1/18 Fokker Dr.1 ??????????

MIGMADMAVIS · Post by **MIGMADMAVIS** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:56 pm

Is this by any chance 1/18 ???? http://www.militarytoyshop.com/product. ... &PT_ID=124 if not, what would be the dimensions for one, or does anyone have a link to one????

Plane Nuts · Post by **Plane Nuts** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:20 pm

Looks a bit big to me. Could be 1/6 or 1/8th scale.

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:40 pm

way big. The DR 1 had a length of about 18 feet and wingspan around 23-ish. So it would be roughly 12 inches by 15 inches in 1/18.

MIGMADMAVIS · Post by **MIGMADMAVIS** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:43 pm

Thanks you guys, your deffinitely right that is way to big, I guess ill just keep looking

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:48 pm

aferguson wrote:way big. The DR 1 had a length of about 18 feet and wingspan around 23-ish. So it would be roughly 12 inches by 15 inches in 1/18.

And deserves to be made! Along with a Sopwith Camel, Spad VIII, and Folker DVII

The quoted dimensions would only make one a little larger than a 32x plane, meaning easy display space and storage!

Fox Tare-28 · Post by **Fox Tare-28** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:56 pm

Yeah! I mean what could be better than having Capt. Roy Brown's Sopwith Camel fighting it out with Von Richtofen's Dr. 1 above your bed, or Leutnant Friedrich Kempf's Dreidecker with the white "K" On the fuselage and the legend "Kennischt mi noch?" on the wings?

MIGMADMAVIS · Post by **MIGMADMAVIS** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:04 pm

oh man I wish you guys could see it, in my room, I have about 7 1/32 Fokker DR.1 flying around, and about 8 1/32 Neiuport 17s flying around, and it looks awesome, but I cannot wait until they finnaly make 1/18 versions of those classic birds!!, but that will be the day

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:36 pm

I need in on this one. I will take any WW1 era Plane from the Fokker Eindecker to the US Jenny trainer.
And by the way Fox Tare it wasn't Broun it was the Ausie. Front trench line that shot Manfred down . Or was it Snoopy

Actually there was no concrete proof who shot him down Broun or the Ausies. Need to get the cold case guys on this or the CSI . I think the Vegas squad or maybe Horatio .Yeah that's right Horatio he won't let up till he gets his guy.

wreckchaser · Post by **wreckchaser** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:16 pm

Do you think that there is any chance of ever seeing a WW1 type bird in 1/18??

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:33 pm

Man, I've been wishing for 1/18 or 1/32 scale WW 1 planes, vehicles etc. I think they would be a big seller. Not sure why no one tries???

thehun · Post by **thehun** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:57 pm

I don't think we have long to wait untill we see a WW-1 Tri plane in 1:18 HeHeHe

TheWoofer
AKA (TheHun)

od1each · Post by **od1each** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:54 pm

Yes WWI plane of any sort would fit the bill for me also!!!

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:58 pm

I think the should at least finish WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and at least 1/2 of modern, before even thinking to make anything WWI

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:03 pm

I have a feeling TheHun has a Tri-plane project in progress...

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:09 pm

Moth wrote:I think the should at least finish WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and at least 1/2 of modern, before even thinking to make anything WWI

I agree

kevrut wrote:I have a feeling TheHun has a Tri-plane project in progress...

Ok Who does "the Hun" work for????

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:24 pm

Fox Tare-28 wrote:Yeah! I mean what could be better than having Capt. Roy Brown's Sopwith Camel fighting it out with Von Richtofen's Dr. 1 above your bed, or Leutnant Friedrich Kempf's Dreidecker with the white "K" On the fuselage and the legend "Kennischt mi noch?" on the wings?

Hopefully the Baron's plane would come with some Australian infantrymen with No.1Mk.III Enfields ..

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:27 pm

Greetings,

There is a 1/18 Fokker DR-1 Triplane available on the market, but it is very expensive due to the construction techinque used. At least it is 1/18 according to Aferg's calculations.

