1/32 Roden Fokker Dr.1

by Warren Inman

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Hello all. Here is my Roden 1/32 Fokker Dr.1 as flown by some German Ace in WW1, Lt Josef Carl Jacobs to be exact. I haven't seen one finished in this scheme before, and to tell the truth I was happy to use it as a coat of flat black didn't take much planning. As usual Tamiya flat dried flatter than any other flat paint I have used.

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The kit was built almost OOB except for the two hold downs near the tail that I fashioned out of wire, the wire that comes with Fruilmodel tracks to be exact. There weren't too many issues during the build but I paid the price for not 'Futuring' the model before applying the decals.. They didn't silver, but the decal setting solution discoloured the marvellous Tamiya ultra flat black paint and I had to go back and do some emergency touch ups... Lesson learned! I also chanced using Gunze Flat Clear I had used once before, the chance being that it could end up with the snow like effect after it was applied that I got once before. But this time it worked perfectly and I will be using it on all my models required a flat finish from now on.

Warren Inman

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