WIP Fokker D.VII Leusch

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April 5, 2019
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April 5, 2019
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April 5, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
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May 19, 2019
Added panel of fabric one by one on top side after underside.
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May 19, 2019
Underside.
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May 19, 2019
top
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May 19, 2019
Added all the tiny securing tapes.
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May 19, 2019
also on front side
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May 19, 2019
On wing tip it was more tricky .. Sol will follow.
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May 20, 2019
Tried the yellow today - used MRP-28 Dark Chrome Yellow, on white primer.
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May 20, 2019
Metal axle and bushes in wheels - always straight.
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May 31, 2019
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May 31, 2019
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May 31, 2019
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May 31, 2019
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May 31, 2019
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June 7, 2019
Inside the lozenge painted with linen.
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June 7, 2019
Seat and Steel-belts.
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June 7, 2019
more wooden instrument panel.
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June 7, 2019
Floor
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June 7, 2019
Nice throttle.
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June 7, 2019
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June 7, 2019
Cockpit is finished.
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June 14, 2019
Tamiya blue on top of kit lozenge
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June 16, 2019
Some PE outside added
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June 16, 2019
The stitching is a nice kit part.
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June 16, 2019
Primed white and futured.
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June 16, 2019
Decals added - at first at under side, the sides.
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June 16, 2019
After that on top.
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June 16, 2019
Tailplane too.
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June 16, 2019
A lot of softener needed.
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June 16, 2019
Tailplane mounted and some drying time ...
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June 16, 2019
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June 16, 2019
Looks nice, cross and lozenge still visible.
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June 22, 2019
add decals, the crosses on the lower wing
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June 22, 2019
Very fine stencisl in white, not visible on sheet!
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June 22, 2019
yellow nose and dragon (historically documented side)
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June 22, 2019
The other side is unknown and a guess (second dragon in same style)
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June 22, 2019
It's a logo of a alu foundry in Durlach, Germany
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June 23, 2019
turned on lathe.
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June 23, 2019
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June 23, 2019
With hubs from PE set.
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June 23, 2019
bolted with 0.2mm nickel silver.
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June 23, 2019
back side
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June 23, 2019
Can be glued in place as last step.
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June 24, 2019
Waited for a Vector engine - very nice details ...
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June 24, 2019
... but to long 🙁
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June 24, 2019
Painted with Alclads
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June 24, 2019
Exhaust was opened.
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June 24, 2019
After a oil wash mounted.
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June 24, 2019
The carburettor had to be glued to engine inside!
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June 25, 2019
0.8mm handles - to thick.
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June 25, 2019
0.4mm tinned brass is more scale
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June 25, 2019
Soldered (0.3mm/0.5mm pipe) step.
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June 25, 2019
Lower wing and landing gear mounted.
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June 25, 2019
PE foot steps on wing spars and step.
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June 25, 2019
Pale burnt metal and liquid mask
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June 25, 2019
Looks nice after unmask, even with cast flaws on edges.
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June 25, 2019
High diluted flat anthrazit, and oil wash added. Mounted.
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June 25, 2019
With plugged struts and primed elevator.
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June 25, 2019
Looks niice!
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June 28, 2019
Right the kit parts, see middle and lft for own parts.
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June 28, 2019
Compared to original.
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June 28, 2019
Mounted in slots.
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June 28, 2019
Ailerons needs also control horns.
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June 28, 2019
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June 28, 2019
First rigging
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June 28, 2019
Control wires
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June 28, 2019
MRP White, future, decals, shadows
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June 28, 2019
Control surfaces mounted.
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June 28, 2019
Struts and control wires, tail skid
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June 28, 2019
Tail finished, some detail painting missing.
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June 28, 2019
With the mounted ailerons the last decals are the crosses
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June 28, 2019
Four control wires needed fro ailerons.
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July 1, 2019
Airspeed Indicator from Gaspatch
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July 1, 2019
Wrong mounting position in manual!
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July 1, 2019
Painted, glued and mounted on strut
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July 1, 2019
metal stripes and 0.2mm micro rivets used
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July 1, 2019
It could rotate
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July 1, 2019
removed barrels from kits MGs, PE added
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July 1, 2019
Finished with Master parts
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July 1, 2019
MGs in place.
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July 1, 2019
Blast channels PE are "stolen" from another Profipack.
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July 3, 2019
Broken tail skid!
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July 3, 2019
Made a new wooden one, with metal fittings.
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July 3, 2019
Mounted, hard job on the fuselage with decals and color.
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July 3, 2019
Rigging added.
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July 3, 2019
Biplane!
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July 3, 2019
Top view
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July 3, 2019
Some brass details on engine and radiator.
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July 3, 2019
Black alu foil from wine bottle.
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July 3, 2019
Used to created stacking pads
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July 3, 2019
Windshield added

Comments

3 5 April 2019, 20:35

Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
realist

6 April 2019, 16:08

Alec K
Taking a seat...

4 May 2019, 11:35

Peter W
Taking a seat!?!! I bloody well FELL off mine!!!

