olgerd83 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Hi everyone. I want to share with you my new build - 1/32 Fokker E.V/D.VIII from Mikro Mir. Well, I wanted to have this build as a small quick vacation project, without any huge conversions or scratch builds, however the model's quality is so pure that, I think, this might take more than 1 week and more than 1 can of beer to build it )) As usual i started from the engine, it's not the first time I'm making Oberursel/Gnome engine, so no problems with it, i glued both sides, added cylinder covers, removed plastic sparking plugs and made them using a copper wire, small tubes and Vectorcut's nuts. - painted some interior parts and engine in black - then covered with aluminium - painted sparking plugs in white and added brown/black wash to be continued... Uncarina, Greg W, Fanes and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Great stuff, will be taking notes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Neat, haven't seen one of these built here yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 Thanks guys, the kit is not so easy to build as you can think ;-) On this photo you can see kit's quality and it's just fuselage frames, other parts look approximately same Ok, let's proceed: - painted exhaust, added wires to sparking plugs, so I can say that engine is completed - drilled holes, painted and added stitching for "backseat" part KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 - like other Fokkers, D.VIII had a plywood floor and triangle plywood parts on both sides of fuselage. Moreover, from factory they got a lozenge camo linen, from inside it should be visible, but is very time consuming to paint lozenge and not to use decals, so I decided to paint all linen parts that will be inside the fuselage in grey-blue (if it makes sense to you :-) ) - after linen was painted I masked it and, using oil paints, painted wood parts Brett M, Out2gtcha, Uncarina and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Looks grand so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Nice, that’s some good looking wood work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Buckles Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Excellent wood work and engine. Cheers, BVB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 didn't post anything for a while, however the build is in the process - made hand pump, sextant, engine switch, wires to engine, seat belts and some other interior details - glued both sides of fuselage, used a lot of putty and sanding - same with the wing - drilled holes for wires in the tail and they do not match ))) - also tried to glue the tail itself and it has huge step, again sanding, sanding.... - finally fuselage is ready for primer - also made machinguns and synchronizes to be continued... Fanes, Kagemusha, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Nicely done Oleg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Nicely done Oleg! Will you be using Pheon decals for this build? Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks guys, no didn't plan to use them, will use from kit. I will need only crosses, I decided to build aircraft that was flown by Ltn.Z.See Gotthard Sachseberg, Marine Field Jagdgruppe I, Flandern, Coolkerke Airfield. August 1918 Simple black/yellow, no lozenge. Uncarina and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Some more updates: - painted wing, on top used Olive drab and light brown, bottom side was painted in sky blue and violet - on axle wing's bottom side made a mistake with masking, will need to repaint it - fuselage painted in base yellow color want to make a black/yellow "chess board" color scheme, so masking will be a bit tough. I found couple of pictures of this plane, but they are in plant fabric with lozenge, and I couldn't find picture in my colors. However, from different sources this pilot was know for his passion to repaint original planes in such a scheme. For example his Fokker D.VII to be continued... Fanes, Out2gtcha, scvrobeson and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Oleg, Some reference if you'd like; http://www.collectors-edition.de/Ebaydownloads/InDetail/FokkerD8/FokkerD8InDetailteil1ebook.pdf http://www.collectors-edition.de/Ebaydownloads/InDetail/FokkerD8/FokkerD8InDetailteil2ebook.pdf Your Razor is looking mighty fine. MikeMaben, Uncarina and sky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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