The little Revell Fokker

The Eduard box contents compared to the Revell. 

The OTB decals are a bit lacking in color and life is too short to mask and paint all of that! 

After a bit of photo editing. I am going to print that onto decal paper and hold thumbs that it conforms. 

A few new goodies to try out for the rigging. Very thin nylon mending thread and thicker polyester thread from the local haberdasher. EZ line is just too expensive for my tastes... 

After about 18 hours of inkjet drying and a coat of Tamiya clear acrylic, the ink still wants to come off the transfer paper...?

This is going to be tricky. I will try again tomorrow. 

There is no detail in the cockpit, so the pilot has to go in. 

The WingnutWings representation of the same plane scheme is substantially different. I will take this as a more accurate scheme than the Revell. 

The colours for the lozengers is tonally different. I am going to grab these colours for my homemade decals. 

Much nicer. 

The best tools I bought this year. (The files I got a few years ago, but I use them a lot for old kits like this one) 

A bit more detail for the business end. 

My attempt at a "strië" camoflage pattern. Brushed on layers of thinned enamel and then flatted down. Hopefully the clear coat much later will bring it out a bit more. 

Finally got a decal to sit flat!!
It took two liberal coatings if clear acrylic varnish before the ink stops running or they curl up as they leave the paper. 

Its going to take a bit of sanding out to put manners on this old kit... 

Not so good...

I think I am laying Tamiya xf-22 varnish on too thick. I am going to try Johnson's Kleer instead. 

That's a "no" to Kleer... 

After copius microsol, colour mixing and brush patching. It looks okay from far, but the custom decals are a nightmare. Full of creases and not acceptable. I am sanding this down, more microsol to flatten the horrors and then more colour repair, clear coats, flatting and hopefully then done. Or bin... 

Not the prettiest ever, but at this stage it's the best that it gets for this little Fokker... 

It's getting there now. The decals need to settle, and then I am considering some post-shading with the airbrush. Risky business, so this one is not home and dry yet. 

I was too heavy handed. This is after a wipe down with thinner... Disaster. 

My best rescue attempt. I had to go even flatter with the white. 

Humbrol enamels 

Humbrol clear colors, which are actually cellulose, of which I had no thinner before I noticed things congealing when I tried to clean them.  

Tamiya acrylic clear with a bit of brown mixed in. Too dark. 

Flattened a bit with 1000 grit and clear coat. OKish, room to improve for the next Fokker. 

I am not going to attempt any further airbrush post-shading. I'm still too much of a Padawan... Ready for final assembly. 

The top wing sits too low over the fuselage, so the inner wing spars don't fit. Not by a long shot. 

After heating the wing with a hairdryer and applying some pressure, the wing is bent and the inner spars fit. 

And done!

I will do a proper photo shoot soon in a new album.