Mad Fokker Day: 17 October 2004

Hi folks!

I didn't take part in this build, but as a keen fan of WWI aviation, I've been lurking and waiting to see the results. I each case, your planes looks awesome.

Regards,

guten tag, kameraden !
here r a couple of pix of Herr. Kempf's new mount, the national markings
have not yet been applied, but it is reasonably complete...
i began at just past midnite, spent most of the first work session painting
parts on the sprues, & that took me until about 4:30 AM...(4 1/2 hrs)
time 2 let the enamel paint dry a little, so....
5 hrs of sleep l8r, wake up, a little more painting (about 1/2 hr)...
then i had 2 go 2 work 4 a couple of hrs, then back home 2 pick up my
little bro & sis & take them 2 the ice skating rink (2 hrs of not building, but fun !)
back home again, dinnertime, then assembly from about 8pm until 1:30 AM.
so about 10 1/2 hrs. build time 2 get 2 this stage.
it's not done, but it's pretty close, i think...
it was fun trying the streaky camo...
this is the eduard kit, i got the profipack, but decided not 2 use the p/e
4 this build... (too much 2 do w/o having 2 hunt 4 lost parts!).
the fit of the kit is very nice, & i only have one complaint:
the sprue attachment points on this lil' pup were quite substantial !
i decided i wasn't going 2 add anything extra 2 this kit,
& i only added 1 part: i had 2 replace the prop shaft when the kit part
disappeared just as i was beginning 2 put stuff together... a brief search,
then a check of rod & tube stock 4 something w/ the rite dimension... no luck !
finally, i tried stretching some sprue 4 the 1st time & after a few tries, i had
a piece that was the rite size...
so, that was my Mad Fokker Day.
it was a lot of fun, but i think i'm going 2 bed early tonite !
thanks 2 Domi 4 suggesting this project & providing so much info !!!
& the posted builds all look great !
i wonder, did anyone choose a black plane, or a white one?
white paint over red plastic would probably result in a nice pink Dr.1..
just rite 4 Larry_Dunn's daughter !

frosty

Just a quick list of the supplies I used in the build incase anyone is interested. Seemed to work well for me with no major problem in a quick build like this. Any painting, besides hand brushing was done with my Paasche VLS airbrush.

Glues: Tenax 7-R for fast strong joints
Testors Liquid Cement when I need a little more time.
Flash Medium CA and Flashtac Accelerator for small parts and filling gaps.

Paints: Alclad II Gray Primer/Microfiller goes on smooth and dries fast.
Tamiya, Gunze & MM Acryl acrylic paints.
Alclad II Steel and Aluminum paint.
Mr. Hobby Mr. Color Thinner for all the acrylic paints

Misc: Acrylic Lacquer thinner from hardware store to clean airbrush after Alclad.
Windex for cleaning the Airbrush.

V Tutschek's plane is on the cover of the Squadron Signal book!

We probably both saw that you could use the decals for the Red Baron plane on v. Tutschek's ship and not have to paint it red!

I was working off of the Osprey book on the DrI.

Thanks Joe..!

Balta, I'm looking forward to seeing more pics of your little Red Devil... Your cockpit looks fantastic! If you have more troubles loading up pics, send them to me.

You're right... Lessons learned too for me. I'll ban enamels for my future Mad Days... I'll sleep more the day before... And I'll order take out..!

Cool Badge!!!
I will post pics when I can later today when I get home.
I did run into some problems mainly with breaking some parts which delayed my progress and I also spent some time trying to figure out why I couldn't post pics with village photo but I have learned my lessons for the next Mad Build.
1. Use Acrylics for faster drying times.
2. Use fast setting filler and glues such as CA
3. Never think that you have enough time.
All in all...it was a blast!! This is what this hobby is all about!!
Thanks dj!!

outstanding work to all of you. thankyou from a spectator.



joe

Dear all, I have great pleasure in bestowing upon you (finaly!) the MFD badge..



It's the famed 'Pour le Mérite' medal... You all truly deserve it!

Both Manfred von Richthofen and Adolf von Tutschek were awarded it by the way...

Here are two shots of Baltazar's Dr.1..





It's looking good so far. Never thought of pre-shading the ribs! Interesting...

Rafael, maybe you could join Shrikes over next week end?? Hope you feel better!

Balta, I'll upload your pics next!

Dan, Larry, Josh: outstanding work! Now that Larry managed his Von Tutschek aircraft, I really have no excuse not to have completed mine..! Funny how we both chose the same aircraft to model..!

Josh, is this really your first 1/72 plane???! Wow! I think you may consider spraying a thin coat of satin varnish next? As Larry said, most WWI aircraft had a glossy look to them, because of the stuff they put onto the fabric to keep it weatherproof. Gloss varnish would look wrong at that scale though.

Dan, superb! I like the base too.

I hope more keep coming over the next few hours!

And as Larry said, join us next month in the Mad Allied Day..! http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25430

There's also a Mad Komet Day in January..! http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=26834

Finished with two hours to spare. I just had to get the decals on.

Larry, really like your camo. I should have picked a more interesting one but with my skill level being what it is I opted for the simple red.

