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Red Baron in N Scale
Dear all:
Very long time ago, maybe 35 years ago or so, I discovered in a tianguis (and open itinerant farmers market of Mexico) some tiny models made of a polymer. They look like the toys contained in cereals with five models: Pup, D.H.5, S.E.5, Albatross D.II and Fokker D VIII. I believe they were originally from an Australian company R&L, but I could not find any of them in the internet. We will need the expert eye of a veteran modeler. That was the basis for a collection of 38 mixed media models. I used whatever was available card, balsa, that polymer, or wire and the collection was undisturbed for about 30 years. Recently, I showed it to my sister and immediately asked for the Red Baron plane, and I have a Red Albatross. She was very disappointed with me for not having the one with three wings! So I decided to reinitiate my collection in close to N Scale. There are plenty of Fokker Dr.I in Red, including Bruno's which I don't have. But which one is the right one? It was time to call Chicharrero. Thank you for guiding me selecting the one that look the closest. As previously said, one of the beauties of paper modelling is that scale is not an issue. It is what it needs to be, in this case very close to 1/165 to match the other models in the collection. So here is my interpretation using FG's triplane. In addition, you will notice the original D.VIII and its iterations using its fuselage, tail, landing gear and propeller with the D.VI and black Dr.I. The E.III and D.VII are entirely from scratch with the exception of the wheels and propellers from that polymer. Thank you again Chicharrero ps: This is my first official WW I paper model of the collection. Let's see if I can focus on expanding it. A lot of WW I planes are boxy, ideal for paper modeling. Last edited by wireandpaper; 10-25-2020 at 01:59 AM. |
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If any one knows about the origin of the Fokker D.VIII please let me know.
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You're welcome Pablo.
The pleasure is mine in gathering information to help a colleague. |
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Very nice collection !
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Very impressive for a scale smaller than 1/144!
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Ray Respect the Paper, RESPECT IT! GET OFF MY LAWN! |
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Very well done in such a tiny scale!!! Now Allied planes must follow. Keep surprising us
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Well Pablo, all your answers are here:
1972 Fighter Planes of WW1 issued with Kelloggs Coco Krispies 1972 Fighter Planes of WW1 Puffa Puffa Rice issued by Kelloggs Browse the whole website, but starting with just the Coco Pops page you'll find many of these promotional mini-kits! I bought the SE5 and Albatross at a model show in Manchester. Sometime in the 1990s when ACADEMY was starting out they did white plastic reissues of selected kits from various promotions like: 1968 Floating Model Ships issued with Kelloggs Coco Pops 1969 Space Age Models issued with Kelloggs Sugar Smacks 1972 Historic Cars issued with Kelloggs Sugar Smacks http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Var...del_ships.html CocaCola Philippines ran a bottlecap promotion with these in the 1970s which I all lost http://cerealoffers.com/Cereal_Partn..._clippers.html Hope this was a nice trip down memory lane for some of us! |
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Impressive miniature builds, indeed, very impressive. Congratulations, look forward to seeing more (if possible).
Derek |
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The advantage of building at that very small scale is that when you're moving, you can take away your whole collection along with you.
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Outstanding work in micro-scale.
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Regards, Don I don't always build models, but when I do... I prefer paper. Keep your scissors sharp, my friends. |
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