The Fokker DVII. Great Planes. Maiden video!
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The Fokker DVII. Great Planes. Maiden video!
Here are a few pictures of my recently painted fokker DVII by great planes.
It is still waiting for an engine.
As you can see the whole plane has a matte finish now. I'm not a fan of glossy warbirds. (Just depends).
I weathered the whole plane by dry brushing an off white color to highlight wrinkles in the fabric/monokote lol. Followed by an airbrushing of two dark colors, Burnt sienna and charcoal. Honestly, WW1 birds would not look too dirty. I think I went a little over the top with the silver chipping on the cowling but It's cool. WW1 mechanics took great pride in there airplanes. They kept the planes looking very nice all the time, or so I have heard. Please enjoy!
I hated the way the kits MG08's looked so I made a pair from scratch. I wanted them to look realistic and "Close enough". The barrel housing took about 3 hours to complete. Worth it though!
I replaced the screen in the cowling. The two bars in the middle should not be there but they help support the screening.
Now what did I do here? I seam to have tilled the rudder too much. I'm still an RC newb so pardon me.
The weathering sure looks pretty!
If it flies good, I plan on making a realistic engine and a semi detailed full cockpit.
And now last but not least, the real reason you've come to see this. The lozenge!!!!
It is again, like the Mg08s, "Close enough"
Making an authentic lozenge would have taken a long time. SO this is basically lozenge for cheaters. (It still took 6 hours to paint)
It is airbrushed right over the monokote with Vallejo acrylics.
I first laid down a base coat of Vallejo Tank green and German green.
That was then followed by a blue grayish color, dark purple, and tan. I made it easy by airbrushing the shapes with stencils I made.
Again, looks close enough.
That's all for now! Wish me luck on my maiden flight. I hope you've enjoyed the pictures!
It is still waiting for an engine.
As you can see the whole plane has a matte finish now. I'm not a fan of glossy warbirds. (Just depends).
I weathered the whole plane by dry brushing an off white color to highlight wrinkles in the fabric/monokote lol. Followed by an airbrushing of two dark colors, Burnt sienna and charcoal. Honestly, WW1 birds would not look too dirty. I think I went a little over the top with the silver chipping on the cowling but It's cool. WW1 mechanics took great pride in there airplanes. They kept the planes looking very nice all the time, or so I have heard. Please enjoy!
I hated the way the kits MG08's looked so I made a pair from scratch. I wanted them to look realistic and "Close enough". The barrel housing took about 3 hours to complete. Worth it though!
I replaced the screen in the cowling. The two bars in the middle should not be there but they help support the screening.
Now what did I do here? I seam to have tilled the rudder too much. I'm still an RC newb so pardon me.
The weathering sure looks pretty!
If it flies good, I plan on making a realistic engine and a semi detailed full cockpit.
And now last but not least, the real reason you've come to see this. The lozenge!!!!
It is again, like the Mg08s, "Close enough"
Making an authentic lozenge would have taken a long time. SO this is basically lozenge for cheaters. (It still took 6 hours to paint)
It is airbrushed right over the monokote with Vallejo acrylics.
I first laid down a base coat of Vallejo Tank green and German green.
That was then followed by a blue grayish color, dark purple, and tan. I made it easy by airbrushing the shapes with stencils I made.
Again, looks close enough.
That's all for now! Wish me luck on my maiden flight. I hope you've enjoyed the pictures!
Last edited by flyboy_fx on Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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great job love it
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Thats great, gotta love the fact you put so much work and detail in it, when you never know how the first flight will turn out.
Looking forward to some video of its maiden flight
Looking forward to some video of its maiden flight
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ram04 wrote:Thats great, gotta love the fact you put so much work and detail in it, when you never know how the first flight will turn out.
Looking forward to some video of its maiden flight
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Is that a ARTF kit ?
Is it electric or glow ?
.40 or .60 size ?
It looks pretty cool.
Is it electric or glow ?
.40 or .60 size ?
It looks pretty cool.
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I saw the post on 1/6 SAG forum, truely amazing work!
Love this Fokker!!!
Love this Fokker!!!
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Ive seen your posts there to! FREAKING Unbelievable stuff! I wish I could paint heads like you. It is damn hard. I have tried and tried but skin tones are too hard for me. One day maybe.plasticboy wrote:I saw the post on 1/6 SAG forum, truely amazing work!
Love this Fokker!!!
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It's big different between figure & vehicles, painting figure might need a bit training that the skin is not totally flat and solid. The skin comes out with variant gradient, that the face is most important parts of the figurine.flyboy_fx wrote:Ive seen your posts there to! FREAKING Unbelievable stuff! I wish I could paint heads like you. It is damn hard. I have tried and tried but skin tones are too hard for me. One day maybe.plasticboy wrote:I saw the post on 1/6 SAG forum, truely amazing work!
Love this Fokker!!!
Have fun with toys forever!
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Yea... Too hard. :p.
See the bottom post.
http://www.sixtharmygroup.com/forums/gr ... arton.html
I may try that method.
See the bottom post.
http://www.sixtharmygroup.com/forums/gr ... arton.html
I may try that method.
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Got this off the ground yet?, waiting for test fly video
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Next thursday. It was delayed.ram04 wrote:Got this off the ground yet?, waiting for test fly video
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, the crowd builds waiting for take off, the roar of the engine drowns out all sound and here comes the pilot ..........Flight time must be near
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I will upload the video!!!
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Great video , nice take-offs and landings, whats next?, 1:18 B-24 or B-17
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I passed right over you, sorry.pickelhaube wrote:Is that a ARTF kit ?
Is it electric or glow ?
.40 or .60 size ?
It looks pretty cool.
It is electric. Not sure of the gas equivalent.
http://www.electrifly.com/largeelectrics/gpma1141.html
This is the engine I'm running.
http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Defau ... D=EFLM1400
with a 35A speed control.
It has just enough power to climb out of trouble and can still slow down perfectly!
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