Thanks Josh, good job on your first 1/72 aircraft. It was my first completed 1/72 in many, many years although there is another on the bench right now and about 30 in queue.

Shrikes, I’d say go ahead and do it next Sunday. You might not have a lot of company but we’d keep an eye on you. If I thought the wife would let me I’d grab another kit off the shelf and join you.

Waaaaa!!!!! I missed it by a day! I thought it was next sunday...

My sincerest appologies, Domi! I had the kit and everything too! This last week was the National Modeling contest in Manila that my club put together, so it was very hectic... i had to drop out of sight for a while because of all the work i had to do aside from finally getting out of college.

dj, dan, larry the builds look great, i cant see baltas pics. maybe its just me?
larry-looking forward to the allied build picked up my kit and been staring at it for awhile

finished with 45 mins to spare. i only had 7 hours to work on my first 72nd scale plane.



this is the revell kit. and done as you now whos aircraft

Forgot to mention you can click on the pictures to see them bigger. Also, I just brought the kit down to the basement and gave it a light flat coat -- i know the WWI birds were painted glossy, but my kit is way too glossy. It'll also look better when flattened out a bit -- the colors will come together a little better.

Horrido!

Well, I just finished-- and with about two hours to spare! Here are a few pics of the critter.







This is Hptm v. Tutschek's plane. I used the ID from Richtofen's plane, assuming no one would know the difference. I wanted to try that streaky camo pattern, for a challenge, and because it's better looking. The red planes look like you can bite off the tail and drink juice from the model.

The streaky camo went fairly quickly due to the extreme tininess of the model. I'm not real happy with the result -- it's a bit too dark -- but it looks ok I guess for a quickie build.

I consider this to be a fairly poor kit, but I consider all aircraft kits to be poor kits compared to decent armor models. That's not a crack, as I build both. It might have to do with the shapes inherent in the different weapons systems, but I find on average that fit in aircraft kits is relatively bad, even the raved-about kits.

It's still a bit sloppy, and I have to clean up the paint job and put the Tutschek's unique black and white wing streamers on. But it's good enough for government work.

It was fun to be involved. Thanks to djmodels for continuing on the Mad Tiger build. Never one to pass up an opportunity to be derivative, I'm running a mad build myself next month -- for Allied WWII armor. Come join if you've got that weekend free! Olive drab is easy. Finding a good 1/72nd scale Allied armor kit is hard.

Well besides some bad color choices here is my Fokker Dr. 1 before any decals. I might have to do this kit again after some research and maybe spend at least a week building. I think I'm gonna call this, been at it since 7:00 AM, but I'll see if I get a second (or would it be third) wind and see if I can get the decals on.

Well here are some pics of my fokker.

4:00 PM and I have the little Fokker primed. In about a half an hour I'll shoot the some red. I have 7 hours and 45 minutes to complete the build at this but don't know If I can hold out that long.

This little Revell kit is a real jewel and deserves more then what I can give it in 24 hours.

I would like to go ahead and thank Dominique now for putting this build together. It’s been great fun!

dj, I'm having a problem with village photo and can't seem to upload any pics. I'm going to email them to you.
So far I'm done with the cockpit and have done some preshading. I hope to have it done by midnight.

Sorry Guys... caught some flue.... it was bed for me all day with around 39ºC... at least I could spend a couple of hours going through the new Osprey book while cursing... catch you one of these days, though...

Regards,

Nice to see you joining in, Balta!

I've decided against risking messing it all up by airbrushing the black tonight. I've done enough, I think, for today. Looking forward to reading about and seeing your progress over the next few hours!

to all involved, it sounds like great progress. will keep watch to see how all of you fare in this.


joe

Well looks like you're off to a very good start.
I washed all the parts at midnight and left them out to dry so I could get to them in the morning.
I have painted the cockpit and will paint the guns in a couple minutes. I plan to use the kit decals.
Man... this is fun!!

Looks great so far Dom! Amazing for a 24 hour build.

Just over 5 hours to go...

I'm rushing things a little and have added the green streaky camo. Went on fine. I'll have to let some time pass before I can airbrush the black on the fuselage and top wings. The 'streaking' operation has also left some unwanted paint on the struts and in one instance too far below the leading edge of the middle wing . The struts will be re-painted light blue anyway, a shade slightly darker than the base colour.



I'm pretty sure I won't finish it on time, but I'll be pretty close (further than I was with at the end of Mad Tiger Day!) . I expect the decals will be the next major step tomorrow, followed by the varnishing and the weathering and rigging.

I'm also pretty happy with my results so far...

Here is a shot showing some smaller completed items and the base...



Over to you now!

glad i was able to go today. but i shall have to stop for awhile so i can take my girlfriend to visit her parents. everything is painted and ready for assembly.

Yep, glad you made it too, Josh.

Break time. Not much else to do until I can actually put some green paint on that pale blue! Machine guns, engine, engine cowling, fin, tailplane, wheels are all done, just awaiting final assembly.

I'm off to cook.

Glad you made it Josh...dj & I were feeling kind of lonely. I better get busy and stop posting or I'll never make it!