<> **** DONE: 1/32 Fokker DVII (OAW) - WW1 / WW2 over Water.

[fubar57]

Pretty spiffy Wayne

 

[Robert Porter]

Worth the wait! Looking awesome to me!

 

[Crimea_River]

'bout time!

Looks great Wayne!

 

[T Bolt]

That is looking really nice Wayne

 

[turbo]

Looking sweet Wayne

 

[Airframes]

Beauty !
There's something about biplanes in general, and First War kites in particular, that allow really nice, realistic models to be built.

 

[Robert Porter]

I think it was due to the fact that they were so minimal and stark. Just the bare necessities to fly and fight. Mostly just fly,

 

[parsifal]

The aircraft that flew at this time were hardly airworthy. more aircraft on both sides were lost in landing and take off accidents than were lost in air combat .

The other myth was that it was the norm that some form of aerial chivalry was the unwritten code of practice. by 1918, that was a rare event. The tactics for both sides orbited around getting the drop on your opponent and basically shooting him in the back without him even knowing you were there. Dogfighting was something you avoided, even back then.

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys.

the guns are now attached with padding on the rear to protect the pilot, once the little dabs of su

perglue are set will do some more work on them.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Robert Porter]

Looking ready to fly! You are making me want to build one.... NOT! Unless you will do the rigging if I ship it to you?!?!?!

 

[Wurger]

To be honest, the Fokker D.VII didn't have any external rigging. There were two cables for the landing gear and two lines between the fin and tops of the vertical stabilizers only.

 

[Robert Porter]

Ah! Now thats my kind of bi-plane!

 

[parsifal]

Nice work indeed wayne. looks terrific.

There are a few WWI types with little or no rigging. Even the Fokker DRI of the red baron fame, the so called Fokker triplane, doesn't have a lot of rigging.

Red Baron's WWI German Fokker triplane rebuilt by flying enthusiast

or if monoplanes are what you would prefer perhaps this

Junkers J 1 - Wikipedia


Here is a visual list of german WWI a/c, many of which have few or no cable struts, and a few also that are monoplanes. Germany was ahead of the allies in producing aircraft without cable struts

WW1 German Aircraft (1914-1918)

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks for looking in Guys.

 

[turbo]

Looks great Wayne

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Fellas, have done a little bit of panel line work on the cowl area and glossed over everything, onto the last bits before assembly of the struts to wings...

 

[Wayne Little]

Pics tomorrow....sprayed a 10:1 Gloss/Brown on the upper Lozenge pattern of both wings to tone it down a tad as per the instructions and info via WingNut wings....didn't know about this so something learned again..

 

[Wayne Little]

A Pic...the 10:1 Brown tinted 'Glaze' added to the upper wings, brings the brightness of the lozenge and blue tape down a tad...