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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Just happen to have the D.VII Mag weekend kit. It's boxed with a rather simple scheme and Russian stars; no lozenge to fear. So you can scribble my name down.
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Whereas the Dual Combo one has loads of lozenge, all on decals. But there's at least two schemes without it, a Czech one in camo and a Romanian one in plain doped linen.
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Yes if be keen I have the DML 1/48th kit in the Stash...
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Don't fret too much about lozenge decals.

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Toko Hansa Brandenberg W.34 using the kit lozenge decals. Fitting the floats was much trickier than doing the decals :grin:
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New in today :-D

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Arcwelder wrote: Oh, heck yes. I was never one to let a little reality ruin my fun. Bring on the Biggles. I'm contemplating a "Whif" of a von Richthofen D.VII (if he had lived to get his hands on one in the field)
He did in the movies!!

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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Here's an interesting option - if it's allowed:

Fokker C.I
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Surely the C1 would have to qualify for this GB! :grin: :grin:
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Funnily enough, a C.I was used in the film Hell's Angels as well!

Here's another shot of that Richthofen D.VII from the same film:

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(The arrows are pointing to a modified TravelAir aircraft - the famed "Wichita Fokker")
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Film star Fokkers:

The Blue Max
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The Aviator (obviously acting as the aircraft used in Hell's Angels!)
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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A Monogram 1/48th D.VII is on its way to me...!
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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Lots of interest here.... and for those that fear the Lozenge, the D VII was used by many, many operators. Blue Rider do a sheet for "International Fokker D.VII" in 1/72 and 1/48, many of which do not require lozenges at all... and there are some very cool Belgian, Swiss, Polish and Russian schemes there..
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Also, CIs are fine by me!
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Have we enough interest yet to hold a poll for a date?
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Re: Fokker D.VII build?

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TobyC wrote:Have we enough interest yet to hold a poll for a date?
Hopefully
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