Baumer's Fokker DrI
by Paul Thompson

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Kit: Dragon (1:48)

Fokker DrI 204/17 w/n 1923, flown by Paul Baumer of Jasta Boelke in 1918. This aircraft had many mods to the paintwork over it's lifetime. I've depicted it early on. Later it had iron crosses on white fields added to the tops of the other 2 wings and the middle front of the tailplane, according to the Windsock Datafile special, plus a black border to the rudder. They were all later painted out, the latter in white, the crosses with olive. The remaining crosses were converted to Balkenkreuz by fattening them up. The kit was built OOB except I left off the Aldis sight and mirror, and modified the elevators to match the Datafile plans. Decals are from Blue Rider and although working very well are slightly too large for the kit. Note that although you can see into the induction pipes in the sunlit photos, in normal indoor light they have hidden murky depths and appear okay. All the other (many) glitches are my own fault.


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