Fokker Dr.1 - Ltn Walter Göttsch
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Terrific job on the streaking paintwork - and I love your custom paint brush!
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Two questions: the panel behind the seat is so beautifully weathered and finished. I'd love to know how you did that. And I'd love to know the paints you used for the base colour before streaking, as well as your blue for the bottom of the wings. I'm colour blind so it's hard for me to choose colours!
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Thanks all!
John…to answer your questions, for the panel behind the seat I used a base of Tamiya Desert Yellow (XF-59) then using a dry sponge technique with Tamiya Red Brown (XF-64) I highlighted the edges and high spots. For the top of the wings I used a base of Vallejo Model Air Olive Drab (71.016) then used an oil based yellow ochre diluted to the consistency of cream. Then using a coarse brush worked it in with long back and forth diagonal strokes. As for the blue on the bottom I airbrushed a mix of Tamiya white (X-2) and Clear Blue X-23 in a 4:1 ratio (believe). I then airbrush a light coat of X-2 between the ribs to give it some contrast. Overall…I'm quite happy with the results….
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I'm finally going to breakdown and build the ubiquitous Fokker Dr.1 using the Meng kit which, from my understanding, is the Wingnut Wings kit that was never brought to market by WNW. I was going to go crazy and do the Manfred von Richthovfen version (i.e. all red), but just couldn't bring myself to go there... Instead I'm going to try one of the suggested Meng versions - Ltn Walter Göttsch (version D). I really like the colour scheme and the camouflage painting on the body and top of the wings should be a nice challenge. I'm also going to try a couple of new things. First, I'm going to use the Quinta Studio's 3D decals. I am intrigued by these 3 dimensional decals and interested to learn more about them. I'm also going to try the 3D printed under fuselage panel from Aviatik (Attres 052) and their corresponding photo etch set (Attres 053). I'd like to support this company (Aviatik) since I think they are doing some good work.