Fokker D.VII in July release

Sreiko · 10 June 2008, 07:03 AM

Hi all,

Eduard will release in July Goring Fokker D.VII. Is this the all white plane? Did any of you plan to make this kit?

Cheers

trackpad · 10 June 2008, 07:31 AM

Hello, Sreiko,

Yes, I think that it is the all-white D.VII. Serial: Fok. D.VII F 5125/18.

I probably won't build it, as I have two D.VII's in my "to do" list right now. Then again, I can resist everything...except temptation!

Sreiko · 10 June 2008, 07:37 AM

All right- I have place my requirement for this kit and hope I will get it. There will be interesting to convert details arround the cockpit.

Cheers

Richard A. · 10 June 2008, 09:01 AM

Yep, you bet I'll be buying it. But, I'll most certainly build it as something else - Dutch, or Polish, perhaps.

TeamStewart · 10 June 2008, 09:30 AM

Its slated to be a "Weekend Edition", so it won't take long to build, or paint.

If anyone needs details of the cockpit conversions, I started a thread on it a few weeks ago, and got some great photos and comments posted in return.

This one.

Sreiko · 10 June 2008, 09:47 AM

Yes good one topic with good photos of the subject. So how is your build? I think about idea to few of us start build of the same kit and same markings and all of this put in the same topic. With exchange of ideas and so on...

Cheers

P.S. did any build Bristol Fighter with crocodile markings or I am alone?

StephenLawson · 10 June 2008, 01:51 PM

I have never built any of Goering's aircraft. And I never will.

Sreiko · 10 June 2008, 02:57 PM

And reason is... ?

MerlinV · 10 June 2008, 03:34 PM

Quote:

And reason is... ?

Probably that Goering was the man he was...
let's face it, would we remember him at all if he had not been such a big figure in WWII?

Cheers,

Hugh

TeamStewart · 10 June 2008, 03:49 PM

Thats a fair point.

Also on 22 "credited" victories were:

Hans Klein, (Served in Luftwaffe in WWII)

Hans Martin Pippart,

Werner Preuss,

Karl Schlegel

What do we know about them?

Do we have any opinions of them?

Eduard's "reasoning" for these particular kit is that its a weekend kit, and painting the kit all white is easier and quicker than dealing with lozenge decals and rib tapes.

I got the impression that they couldn't find one without lozenge or a complicated colour scheme. Maybe we should help in a search for alternatives.

From the artwork shown at the beginning of the year, they re just boxing a D.VII. The profile doesn't seem to show the cutaway around the cockpit.