PM 1/72 Fokker D.XXI

Started by Spiros Pendedekas · 56 · 1 year ago · 1/72, D.XXI, Fokker, PM, Royal Dutch Air Force
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Hi Everyone!

    Last summer my good friend John vd Biggelaar @johnb with his family visited me and my family in Greece. So, what could have been more natural than visiting him and his family in The Netherlands this summer? And so it happened! And we had a wonderful, unforgettable time! A present was waiting for me, the PM 1/72 Fokker D.XXI, which I decided to build not long after our arrival home. So, here it goes!

    Here is a quick look at this kit's contents...

    Of course I will build it in dutch markings.

    Thanks again my good friend John for your wonderful present!

    More to come!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Cockpit offers only a seat, sonI decided to beef it up a bit by adding a simplified instrument panel, a deck aft of the pilot's head and some stretched sprue to represent the visible framing cockpit structure...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Elevators separated...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    And progress so far...

    Thanks for stopping by!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    The pleasure to have you visiting us and handing over this present was all ours, Spiros @fiveten
    Indeed an unforgettable day.
    Never heard about this brand but I thought a Fokker D.XXI would be nice Dutch souvenir
    A pity the kit is a bit spartanic but you are clearly living it up with some great scratch building.
    Seperating the elevators will also add a lot, clearly a promising start.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    First filler application...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    The engine received from stretched sprue the inter-bracing struts seen at the real thing...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    The prominent exhaust was not supplied, so it was fabricated from a piece of sprue, heated and accordingly bent. Its end will be hollowed at end stages...

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Loads of improvements!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @airbum!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Those enhancements are really nice, Spiros @fiveten
    I'm surprised the exhaust was not within the kit, it is something not to be missed on this aircraft.
    Yours is perfectly shaped.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

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    Bob Torres said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Nice start Spiros, the Fokker D.XXI is a great looking plane. This PM kit looks very similar to the Frog kit, they both need work added to the same areas. Looking forward to your finished build.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @v1pro!