the D.VII build. The kit BMW engine will serve. Nothing fancy to see here. Base coats, washes and dry-brushing details. Finishing 101, as the Old Guys taught me. I'm not sure these aircraft flew in combat long enough to get rusty, but......
(Rustybutt?!?)
Decals, decals and decals. The winged arrow on the rh side chunked, so patching it with extra white was needed. It's not as nice as I hoped, but it isn't Life and Death. It's just an airplane model. The final picture is the last decal applied before I can finish installing struts and flat coat. A little exhaust staining will go on the upper wing struts, aft of the exhaust stack.
Does replacing the kit Spandau gun barrels with brass 1/350 3" .50 caliber brass cannon barrels qualify as getting carried away?
I hope not. I like menacing-looking bullet-spitters!
Cheers, mates!
