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Meng 1/32 Fokker DR1

February 4, 2024 · in Aviation · · 12 · 231

I was given this kit for my birthday and was advised to do it in the red livery of Manfred Von Richthofen, so here it is. The kit was a pleasure to build and I included Quinta Studio interior 3D decals as well as Gaspatch machine guns and turnbuckles. As the story of the "Red Baron" is well known I shall not repeat it here, except to say that I shall have to build Arthur Brown's Sopwith Camel to complete the legend. Included in the kit was a bust of Von Richthofen, as I have never done figures I wondered what to do with it, found some imitation gold leaf so I guilded it. The small figure was added as an afterthought.

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  1. G’day Ian (@firelockg),
    Nicely done and a great idea with the gold leaf.
    I built his younger brothers aircraft here.
    Liked!

    • G'day Michael,
      I like you DR1 , have done 2 1/72 DR1's , one all black of P.Jacobs Justa7 and one green one of E. Udet Justa4. I was going to do the Meng kit in Udets colours but was out voted by my family and so the red machine.

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  2. Great job, Ian! Love what you did with the bust!

  3. Excellent result, Ian @firelockg
    The Dr.I looks amazing in Richthofen's red scheme.

  4. Beautiful work Ian. Great war planes definitely suit you. I also have this Fokker from Meng and I immediately have a lot of inspiration to build it.

  5. Thanks Milan, love the old war birds, its a very good kit, fits well and leaves plenty of room for fine detailing if you want.

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