Revell 1/72 Fokker Eindecker EIII

[nikimcbee]

! was in the hobby shop the other day to get a bottle of paint, when I found this:
http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/w1...kerpreview.htm

I bought it immedetely! A nice little kit. I have a nice collection of WWI planes, and the eindecker is one of my favorite.

The kit cost was under $7, so it's a great deal.

[Bort]

Looks pretty cool! I usually go 1/72nd scale for planes, and I was looking into a WWI plane in that scale but I thought they were a bit teeny. Its amazing how much bigger an F-14 is than a Sopwith Camel!

[Sailor Steve]

Because of my friend's 3D airwar game played with models, we all have fairly impressive collections of kits, including several of those old Revells. Vac-U-Form kits give a much greater variety of planes to work with, and I have been known to put out the occassional scratchbuild. Companies like Toko and Meikraft have been making superior kits for several years, but they are more delicate and require more work.

The Revell Eindekker has been the basis for several of my conversions, including the twin-row rotary E-IV and several different Pfalz variants. It's a fairly basic kit, but a classic.

Oop, found it. Fully rigged.

[nikimcbee]

The only other Eindecker kit I've seen is by Eduard, and it's a spendy one >$30 and it's a 1/48 scale with photo etched parts.

[Sailor Steve]

What I enjoy is building even earlier planes, like the Caudron G.IV.

[nikimcbee]

Are those kits or from scratch?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Are those kits or from scratch?

The Eindekker is the Revell kit. The Caudron is from scratch, of course with salvaged parts like engines, pilots, wheels and guns. All are rigged with .006 nylon fishing line. There are vac kits available, but since they only have limited production runs they are hard to come by unless you sit on top of the industry's comings and goings. They are a little harder to build, but well worth the effort.

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Can you post your whole collection ?

Unfortunately no, mainly because I don't have a decent camera. These shots were all taken by someone else at our gaming sessions.

First is a Rumpler C-4 being attacked by a Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter which is in turn being followed by a Rumpler C-1. The Strutter and C-1 are mine.



Second is the Caudron again, being escorted by a Neiuport N.10 and a Morane 'L' Parasol, both two-seat fighters, and both vacuform kits.



And the above shot after a little Photoshop editing.



I have about 30 planes in my WWI wargaming collection, and another 30 or so kits waiting to be built, plus around 100 planes for WWII and Korea, with an equal number unbuilt. About 12 years ago I lost over 500 kits, a lot of them quite rare, when the garage they were in burned down.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

What I enjoy is building even earlier planes, like the Caudron G.IV.

Nice work SS. I like that scale with all it's detail.

Unfortunately I don't have the eyesight, hands or skill for that kinda work.

Can you post your whole collection ?

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

The only other Eindecker kit I've seen is by Eduard, and it's a spendy one >$30 and it's a 1/48 scale with photo etched parts.

Well, if you want something just a tad larger, you can go with this kit:



http://www.airdromeairplanes.com/Fok...4scale%7D.html

[Hitman]

QUICK BUILD, ( 400 HOURS)

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Yeah, it takes 400 hours to build one, but at the end you have a plane you can sit in and fly, and it is so uber-cool that the aviation groupie chicks will be falling all over themselves for the opportunity to chock your wheels.