WIP Fokker D.VII Leusch
Added panel of fabric one by one on top side after underside.
Underside.
top
Added all the tiny securing tapes.
also on front side
On wing tip it was more tricky .. Sol will follow.
Tried the yellow today - used MRP-28 Dark Chrome Yellow, on white primer.
Metal axle and bushes in wheels - always straight.
Inside the lozenge painted with linen.
Seat and Steel-belts.
more wooden instrument panel.
Floor
Nice throttle.
Cockpit is finished.
Tamiya blue on top of kit lozenge
Some PE outside added
The stitching is a nice kit part.
Primed white and futured.
Decals added - at first at under side, the sides.
After that on top.
Tailplane too.
A lot of softener needed.
Tailplane mounted and some drying time ...
Looks nice, cross and lozenge still visible.
add decals, the crosses on the lower wing
Very fine stencisl in white, not visible on sheet!
yellow nose and dragon (historically documented side)
The other side is unknown and a guess (second dragon in same style)
It's a logo of a alu foundry in Durlach, Germany
turned on lathe.
With hubs from PE set.
bolted with 0.2mm nickel silver.
back side
Can be glued in place as last step.
Waited for a Vector engine - very nice details ...
... but to long 🙁
Painted with Alclads
Exhaust was opened.
After a oil wash mounted.
The carburettor had to be glued to engine inside!
0.8mm handles - to thick.
0.4mm tinned brass is more scale
Soldered (0.3mm/0.5mm pipe) step.
Lower wing and landing gear mounted.
PE foot steps on wing spars and step.
Pale burnt metal and liquid mask
Looks nice after unmask, even with cast flaws on edges.
High diluted flat anthrazit, and oil wash added. Mounted.
With plugged struts and primed elevator.
Looks niice!
Right the kit parts, see middle and lft for own parts.
Compared to original.
Mounted in slots.
Ailerons needs also control horns.
First rigging
Control wires
MRP White, future, decals, shadows
Control surfaces mounted.
Struts and control wires, tail skid
Tail finished, some detail painting missing.
With the mounted ailerons the last decals are the crosses
Four control wires needed fro ailerons.
Airspeed Indicator from Gaspatch
Wrong mounting position in manual!
Painted, glued and mounted on strut
metal stripes and 0.2mm micro rivets used
It could rotate
removed barrels from kits MGs, PE added
Finished with Master parts
MGs in place.
Blast channels PE are "stolen" from another Profipack.
Broken tail skid!
Made a new wooden one, with metal fittings.
Mounted, hard job on the fuselage with decals and color.
Rigging added.
Biplane!
Top view
Some brass details on engine and radiator.
Black alu foil from wine bottle.
Used to created stacking pads
Windshield added
Comentários
3 5 April 2019, 20:35
bughunterA warm welcome to all of you! I must admit, that the last action here was a month ago, but due to exhibitions, easter holiday and other things I have no time for modeling at the moment. Hope to be able to continue end of May, so it will be hard to match the deadline of the related group build.
4 May 2019, 15:10
Thomas BischoffBuilding the "Weekend" edition should help you to keep the deadline 🙂
Propeller and Lozenge looks great!
4 May 2019, 15:15
bughunterOh Chris, I was still labeling the pics after upload - the lower wing is done - and you answered already, thanks!
19 May 2019, 20:24
bughunterThanks and welcome! Alec, yes. The lozenge is from Aviattic, but the tapes are from this Eudard kit. The Weekend edition is from 2016, the marking decal sheet too. But the kit lozenge and the tapes are printed already 2010, so this kit was doing stash cleaning at Eduard 🙂
20 May 2019, 14:26
Bernhard SchrockMal wieder ein gaaaanz großes Kino!! Ich glaube bei den lozenge-Decals Stoff Struktur zu erkennen...
8 June 2019, 17:39
bughunterThanks! Back from a short trip, so I can continue soon. @Bernhard: yes, that is the nice thing about the Aviattic decals.
11 June 2019, 17:16
bughunterQuestion: should I use the lozenge kit decals or normal grey primer below the blue paint? See picture ...
14 June 2019, 19:05
Alec KLooks great. Not sure I understood your question: is there controversy as to what was underneath the blue paint? Or were you just asking if it's worth the effort (I am having a hard time believing the latter 😄 😄 😄)
16 June 2019, 17:07
Slavo HazuchaI somehow missed this build until now - great stuff, the propeller is a work of art & I love the blue-over-decal finish too. Taking a late seat & looking forward to see more top-class modeling tricks 🙂
16 June 2019, 18:37
bughunterThanks and welcome Slavo! Alec, I made a experiment (pic39) and asked the question, because I was not sure about the impression.
16 June 2019, 18:48
bughunterFor the friends of micro mechanics I added some pictures of the airscrew bearing.
23 June 2019, 19:48
Slavo HazuchaEvolving into a true beauty! Great to see all the colors & patterns coming together before the propeller assembly steals the show...
25 June 2019, 21:25
Nathan DempseyI really like the color combinations on this build. I hope this doesn't get me going off on a WW1 tangent!
25 June 2019, 23:33
bughunterOn the PE set there are no control horns, and don't like the kit parts, so I made new ones myself.
28 June 2019, 13:40
Slavo HazuchaSome tails look better than others, and this is a particularly lovely example! Great work with the metal details and you hit the nail with the subtle shading on white... Almost home, looking good!
29 June 2019, 12:37
bughunterThank you Slavo, still some details on the ToDo list, but I hope to finish the Fokker soon!
29 June 2019, 17:40
bughunterAgain a model with my main method "Refining by accident"😉 All details added, the bird is finished, only the weathering with oils is missing.
Hope to be able the gallery of the finished model soon.
3 July 2019, 17:46
bughunterThank you David! I like the Leusch livery, but it not a rarely seen model😉
4 July 2019, 18:57
bughunterThe project is finished, thx fro watching! The final gallery is attached to the project.
5 July 2019, 19:25
