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Thank you Phil! Please don't retire from the hobby. There are too few of us already. And life without styrene... is an unhappy life. Besides... It isn't without it's warts. Thank you Carl! The masking was hard work, I'll admit. I made nine cuts for the fuselage band, three for each side. Alignment was the issue. I used all but one of the cuts. Gaz

I've heard that Meng doesn't have the other kit's molds. But I wish they'd all come back.

Thank you!

Great story... though very disappointing from his point of view.

Hi John! Great looking work on this Spit. I was wondering what size photo you uploaded? If it's near the same size as shown on the web page or not. Some sites compress or expand images to fit a certain size.

Thank you, sir! Thank you,, very much!

Excellent! I have never seen that profile before. That's a great scheme!

Thank you, Rob! I'll be interested to see yours, for sure! I don;t know if I've seen the Berlin Bear in any WWI context. I'm thinking about putting the Landestuhl Wappen on an Albatros: But I need to do more research, first, To your question, yes, that is the kit lozenge. First I toned it down with a misting of grey. Not satisfied with that, I used a further misting of the grey with brown added. This was the four-color lozenge BTW. Gaz

Thank you! I didn't see the fly until I was editing the photos. Quite a surprise!

Not totally....but I did learn a lot.

Sweet! I did a jug in that unit's livery a few years back.

Completed: RFI at:

Hi everyone, Time to call another one done. No idea who the pilot was, and the color scheme is all based on my research and some help from others that know more about WWI and Fokker D.VII's than I do. And here is the photo that started it all: I had originally stressed over crinkles around the wing edge... but then I found that the real thing has crinkles in places, too. The Green and white tail is of Jasta 54. A Saxon unit. I used graphite powder to simulate wiped lubrication oil stains. A fly joined the photo-shoot destroying all sense of scale. Bastard!! More graphite powder. I hate over-weathering on aircraft models. But that's me. It's taken quite a few attempts but I finally have masking laminated props. Still need work on the wood grain, though. But I forgot to paint the prop shaft stub.... I used some armor weathering technique to highlight the louvered cowl. And I smudged the step-pads of the wing root with more graphite powder. Some under-wing spatters and dirtied up the wheels a bit. And I almost forgot the obligatory cockpit shots: Thank you for looking! Gaz

Welcome to the Forums!

Thank you, Bill. Once positioned and smoothed down, I hit the edges with a hair dryer, and they snug down pretty good, Its easy to blister them, though. And the blisters do not like to go down I let them rest overnight, then I use Mr. Mark Softer get any other edges which haven't behaved to where I want them. WNW's helpful hints say not to use any decal softener period, but that doesn't work for me... I just get more blisters. Thank you, Jeff!

Happy Birthday!

Great review! I love all of these Eduard kits... but I find myself drifting to larger scales.

Thanks, Martin!

Thank you, Rob! I have a Hansa Brandenburg by WNW. Unfortunately, the color schemes are rather dull. Lozenge for the flying surfaces, and a few small markings on a few individual machines. Even the famed Christiansen only has a stripe with a diamond and an initial. I've been considering fantasy markings.

Thanks, Mate!

Great builds, Rob! They are both quite nicely done. I must admit that I often fail to scroll this far down the main page and find the non LS builds.

More of this Fokker:

OOh... Belated happy Birthday, Martin!

Yet only the Meng Dr.I is coming for certain. This demographic ain't getting any younger.

Of course... a lot depends on who has the moulds and what they decide to do with them. I hear they are worth a lot as scrap.