Forum member Bill Holovich has created what so far seems to be an awesome model of the German Fokker D VII WW1 fighter plane. The kit is available on this site as a free download. The machine guns appear that they may be a bit fiddly and there are no instructions on how to assemble them so if my attempt to do so fails I'll just order SPANDAU 08-15 guns from
GasPatch Models
For the padding around the cockpit (I can't think of the proper word) the piece was glued to 2 other pieces of cardstock then cut out. Brown cheap craft paint was used to eliminate any white areas after the piece was cut out. I plan on cutting out the wheels for the kit and gluing them to 1/32 balsa sheet. I'll pick up a cheap drafting compass so that I can draw perfect circles in the balsa. The parts which needed reinforcing were done using cardboard from a cereal box. Pieces were glued together using Elmer's Glue All and glue stick.
I just got back from the WW1 Jamboree in Rhinebeck, NY and had an awesome time. I am a new RC pilot and AMA member and someone suggested that a D7 would be an easy plane to build and fly so suddenly I am nerding out on D7 planes.
Thanks to Bill for sharing his genius and creativity.