Revell 1/28 Scale Fokker Dr.1

The classic kit by Revell, originally released in 1957.

 

This model depicts Fokker Dreidecker 1 (Fokker Dr.1, 'Triplane 1' in English), serial number 425/17.

 

Serial number 425/17 was one of several Fokker Dr.1s flown by Baron Manfred von Richthofen, and was the one in which he was shot down and killed near Vaux-sur-Somme, France, by British ace Arthur Roy Brown on April 21, 1918.

 

There is apparently not enough photographic evidence of this aircraft to be able to accurately portray its paint scheme. Manfred von Richthofen described it as a 'rotes flugzeug [red aircraft],' but that doesn't automatically mean it was wholly red.

 

Because of this, I didn’t try to model it according to the best educated guesses, but instead modeled it the way it has classicly been depicted.

 

With the exception of the addition of some 10- and 20-lb test black fishing line for rigging and control cables, I built it pretty much straight out of the box.

 

For painting and finishing, I used:

Revell RVL-34136 Carmine Red

Revell 36188 Matt Ochre

Tamiya TS-68 Wooden Deck Tan

Tamiya TS-6 Matte Black

Tamiya TS-26 Pure White

Tamiya X-10 Gun Metal

Testors 1146 Metallic Silver

Testors 1260T Lacquer Dullcote

Testors 1261T Lacquer Glosscote

Done