Legless Fokker
I obtained this Fokker Dr1 from a mate of mine when he was tidying up his collection - it started life as a Nexus WoW all red MvR but something was amiss as you will see.
I decided long ago I wanted to do a repaint to represent Werner Voss' Fokker F.1 103 and this was the only donor I had available so I ploughed on with it.
First I removed the wing tip skids from the lower wings then rounded out the tail a bit...elevators & rudder...
Then I painted the whole thing sky blue bar the tail which was painted white
After that had dried thoroughly I dry brushed the upper sides & fuselage with Humbrol 86 olive green and used the same paint on the cowling.
Once dried I painted the face on the cowling - very fiddly but I hope I caught the essence
and finally I added the decals (Dom's decals), a Peter Pig pilot then sealed & varnished the whole lot.
Of course the more astute of you will have spotted that Werner has sadly lost his undercart, and the reason behind this threads name, which is something I hope to remedy in the not too distant with an addition from a donor Shapeways model, however, should any of you chaps happen to have a spare set of the Dr.1 legs kicking around I would happily take them off your hands and restore them to their proper place.
Other than what's lacking I was quite happy with the model and how it's turned out, the blue really shows through and though I thought to try another technique decided to quit while I was ahead !
Hope you like it.
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Originally Posted by Flying Helmut
I'm obliged 
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