4 May 2019, 11:57

Marcel Klemmer
I am in....

4 May 2019, 15:03

bughunter
A warm welcome to all of you! I must admit, that the last action here was a month ago, but due to exhibitions, easter holiday and other things I have no time for modeling at the moment. Hope to be able to continue end of May, so it will be hard to match the deadline of the related group build.

4 May 2019, 15:10

Thomas Bischoff
Building the "Weekend" edition should help you to keep the deadline 🙂
Propeller and Lozenge looks great!

4 May 2019, 15:15

Chris Greathouse
At it again I see. *grabs a seat* I'm in.

19 May 2019, 20:19

bughunter
Oh Chris, I was still labeling the pics after upload - the lower wing is done - and you answered already, thanks!

19 May 2019, 20:24

Gordon Sørensen
The propeller and the Lozenge looks great! I am in too!

19 May 2019, 20:32

Martin Oostrom
Bug's builds are compulsory viewings!

19 May 2019, 21:29

Alec K
Looks great so far. Are the securing tapes water slide decals?

20 May 2019, 11:21

bughunter
Thanks and welcome! Alec, yes. The lozenge is from Aviattic, but the tapes are from this Eudard kit. The Weekend edition is from 2016, the marking decal sheet too. But the kit lozenge and the tapes are printed already 2010, so this kit was doing stash cleaning at Eduard 🙂

20 May 2019, 14:26

Alec K
Good thing those things last! Thanks for the info 👍

21 May 2019, 11:59

bughunter
Added pictures of the finished cockpit, the fuselage is closed now.

7 June 2019, 20:42

Alec K
The pit looks great 👍

8 June 2019, 12:57

Nathan Dempsey
Wow, great work 🙂

8 June 2019, 13:10

Daniel Klink
👍👍👍

8 June 2019, 13:26

Tim Heimer
Bugs work never disappoints!

8 June 2019, 14:23

Bernhard Schrock
Mal wieder ein gaaaanz großes Kino!! Ich glaube bei den lozenge-Decals Stoff Struktur zu erkennen...

8 June 2019, 17:39

bughunter
Thanks! Back from a short trip, so I can continue soon. @Bernhard: yes, that is the nice thing about the Aviattic decals.

11 June 2019, 17:16

bughunter
Question: should I use the lozenge kit decals or normal grey primer below the blue paint? See picture ...

14 June 2019, 19:05

bughunter
Decided for decals, even this means more work. Blue is painted.

16 June 2019, 16:08

Alec K
Looks great. Not sure I understood your question: is there controversy as to what was underneath the blue paint? Or were you just asking if it's worth the effort (I am having a hard time believing the latter 😄 😄 😄)

16 June 2019, 17:07

Slavo Hazucha
I somehow missed this build until now - great stuff, the propeller is a work of art & I love the blue-over-decal finish too. Taking a late seat & looking forward to see more top-class modeling tricks 🙂

16 June 2019, 18:37

bughunter
Thanks and welcome Slavo! Alec, I made a experiment (pic39) and asked the question, because I was not sure about the impression.

16 June 2019, 18:48

bughunter
Yellow paint done and dragons added.

22 June 2019, 21:35

bughunter
For the friends of micro mechanics I added some pictures of the airscrew bearing.

23 June 2019, 19:48

Daniel Klink
Awesome Frank..thanks for the bearings pics... 👍

23 June 2019, 19:50

Alec K
I suppose that a functioning engine will be next... 😄 😄😉

24 June 2019, 11:48

bughunter
Engine painted and (Alec, a not operational one) mounted😉

24 June 2019, 17:48

Tim Heimer
Looking good as usual! Wow!

24 June 2019, 20:30

Alec K
The engine looks fantastic 👍

25 June 2019, 12:24

bughunter
Thank you Tim and Alec, next detail pictures added.

25 June 2019, 20:09

Slavo Hazucha
Evolving into a true beauty! Great to see all the colors & patterns coming together before the propeller assembly steals the show...

25 June 2019, 21:25

Erik Leijdens
Breathtaking as always 🙂

25 June 2019, 21:43

Nathan Dempsey
I really like the color combinations on this build. I hope this doesn't get me going off on a WW1 tangent!

25 June 2019, 23:33

bughunter
On the PE set there are no control horns, and don't like the kit parts, so I made new ones myself.

28 June 2019, 13:40

bughunter
Tail is finished now, upper wing prepared fro mounting.

28 June 2019, 20:13

Slavo Hazucha
Some tails look better than others, and this is a particularly lovely example! Great work with the metal details and you hit the nail with the subtle shading on white... Almost home, looking good!

29 June 2019, 12:37

bughunter
Thank you Slavo, still some details on the ToDo list, but I hope to finish the Fokker soon!

29 June 2019, 17:40

bughunter
Again a model with my main method "Refining by accident"😉 All details added, the bird is finished, only the weathering with oils is missing.
Hope to be able the gallery of the finished model soon.

3 July 2019, 17:46