von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.1
by Ronny Bar

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Kit: DML (1:48)

FOKKER Dr.1 (425/17) Flown by Manfred von Richthofen (80 v.); Jagdgeschwader I, LSK; Cappy, France; April 1918.

The DML kit... A beautiful one (except for that strange underwing rib tapes). Oh... I have to admit that the all black Jacob's scheme on the box art is an interesting one, but I feel that the Fokker Triplane MUST be red (at least, MY Triplane..!) Humbrol paints. The upperwing Balken kreuze were cut from black and white decal sheets, the underwing and rudder ones came from the kit and the fuselage ones came from the spare decal box. The fuselage stencils and under fuselage stitching were drawn with Photo Studio 2000 and printed with an ink-jet printer on clear decal and then airbrushed with gloss varnish to seal them. Rigging is so scarce that it doesn't deserve mention.


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