Fokker Dr.I Stripdown

Bart Goesaert
good luck with this one. nice little aircraft. Just hope to find some time to get along with this one... Will you build it painted or in bare copper?

Mike Grant
Thanks Bart, I ended up painting it in a faux wood finish.

Gordon Sørensen
Looks great Mike. The wood effect is fantastic! Is this going to be featured in a magazine build article?

Mike Grant
Cheers Gordon. The full build article was in the August 2014 issue of 'Airfix Model World'.

Camilla Øksenholt
This looks absolutely stunning! 😄 May I ask what kind of faux wood finish you used? 🙂

Mike Grant
Thanks Camilla! The 'wood' areas were airbrushed pale cream, then a coarse brush loaded with brown oil paint was streaked across it several times until the 'grain' looked OK. It was easier to do than describe...

Kerry COX
Did you ever consider using the wood grain decals from Uschi. ?

But then again, now I have seen your work, you would never need them. 🙂

Mike Grant
@Kerry, I think trying to fit decals on all those intricate little shapes would be more trouble than it's worth. Painting the grain was actually fairly quick and enjoyable.

Kerry COX
Mike, I can totally understand and agree, and what a spectacular result mate. I love it. 🙂

Camilla Øksenholt
Thanks Mike! 🙂 Again, this looks absolutely magnificent!

Bart Goesaert
@Kerry: I tried these decals on mine, and I agree with Mike in that I prefer the painting with oil-paint. On this small scale the dots of the printing seem too large to be ok...
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Kerry COX
Bart, even with the 1/32 Horten, I found that dot makeup of the colour was a bit sus as well, but hand paints work amazingly hey !!🙂