Non-Triplane Fokker Models
by David Burke

1/48 Fokker D.VII - 'Hermann Goering' - This model represents the all-white Fokker D.VII flown by Hermann Goering as Kommandeur of JG1 in 1918. The kit was the DML offering, and the decals are a combination of black strips (for the crosses) and the PD Decals set. I added Archer transfers for the fuselage stitching. I also attempted to add fuselage rib structure but most of it has disappeared. I added lots of detail to the cockpit - much being from the nifty Eduard WWI cockpit instrument sets. I added a fuel pressure pump, control lines, trigger lines to the guns, cockpit coaming from wire insulation, gun pads from Milliput, and a bunch of corrective work on the engine, which disappeared once the fuselage was assembled (take my word for it - there are ignition wires on every cylinder and the distributors are both wired!). The 'cut-away' on the port cockpit side was done at a late time (I had mostly finished the bloody thing before I saw a good illustration of it) and I added the flare tube and rack on the starboard side (the tube is large-bore hypo tubing and the flare rack is copper foil with stretched-sprue flare cartridges). The guns are from Copper State, and yes, the prop is another of my hand-carved jobs. I lathed the knockoff hub in my Dremel motor tool. I separated the control surfaces.
All in all a fun kit, and as someone recently said, proof that a D.VII looks good in ANY scheme!


The kit is the 1/48 Fokker E.III Flashback offering. I added some tube framing to the cockpit and Copper State Models details to the model.

This is the Copper State Models Fokker D.V kit - an interesting subject, and alot of fun!

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