1/72 Revell Fokker Dr. I

by Erik Wauters

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Hello again fellow modelers, I found the time to finish another kit and this time it is the new mould (2003) Revell 1/72 Dr.I.

Local price is about 5 euro, so you can't go wrong here.

Please note that this is my first WWI plane and I was amazed how small this one is in 1/72. Now if you are looking for information, this is a well detailed subject, you can find plenty of pictures on the web.

Everything is moulded nicely in red plastic (gray would be better), very little cleanup is necessary, I have no other kits to compare it to so I will leave that to the real critics.

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Most parts fit very well, you only need a little amount of filler here and there. You can say that the major concern on such kit is the fiddly work, you really have to take care not to break anything.

After painting the inside, I decided to assemble the fuselage and all the wings and then go on with painting the outside.

I preshaded with flat black (Revell n°8) and then followed by a coat of flat red (Revell 36) thin enough to let the dark shades come slightly through.

After drying I gave the model a few coats of Future/Klir so everything was ready for the decals.

The decals are very good and very thin, bear that in mind if you use decal solvent. I used only Microset and there was little time to adjust them to their right place.

A little wash for the panel lines followed and the rest I just painted with a fine handbrush (including the prop : Revell 88 ochre lines over Revell 84 Brown) and then gave it an overall flat clear coat.

Now for the rigging : I almost completely messed up so I stopped before things got worse, I will try it on another occasion in a bigger scale.

All in all a pleasant build and again Revell are setting the standard here on price/value.

Hope to be back soon,

Erik

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