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Milan Tesař
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Fokker E.V, 1:32, Mikromir, Lt. Theodor Theo Osterkamp, ​​Marine Feld Jasta 6, 32 Victories.

November 13, 2024 · in Aviation · · 20 · 198

This kit was one of the worst I have ever built. Very bad pressings with thick burrs, so that sometimes it was not possible to tell where the burr ends and where the part begins. I had to confront the large parts with the drawing to get them in the right shape. So lots of caulking and sanding. Complete cockpit, struts and small details. I had to make a new one. I used the building instructions from Eduard. With a little patience it can be built, but with gritted teeth. I hope that I managed to get at least a somewhat watchable model from this kit.

I already wrote about the history and development of the aircraft in one of my previous articles.

This machine was flown by Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp (15 April 1892 – 2 January 1975), a German fighter pilot during World War I and World War II. As an air ace, he achieved 32 victories in World War I. In World War II, he led Jagdgeschwader 51 until the Battle of Britain and claimed six more victories during World War II, becoming one of only a handful of men to achieve victory and become an ace in both world wars.

When the First World War began, he was studying forestry, but decided to enlist in the German army. He was rejected for service because of his "tiny build" and he instead enlisted in the Marinefliegerkorps in August 1914. He then flew with the 2. Marine-Fliegerabteilung in Flanders. In 1915–1916 he served as an aerial observer and became the first German pilot to fly a land plane to England on a reconnaissance mission. Osterkamp claimed his first (but unconfirmed) kill on 6 September 1916 as an observer for Leutnant zur See pilot Wilhelm Mattheus in a two-seater LVG C.II. In March 1917 he entered the Kampffliegerschule (Fighter Pilot School) in Putzig and then joined Marine Feld Jagdstaffel 1 on 14 April 1917. On 21 March 1917 Leutnant Osterkamp took command of Marine Feld 6 Jagd. He scored a total of 32 victories during the war and was awarded the Prussian Military Order Pour le Mérite on 2 September 1918, being one of the last individuals to receive it.

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20 responses

  1. Fantastic job on this very challenging kit, Milan!
    The final result is stunning!

  2. Great job, Milan! I love that scheme.

  3. Excellent E.V! A pity the kit is so poor.

  4. An excellent result of a troublesome kit Milan, that shows the skill of a master modeller.

  5. That looks great! Thanks for sharing.

    Rod

  6. The Bumble Bee looks great

  7. Despite the bad quality of the kit you created a wonderful Bee out of it, Milan @milantesar
    Well done.

  8. A massive victory of skill, talent and stubbornness over plastic. Looks great, @milantesar.

  9. Really nice job Milan. I really love all the German paint sceams during WW1. You rendered this one perfectly.

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