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Model Forum / General / Models / November 2007Fokker DR1 questions
I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. Got a couple of questions. I have a French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit buildup and a real DR1 in a museum. Did they really use shoulder harnesses in WW1? I thought those came in the twenties and thirties. Were they added to the museum plane later, or were they original equipment. The green over green brushed finish- was this some sort of camoulflage, or just a protective finish. Why is it applied in a diagonal pattern on the wing- camoulflage, or just brushing with a covering bias? > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. Got a couple of questions. I have a > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > equipment. > Well, in this case, I can get you some pretty good evidence that they were on the original aircraft during the war, via Rosebud's WW I aviation photo collection: http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/w/images/FokkerDR1_115A.jpg That's Heinrich Gontermann's crashed DR1 showing the shoulder harness. Rosebud's is a great source for reference photos of WWI aircraft for modelers: http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive1.htm Pat > > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. Got a couple of questions. I have a > > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Pat Wow, that second web site is really a dandy. >> Well, in this case, I can get you some pretty good evidence that they >> were on the original aircraft during the war, via Rosebud's WW I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Check out the postcards section for fun stuff: http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/images7/Flirtations2.jpg http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/a/images/death_raid.jpg And here's what happens when a aeroplane falls out of the sky onto a horse and car: http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/images9/Plane.Horse.Car.Crash.jpg Pat Interesting,since I always heard no DR1s survive. On Nov 13, 9:20 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota <stauf...@usfamily.net> wrote: > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. Got a couple of questions. I have a > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > diagonal pattern on the wing- camoulflage, or just brushing with a > covering bias? > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. Got a couple of questions. I have a > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > diagonal pattern on the wing- camoulflage, or just brushing with a > covering bias? IIRC, the top of the fuselage should also show diagonal brush strokes. I don't know the reason why but camouflage might be a good answer since all horizontal surfaces seem to be brushed the same. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. �Got a couple of questions. I have a > > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Several books on the DR.1 outline the painting procedure at the factory. It was painted overall light blue. Then some poor schlub had to pick up a wide brush, dip it in green paint, and apply brushstrokes in a vertical pattern on vertical surfaces and diagonal on horizontal surfaces. Depending on how often he reloaded his brush, you could get an almost solid green fading to almost blue creating a somewhat "barber pole" effect. hth The Keeper > > > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. �Got a couple of questions. I have a > > > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > hth > The Keeper Hey, it kept him away from the Front. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > > > > I am building the Roden 1:32 DR1. �Got a couple of questions. I have a > > > > French mag, Replic, that shows shoulder harnesses in both the kit [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > - Show quoted text - LOL! Can't go wrong there! Of course at the front another schlub with a brush painted some more markings on it obscuring the fine camouflage. Cheers, The Keeper |
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