1/72 Revell Fokker DVII  

by Massimo Moruzzi

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I had this little old kit in my stash, and was wondering how to obtain an acceptable result with a bit of reworking and scratch building.

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I started with the cockpit, that is devoid of any detail. The side walls were thinned, and all the details added were built from scratch.

After completing the cockpit, I had the unsafe idea to expose the engine. The only problem was that no engine was included in the kit; then, a brand new engine was fashioned from plastic card, copper sheet, brass wire and sprue (later I discovered that Roden kits of the DVII come with detailed engine...).

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Other enhancements include thinned trailing edges, scratch built guns and rear gear. Model was painted with Lifecolor acrilics through a Badger 200 and weathered with pastels. The propeller was first painted light brown and then completed with wood grain using a dark brown pencil. Decals were from the box, and depict a plane flown by Hermann Goering.

Hope you enjoy it!

Massimo

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Photos and text © by Massimo Moruzzi