Spectre711 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Going to start off with the Revell 1/48 Fokker DVII. The kit comes with a few decal options but haven't decided which one to do yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 I would start the kit but the funny thing is that after I took a picture of it I misplaced it and have no idea where it is. I think the kids are playing a joke on me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 That is a bummer about the kit, hope it turns up. The DVII is a great subject to start with, minimal rigging and a load of colorful paint schemes to choose from. I'm not familiar with the 1/48 kits, but Revell's 1/72 WW1 aircraft are a great balance between detail and fit / ease of assembly making them very pleasant kits to put together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vince14 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I might be wrong, but isn't the Revell Fokker D.VII a re-boxed Eduard kit? Vince Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Aurora, I heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 It's the clunky old Aurora kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) So while I'm trying to replicate wood out of plastic and paint I got to thinking of how the exterior is going to look. I have quite a choice since this kit has two choices and the Roden kit I have has four. I was thinking of Göring's white VII but then I also was thinking of another one of his. My link I just bought some more oil paint and was going to experiment with DOT Filtering. Would this be a good technic to use to replicate the green on the one above? Edited August 23, 2014 by Spectre711 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 "DOT Filtering"? Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Two of the triplanes I built had the streaked paint scheme. There is some debate on the proper colors depending on the specific aircraft, either a clear doped linen with olive streaking applied, or turquoise with olive streaking. I simply painted the base color (a linen color on this aircraft, which was a prototype provided to Voss, I used a bluish green as the base on LvR's triplane which was a production Dr.1), and dry brushed the olive streaks over the base color. I finished it all off with a dot filter of oil paints. The streaking on the real aircraft was apparently applied with a large brush by hand, so not very uniform in appearance. A dot filter is probably easiest to explain with a link http://www.ipmshawaii.0catch.com/techniques_dot_filtering.html It can be used to provide very subtle and mild weathering if you remove most of the oil paint. I typically leave just enough to offer a very subtle variation of color that adds some depth. Edited July 17, 2014 by Aaronw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) "DOT Filtering"? My link Not sure why they call it that but you basically dot the surface with oils and then start streaking and removing the oil paints. I'm not sure which to start with since this is the only picture I have so far. My link Edited July 17, 2014 by Spectre711 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Got'cha. chukw does that when he weathers his work. Were it me, I would do it the way Fokker did. Wet the brush (dry it a little for the sake of modeling) and start from one end. When the brush starts to dry out wet it again and resume where you left off. Essentially, drybrushing, but resisting the urge to make it uniform. You can see it on the pics on the WNW website http://www.wingnutwi...ctid=3040&cat=1 . I have 2 D.VIIs in the stash (well...one, and one is a rebuild) and hopefully I'll do this on at least one of them. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 I really need to get back to building something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Did you find it? :rolleyes:/> Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 No, I haven't found my mojo yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 What about the kit? Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Oh yea, I forgot that I lost it. It actually fell back behind some other kits on the shelf. :rolleyes:/>/> I actually started the kit and painted the wood base color of some parts. Edited August 23, 2014 by Spectre711 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 I gave up on the wood for now and closed her up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 i know your pain about wood-grain not progressing the way it should... (right now, i'm having a hard time related to this very subject on my Ni-11) and indeed sometime we must just go forward if we wanted thing to be done... and model being built! thanks for the update, nice seeing your project taking shape... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Just been playing around with lining things up while I contemplate how to tackle the rigging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 The color looks pretty sharp so far. And good to see something come out of a Stuka graveyard :woot.gif:/> Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) The color looks pretty sharp so far. And good to see something come out of a Stuka graveyard /> Ken it's only while reading your comment that i realized that there was 3 stuka upside down in the backgroud... Edited October 13, 2014 by mingwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 BTW, indeed that the colors of your model are nice (i like that blue!) good to see progress is being made! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) Actually there are 4 in there. I've been messing around with elastic thread for rigging but its not working well. It also looks a little large. Oh, and the paint I used was Tamiya X-4 Blue over a white base. Edited October 13, 2014 by Spectre711 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 That a nice job on a bold color scheme! Some of the Central Powers color choices were certainly interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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