Hobbycraft Fokker Dr.1 in 1/32 review, o.k. or unbuildable?

oyoy1 · 13 September 2009, 06:12 PM

Boy the wings are terrible as is the interior. Has anyone out there build this kit and made the corrections needed to fix it? Should I bother with this kit or pitch it in the junk pile? Thanks

Doug Baumann · 13 September 2009, 08:14 PM

you spent GOOD MONEY on this kit

don't just throw it away try to use it if you can!! make a DVIII out of it or some thing,, here is your chance to do some thing with some thing your not worryed about

and i have no idea about the kit i never seen it

.. Doug

mike in calif · 13 September 2009, 08:55 PM

Isn't that the old Revell 1/28th kit?

Baron Von Quinnthar · 13 September 2009, 09:33 PM

Hi,

I just posted some pics i did of a Hobbycraft Dr.1 on the box it has werner Voss's plane flying at you. I liked the kit as it gave you the option to turn it into a Dr.1 or an F.1, it came with the two different tails and also the exrta ailerons plus a second prop. It's a fairly simple kit it didn't have any photo etched peices, is this the same kit. I've posted some pics this was the first build i had done for 15 years.

Hans · 14 September 2009, 12:56 AM

Save the engine and the decals for any conversion work and put the rest into liquid glue to make filler. That's the best you can do with this kit.

H

bristol scout · 14 September 2009, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike in calif

Isn't that the old Revell 1/28th kit?

No Mike----it is'nt a 'panto' down---it's just a very, very poor effort. With an awful lot of work it could be made to look nice-----in the same way the old Aurora 48th. ones can---but it needs loads of TLC--I've got one waiting for just that.........

Dave.

Hans · 14 September 2009, 02:07 AM

Once upon a time Hobbycraft had their own 1/28 scale version which indeed was a direct copy of the Revell's version - sans asymetric ailerons but with all other problems of the Revell Dr.I.

Here you can take a look on a built 1/32 version:
SlotForum -> trackside secenery - Fokker Dr 1 in 1/32

Making it as a toy, the best idea for this kit. Beside the ugly rib representation it's the far too flat fuselage (or too low turtle deck) which completely spoils this model.

H