Swanny's Models - Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last!

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Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last!
07/03/09 at 05:02:10

Well I finally finished it. This is the most amount of time I have ever spent on a single engine plane. I had alot of fun building out of my normal subject matter and learned alot of new techniques like painting the streaked camo and mounting the upper wing without destoying the rest of the model. It was also good pratice for useing photo-etch as there is alot of it included in this kit. I have the second kit as this was a dual combo kit but I think I need a bit of a break before I do this agian!

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Gawonii YaBB Administrator Offline Modeling is a life philosphy Posts: 2978 Alabama Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #1 - 07/03/09 at 05:06:26 Well done sir! I've been wanting to do my other one in the near future. Look for it in the mail when it's time for the lozenge to be applied
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Ultra Hog Gold Member Offline I love the smell of Tenax in the morning. Posts: 979 Plymouth, IN Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #2 - 07/03/09 at 05:10:35 Looks great! Love the lozenge pattern. It's always good to try things out of our comfort zones. Makes us better modelers! Good job.
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Rob Hart Stellar Member Offline Did I say that? Posts: 1023 Lower Slobbovia Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #3 - 07/03/09 at 05:41:04 Excellent model. Did the lozenge decals give you any problems?
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Reply #4 - 07/03/09 at 23:21:19

Thanks everyone. I was definetly a challenge to try something that you do not normally model. I learned alot about the history and the techniques needed to model these biplanes. The lozenge decals took me a while to figure out. I studied them for a while almost like a puzzle then once I started applying the decals I all started to fall into place. They Eduard decals were very easy to use and very easy to position and move around to get them lined up. They also responded well to setting solution and set down very nicely. The rib tapes took forever and were very tedious to install but necessary to achive the right look. This kit is a great choice if you want to try and build your firsy biplane. It is very well engineered and a fun build.

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nislo Full Member Offline i love 109s Posts: 225 newzealand Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #5 - 07/03/09 at 23:31:04 im not a vary big by lane fan but u did a exalent job on this looks nice very difrent color scheme indead love it
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Old Dog Global Moderator Offline Too many planes, too little time ! Posts: 1188 Lancaster, Ahia Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #6 - 07/05/09 at 02:55:50 Very nice
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killsnapz Stellar Member Offline Take off you hoser! Posts: 1884 Norwalk Ct Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #7 - 07/06/09 at 03:37:06 Thanks Gary. I think the second one I build should be even nice now that I have some idea of how these crazy things go together!
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Joe Rugby YaBB Moderator Offline KIA KAHA Posts: 689	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #8 - 09/13/09 at 16:43:56 Sorry it took me so long...Excellent Fokker!
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killsnapz Stellar Member Offline Take off you hoser! Posts: 1884 Norwalk Ct Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #9 - 09/13/09 at 22:14:27 Thanks Joe. You should try one . I really enjoyed it and it really stand out in a display case full of WWII stuff!
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Swanny YaBB Administrator Offline Matt, Matt the model maniac Posts: 2578 Sandusky, Ohio Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #10 - 09/15/09 at 20:51:22 Beautiful job, the streaked camo looks perfect.
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Reply #11 - 09/16/09 at 04:35:42

Thanks Matt. You know what they say the tenth times a charm! Actually I think I repainted the streaked camo at least five times before I actually got it to look like it was suppose to. The only good part was I used oil paints over acrylics to create the streaks so everytime I did not like it I just soaked a paper towel in thinner and wiped it all of. I think I spent at least 5 or 6 hours just trying to get the streaks just right. In the end I have a model with a color scheme few others have done. As soon as I finished painting the streaked camo the new issue of FSM showed up and under the new items was a set of streaked camo decals! I still thing my painted ones look far better than the decal though.

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Gawonii YaBB Administrator Offline Modeling is a life philosphy Posts: 2978 Alabama Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #12 - 09/16/09 at 04:56:40 killsnapz wrote on 09/16/09 at 04:35:42: I still thing my painted ones look far better than the decal though. Bravo, sir. I've seen the decals also and would much rather paint it myself. It may or may not look better than the decals but the satisfaction factor goes way up.
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killsnapz Stellar Member Offline Take off you hoser! Posts: 1884 Norwalk Ct Gender:	Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last! Reply #13 - 09/16/09 at 07:46:21 I know what you mean Mark. I was very proud of the fact that I was able to do something that required some artistic abilities and I pulled it off! Well after five atempts but I still got it. I gave myself a big pat on the back after I finished
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Fokker D VII finished at last!
Reply #14 - 09/17/09 at 04:23:58

killsnapz wrote on 09/16/09 at 07:46:21:

I know what you mean Mark. I was very proud of the fact that I was able to do something that required some artistic abilities and I pulled it off! Well after five atempts but I still got it. I gave myself a big pat on the back after I finished

Well deserved I'd say.

A very nice job!

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