RKic Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 My first completed model for 2018 is Eduard's Fokker F.I. The markings are for an aircraft flown by commander of Jasta 10, Werner Voss in the summer of 1917. Voss, who had rapidly acquired 48 victories in the previous months, was shot down by James McCudden, while flying this particular Fokker F.I. There is a good deal of debate on whether Voss had a yellow or green cowl. It looks yellow to me on historic photos I've seen, so thats what I went with. Plus I like having color on my display shelves. The kit was a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law, and it was a great one. Lots of fun to build and paint. There is plenty of detail in the box (this was the Weekend Edition), and the kit is generally well engineered. The only things I added were wine bottle foil seat belts, Gaspatch turnbuckles, and EZ-line rigging wires. I had a few problems with struts popping out of their locations, but I can't help but wonder if it was something I did wrong. Painting was done with Tamiya (the light blue) and Vallejo earth green and Russian green primers. The chrome nose and wheels are Tamiya yellow and orange mixed about 7:3. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Bravo! Love the streaked finish! Would you describe your technique for that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 17 hours ago, dnl42 said: Bravo! Love the streaked finish! Would you describe your technique for that? Sure. First I sprayed everything light blue. A mix of tamiya's sky blue and light blue. Then with a wide flat brush I painted on Vallejo grass green primer. I used the broad flat edge and applied the paint semi dry-brush. I did long broad pulls from end to end of each surface. I left plenty of blue showing. Then I used the narrow edge of the brush to semi-dry brush Vallejo Soviet green primer. This time using quick flicking motions. The key is to not apply the vallejo too wet or too thick. Once dry I muted everything with a misty coat of highly thinned Tamiya light blue. It was more thinner (isopropyl) than paint. Then a light reddish brown filter and a darker brown pin wash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 The streaking came out great! The wooden prop is really nice too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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