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1/24 Fokker F.I/DR.I (Meng Kit)

The 1/24 Meng/Wingnut Wings Fokker Dr.I is here - and it's superb..

except it's decal sheet and instructions...

Placement guide designed and illustrated by Juanita Franzi and myself, included with each set.

A few additional placement possibilities - spotted after the instruction leaflet went to print!..

3d printed control columns for the Meng kit!

CAD designed by Gerry Mos (with whom I have collaborated before) I couldn't resist adding these little beauties to the Aviattic catalogue!

Gerry works in close co-operation with Achim Engels, the German "all things Fokker" expert and replica aircraft builder and has kindly up-scaled the original 1/32 range to 1/24 scale and given me exclusive rights to them.

Due to the "unusual" conditions of the Meng triplane releases they were not of the final quality we would have expected, had they been released by Wingnut Wings and many of the parts in the kits hint at what may have been in store..

The kit-supplied control columns do not reflect the differing styles of the series through "F.I" through "Late" designs.

Serial number groupings are our only real clue as to what may be deemed "Early", "Mid" and "late" but MvR's iconic 425/17 certainly had a field-modified stick which is represented in this exquisite range.

FOUR-SHEET DECAL SETS OFFERING DIFFERENT FINISHES AND STREAKING EFFECTS!..

Dave Hooper used set ATT24013 along with black and yellow "painted linen" sheets for the Jasta 19 striped tail.
At this large scale they create a sublime finish...
Pilot's "zig-zag" marking created using standard white printed decal stock.

Each decal set contains four sheets.

For 425/17 MvR builds use the right hand version of the compass face from the decal sheet.

Complete the individual building of fuselage, axle wing, tailplane and wings (do not attach struts), then decal each white gloss primed sub-assembly BEFORE final construction of all the elements.

Read the instructions (please!) and seal decals thoroughly with two coats of varnish before applying markings decals or masks.

Interior set (also available separateIy) includes :
Selection of exquisite instrument faces and throttle quadrant label
Hessian effect seatbelts (to be applied over white-painted foil straps)
Plywood effect floor and fuselage panels
Unbleached linen effect seat covering, fuselage sides and panel
Swirled aluminium effect ammunition canister

Meng 1.24 Fokker DR.I - built by Dave Hooper with Aviattic streaking decals and home-made stencils for markings.

Fokker F.I conversion set for Voss' 103/17

Resin and 3d printed parts included in sets ATT24012 and ATT24020

The Rittmeister's final charger..

Bernd Willmer ('Modelmoth' on Instagram) added some very convincing weathering too his build of MvR's 152/17!

1/24 Meng Fokker DR.I with Aviattic Jacobs decal set. Model by Andy Hardwick.

Lothar von Richthofen's Fokker DR.I

Lothar's crash in this aircraft is unusually well documented with photographs but, irritatingly, most are slightly out of focus, crucial details hidden and the grey-scale interpretation of colour cannot be judged simply as many still think.
I have assumed that this aircraft is indeed 454/17 but, like his brother, Lothar could well have had more than one aircraft at his disposal at this time.
The over-painting of the top wing surface in yellow paint, though an attractive option, is just not confirmed by the photos which clearly show the green over-paint on insignia fields but the exposed aileron is still in it's standard, streaked finish.
I would be nice to imagine that Jasta 11 had all it's aircraft decorated in true, cohesive "circus" style with the top wings of the triplanes of Weiss, Karjus, et al all gaily painted in recognition colours but this didn't happen.
Add to this the conflicting information the photographs give us of the rest of the airframe that can be caused by light refraction and surface finish, differing effects across the surfaces of both fabric and enamel-painted areas and you have a real head-scratcher!
After much consideration I am offering three possible (admittedly in my order of preference) options - each of which has it's merits - none of which can be judged as "wrong"...though, no doubt, someone will!