Wingspan on this model is 15 inches and it is about 13 inches long. It is made by the company Authentic Models. Has metal parts and actual construction is stick and dope tissue. This size of the model goes on ebay for about $130. I put the Stuka gunner next to it for a good comparison. It's very close.

http://img398.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 097le0.jpg

Regards

Corey

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:00 pm

That one looks good. Thanks for posting that.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:09 pm

some more here

http://www.gonauticalgifts.com/prodCat. ... _Decor,MX1

Jenny JN-7H Float Plane Model by AM USA
Sopwith Camel Model Plane by AM USA
Spad XIII Model Planes by AM USA
Transparent Spad Airplane Model by AM USA
Fokker Triplane (Red Baron) Model by Authentic Models - AP010

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:13 am

VMF115 wrote:some more here

http://www.gonauticalgifts.com/prodCat. ... _Decor,MX1

Jenny JN-7H Float Plane Model by AM USA
Sopwith Camel Model Plane by AM USA
Spad XIII Model Planes by AM USA
Transparent Spad Airplane Model by AM USA
Fokker Triplane (Red Baron) Model by Authentic Models - AP010

Are all those in 1/18 scale

Time to start putting more $ into my pay-pal account

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:29 pm

Greetings,

I have all of this company's models and love them, however, their bigger models are not 1/18 scale, they seem to be around 1/12 or so as I display them with 1/12 dollhouse people and those seem to be pretty close, but they are much bigger than 1/18.

The company makes a smaller size however they do their models in very unusual scales. If you can live with sometihng being a little off it is ok but if you can't, then you are in trouble. For example, they make a model of the Dixie Clipper Boeing B314 that works out to be about 1/50 scale. Quite odd considering if it was 1/48 or 1/43 it would make more sense.

With their models, quality control is something to keep an eye on. These models are super delicate and require some minor assembly which if you goof, can make your day miserable with them. For example, the wings assemble with screws which work good, but the screws aren't the best and the result is a poor fit and possibly stripped screwheads. The tires tend to crack on these models too, though they never seem to break through and fall off. They are very nice models and the only company I know of that does this type of construction for the mass market.

sarge · Post by **sarge** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:25 am

Fox Tare-28 wrote:Yeah! I mean what could be better than having Capt. Roy Brown's Sopwith Camel fighting it out with Von Richtofen's Dr. 1 above your bed, or Leutnant Friedrich Kempf's Dreidecker with the white "K" On the fuselage and the legend "Kennischt mi noch?" on the wings?

I took the desktop Sopwith Camel from Authentic models completly apart and re-did it in Capt. Browns Sopwith. I even went as far as to make 8 Le Prieur air to air rockets to fit on it just to show what they looked like. It fits in nicely with my Red Baron display. Have a good one. Sarge

sarge · Post by **sarge** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:33 am

Coreyeagle48 wrote:Greetings,

I have all of this company's models and love them, however, their bigger models are not 1/18 scale, they seem to be around 1/12 or so as I display them with 1/12 dollhouse people and those seem to be pretty close, but they are much bigger than 1/18.

The company makes a smaller size however they do their models in very unusual scales. If you can live with sometihng being a little off it is ok but if you can't, then you are in trouble. For example, they make a model of the Dixie Clipper Boeing B314 that works out to be about 1/50 scale. Quite odd considering if it was 1/48 or 1/43 it would make more sense.

With their models, quality control is something to keep an eye on. These models are super delicate and require some minor assembly which if you goof, can make your day miserable with them. For example, the wings assemble with screws which work good, but the screws aren't the best and the result is a poor fit and possibly stripped screwheads. The tires tend to crack on these models too, though they never seem to break through and fall off. They are very nice models and the only company I know of that does this type of construction for the mass market.

One important thing though. The paint schemes are NOT historicaly correct especially on the fighter planes. I purchased the decktop Sopwith camel and tried to find out where it came from and got in touch with a club in England. Their response was the scheme on the plane was a figment of someones imagination. But other than that they are still pretty good models. Have agood one. Sarge

sarge · Post by **sarge** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:02 am

STARMAN 352ND wrote:I think it be really cool to have one of the three top 1/18 companies to make a WWI airplane set.
I would love to have the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.1 and Roy Brown's Camel.
For now this will have to keep me happy
my 1/28 Revell Fokker Dr1 i built last year.

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