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    WnW wants to listen their fans!

    in WNW Chat

    Posted

    OK - my votes....

     

    1) Siemens Schuckert DIII/IV - the Roden kit is just too poor...both variants in same box?

     

    2) Handley Page 0/400 - you know you want to...!

     

    3) Spad XIII - so many markings, so many stories, so little time!

     

    right, where's my passport?...

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    Aviattic decal offer and prize

    in Fokker D.VII GB

    Posted

    Well, as Harry and I at Aviattic waited all our lives for this kit (and spent a large chunk of it producing the ultimate lozenge decals for it!) it is with great pleasure we are offering a FREE tailored sheet of 1/32 Fokker DVII wing decals from our extensive range at www.aviattic.co.uk for anyone signing up for this group build before 15th August 2014!

    UK modellers free postage, rest of world £3.50 (cost) shipping payable to sales@aviattic.co.uk

    Register your build at LSM, decide on a scheme, check our website for decal options, email me details of your favourite sheet and postal address. Photos of work in progress and finished models sent to me will be featured in our website gallery.

    Enjoy building this fabulous kit and getting the best results with Aviattic!

    Finished kit voted best will win one of our 1/32 German fuel carts and crew!

    Best wishes, Richard sales@aviattic.co.uk

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    GB Fokker D.VII

    in WNW Chat

    Posted

    Well, as Harry and I at Aviattic waited all our lives for this kit (and spent a large chunk of it producing the ultimate lozenge decals for it!) it is with great pleasure we are offering a FREE tailored sheet of 1/32 Fokker DVII wing decals from our extensive range at www.aviattic.co.uk for anyone signing up for this group build before 15th August 2015!

     

    UK modellers free postage, rest of world £3.50 (cost) shipping payable to sales@aviattic.co.uk

     

    Register your build at LSM, decide on a scheme, check our website for decal options, email me details of your favourite sheet and postal address. Photos of work in progress and finished models sent to me will be featured in our website gallery.

     

    Enjoy building this fabulous kit and getting the best results with Aviattic!

     

    Finished kit voted best will win one of our 1/32 German fuel carts and crew!

     

    Best wishes, Richard sales@aviattic.co.uk

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    Fok. D.VII Seven Swabians -4/28/14- All Done

    in The Great War GB

    Posted

    Great looking Fokker coming along nicely....

    Have just released a new (and final) raft of 1/32 Fokker wing sets with coloured rib tapes - all on website next week.

     

    As we've gone along small tweaks and improvements have been made - the decals are now divided into more pieces, so that any slight stretching is compensated for as apply. But I must repeat, the instructions make it quite clear to use a glossed surface for best adhesion and colour representation.

     

    If you should encounter any problems (and not many have..) using Aviattic products please just let me know and I'll send another set - simple!

     

    Best wishes, Richard

    Fok. D.VII Seven Swabians -4/28/14- All Done

    in The Great War GB

    Posted

    Quite right Dave - seven years of intense study and trials went into getting those colours accurate and gloss white will reflect those colours as intended - gloss anything else will alter them to the modellers personal taste and heavy pre-shading will look too "over cooked", I've seen builds using all sorts of techniques - my own preference is "simple is best"...but glossing your primer is paramount!

     

    Best wishes, guys,

    Richard (Aviattic)

    WNW Fokker D.VII (Alb), Richard Kraut, Jasta 63

    in The Great War GB

    Posted

    I think that's the answer, Bucky, some did , some didn't. The fuselage covering was created like a sleeve, pulled onto the airframe and attached by being stitched along the fabric wrapped longerons. Cut strips of ribtape width were then doped/varnished along these longerons. I think this method allowed weather and moisture to loosen tapes (paticularly Fokker's lousy quality control and lack of final protective coatings) and explains why we see many reinforced and replacement tapes on wings in photos. Allied tapes, by comparison were hand torn and their frayed edges when doped to the airframe created a far better surface join. Perhaps these longeron tapes just didn't last very long?

     

    Looking forward to your next instalment!

     

    Regards, Richard

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