"Mad Fokker Day" Fokker is now completed!

Ah! Yes, it took me more than 24 straight hours to complete this little gem of a kit… By midnight on the 17th of November (dubbed Mad Fokker Day), I had the kit built, and the light blue/green camo done, the engine cowling, propeller, wheels, engine and machine guns painted and ready to be installed.

Remained to be added were the black ‘decorations’, the decals, the varnish, the weathering and the rigging. Well, all is done now.

Since I messed up with some of the original decals, I had to buy another of those little Revell Fokker Dr.1, and I think it won’t be long before it appears on my workbench. This kit is GOOD, and I recommend it to anyone, even ‘newcomers’ to WWI planes as there’s little rigging to this plane. A real easy project.

The only things that can cause troubles are the quite awful red plastic and the sheer frailty of some of the parts, but this obviously is also one of the added bonus of the kit!

The model is finished in the colors of Adolf von Tutschek, most probably during the later part of September 1917 and early October 1917 (before all the Dr.1s got grounded and re-inforced is my guess, as a bit later, von Tutschek’s triplane appears in a slightly different scheme). Von Tutschek was a recipient of the ‘Ordre pour le Mérite’ medal.

His military career began in 1910. During the first World War, he distinguished himself in combat while serving with the infantry in France and on the Eastern Front. Severely wounded during a gas attack at Verdun, Tutschek was ill for months but when he recovered, he transferred to the German Air Force.

On 11 August 1917, Tutschek was wounded in the shoulder when his black Albatros was shot down and on 15 March 1918, while the triplanes of Jasta 12 tangled with the Royal Flying Corps near Brancourt, Tutscheck was killed when his Fokker Dr.1 was shot down by an S.E.5a flown by South African ace Herbert Redler. Von Tutschek had 27 victories to his credit. He was 27.

Over 9 days, it took me just over 10 hours of work to complete this kit.

Cool build Domi. Interesting story also. Love the base.

Great build Domi! Built that kit myself in the markings of the Red Baron, though I have to say yours is soooo much nicer than mine! Thanks for sharing,

Darren.

dj it looks great. well done my friend.

joe

Looks very nice dj. How’d you do the wood grain on the prop? It looks nicel done. Thanks for the pics.

Thanks Eric, Darren, Joe and Daniel. Glad you liked it!

Daniel - the wood grain is quite easy to obtain; this is how I do it: paint the whole propeller in a ‘sand’ color, let dry, then with a fine brush and a ‘chocolate’ color, paint a single or maybe a couple of lines from one tip of the propeller to the other (in doing so, you go fromthe front side of one blade to the back side of the other blade). Add additional dark lines to the left and to the right of the ‘tip to tip’ lines. Typically, on any side of any one blade, I’ll have 3 to 4 visible dark lines, no more. Add the decal logo then brush on a couple of coats of Future/Klear. Paint the hub in black and drybrush with a touch of silver. That’s it!

DJ, that is one good looking Fokker!

Hard to believe that it is is so small.

Almost makes me want to go and build one myself, especially as my wife thinks that they are really cute!

Karl

That is wonderful, and what a gorgeous prop !! Stunning model and one that you should be very proud of.

Thanks Karl, thanks Skii…!

Karl, your Mrs should not have any troubles building this one. Mine managed the Eduard Dr.1 kit as her first ever kit, and this Revell kit is probably easier to put together.

I’d be the one doing the building not her!

Still shouldn’t take long.

Karl

looks great DJ. Im not real big on pre 1939 aviation but after seeing this I may hvae a crack at one. If nothing else just to learn new things and round out my collection.

DJ, that is a fine looking Fokker and a great post…thanks for sharing it with us!

Happy Modeling!

Joe Youngerman

Domi:
that looks fantastic !
can i ask what u used 4 the rigging… stretched sprue, wire or ‘invisible’ thread ?
i’m still thinking about adding the rigging 2 the Kempf bird…

a smart move… too bad it didn’t work out… gosh, only 27…
a ‘lost generation’ , indeed…

frosty[:)]

9 days ? ! ? ! ? ! ? !
10 hours ? ! ? ! ? ! ? !
wow…i’d barely have parts off the sprues…

great ! subject…[tup]
great ! presentation…[tup]
great ! build…[tup]

Thanks, Joe, Frosty, Awood and Rik…!

Awood, go for it! Nothing like open-air cockpits! Roden is about to release a 1/32 Fokker Dr.1… if you prefer bigger scales!

Rik, would have been MUCH faster if I had used acrylics! LOL

Frosty, just stretched sprue. I know it is fragile, but it is the only way I’ve ever done it… It’s real hard to get wire that straight… Hair stretches and decrease in lenght with humidity in the air, fishing line is almost impossible to keep straight without a strong bond…

I’ll try to do a ‘how to’ post with pics within the next few days, while I rig the Floh. The Revell Dr.1 is real easy to rig as there are little holes in the kit where the rigging is supposed to go.