Thread: Fokker D.VII-2
View Single Post
 
Old 04-11-2010, 05:32 PM
DrLaser's Avatar
DrLaser DrLaser is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 283
Total Downloaded: 19.83 MB
Very nice re-color and build - the FG/John Dell D7 is one of their top quality designs, and I've build one or two myself. I appreciate a small scale (1/72 is it) as I usually build to 1/72 scale.

The D7 had no rigging for the wings (and the outer struts are there only because the pilots insisted - Fokker's original plane had none!). There are wires on the top empanage between the vertical and horizontal stabs (mirroring the lower bracing strut) and crossed wires bracing the landing gear - like most WW1 planes. That's it!. Of course there is the control wires for the elevator, rudder, and aileron - but they are easier to do if you build them in first (as are all rigging wires).
__________________
John
peace thru light
Reply With Quote