Eduard Fokker Dr.I -Complete

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January 9, 2017
Completed kit, will add white box photos in a week.
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January 6, 2017
Only a little progress tonight. I used testor non buffing aluminum lacquer instead of alclad. For the brass I mixed a 13:3 of tamiya chrome silver and gold leaf
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January 5, 2017
"red"y to proceed!
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January 2, 2017
Mix for attempting faux leather; tamiya flat brown with a drop of black, probably 8:1 and then desert yellow with a drop of orange and two drops of red brown; probably 9:1:2
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January 2, 2017
Seat so tiny! Turned out great. First tamiya red brown, then covered with clear orange. Drybrushed with the dark brown mix, touched the highlights and edges with the yellow mix then blended again with the dark brown. Covered with future floor polish. Look
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First time I've ever tried making faux wood. Not to bad considering how tiny this area is.
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January 3, 2017
Bondic is so cool for dials like this
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January 3, 2017
Tiny fabric seat belts!
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January 3, 2017
I wound up breaking off the side dial I made and trimmed it down.
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January 3, 2017
Some work to hide seams, but it fits together decent well considering there are some gaps and the guides for the interior parts are not very good.
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January 4, 2017
Tonight, should be ready for Primer!
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January 5, 2017
1:48 Dr.I compared to 1:24 Dr.I I'll build later
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so I didn't do a lot of color modulation or panel/seam line detail. I've had the benefit of seeing lots of restored WWI fighters at the Boeing museum in Seattle and they are very homogeneous. I did, however, add forced shadows under the stabilizers/wings
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this took a _LOT_ of red paint
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Comments

1 2 January 2017, 23:50

gorby
Looks good so far Nathan. I'm impressed with the wood effect.

4 January 2017, 16:38

Nathan Camarillo
Thanks! It's very tiny. This was my test kit before I jump to a 1:32 scale Fokker Dr.I. I've never tried making faux leather or wood grain before.

4 January 2017, 20:30

Lex Jassies
I think this will going to be a little gem!

5 January 2017, 08:28

gorby
Even more impressive if it's you first attempt at wood effect Nathan. I'm doing it for the first time as well (on a Raiden propeller) but as I only have one brown oil paint, I'm attempting to do it with dry brushing acrylics. Your 'leather' also looks good - I have tried doing leather once before using the 'tissue' method, to give the plastic some texture - with mixed results, probably need more practise. I have made a note of your paining method and will definitely try it out next time, so thanks.

5 January 2017, 15:42

Nathan Camarillo
I'll let you know how the propeller goes, and try to document the process

6 January 2017, 16:50

Nathan Camarillo
Propeller images have been added. All tamiya paints, I used desert yellow then cut small strips of masking tape with only a hairline gap. Then airbrushed red brown for the grain. I sealed with a 50/50 of clear yellow and clear orange, hand brushed on thick with a really soft brush. It worked great. The last step has been mounting the guns and I'll take some
Pics of the finished model soon.

8 January 2017, 23:22

gorby
The propeller has turned out very well Nathan. It helps that you've done it in Tamiya paints, because that is the only paint I have. It's only decent paint that is stocked in the local shops.

9 January 2017, 16:39