Nicolaas Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hi there, I'm trying to build a model of the Fokker DR1 that Manfred von Richthofen was killed in. I've searched the web but I cant find any proof of how this aircraft looked exactly. It seems to me that it was overall red with a white stabilizer. What colour was the nosecone? If anyone has photos of this aircraft please share Thanks Nico Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hi there, I'm trying to build a model of the Fokker DR1 that Manfred von Richthofen was killed in. I've searched the web but I cant find any proof of how this aircraft looked exactly. It seems to me that it was overall red with a white stabilizer. What colour was the nosecone? If anyone has photos of this aircraft please share Thanks Nico It was all red with a white rudder. Nose cowling was red. The crosses were the straight type with visual evidence of the repaint from the 'Iron Cross' type. I'm on the hunt for pics for you. Cheers, Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hi there, I'm trying to build a model of the Fokker DR1 that Manfred von Richthofen was killed in. I've searched the web but I cant find any proof of how this aircraft looked exactly. It seems to me that it was overall red with a white stabilizer. What colour was the nosecone? If anyone has photos of this aircraft please share Thanks Nico Hope these can help; this is generally accepted as a pic of 425/17 in the scheme of 21 April 1918; this is the port side fuselage cross taken from 425/17 ; this is seen by some as 425/17 before the crosses were changed to the straight type. Notice the similar, odd shape to the machine gun padding in both aircraft. Not unique to 425/17 but not very common indeed Also the Vee shaped blemish on the RH side of the fuselage is present in both planes; Cheers, Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It was all red with a white rudder. Nose cowling was red. The crosses were the straight type with visual evidence of the repaint from the 'Iron Cross' type. I'm on the hunt for pics for you. Cheers, Tony Google Image search: Fokker DR I 425/17----turned up the aircraft pics above and a whole host of other folks models. Try it. Cheers, Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicolaas Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Thanks for the trouble Tony! Much appreciated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
centaur567 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) If you are intrested here's a good site about Fokker DrI's. Gary http://www.fokkerdr1.com/ or for info about WWI aviation modeling try this site, http://www.greatwaraviation.com Edited February 28, 2012 by centaur567 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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