FGMM FOKKER DR-l

**Bill Poe** · #1 03-08-2010, 09:26 PM

I going with the Red l and maybe with one other to be determined. The response to this contest is great. Bill

**Paperwarrior** · #2 03-09-2010, 05:44 AM

Looking forward to this one.

**Sammuel** · #3 03-09-2010, 10:53 AM

I also will be going with the Fokker DR-I. I will be doing it in the large scale and also in BW (wife is to busy to print it up for me with work on her high end color printer).
I will try to scratch some upgrades to it.

I was going to do the Bristol Boxkite, but the rigging was a bit out of my skill level to do it justice. I will put that in the stash for another time.

Sam

**Bill Poe** · #4 03-11-2010, 01:06 PM

Here are my early efforts on a couple of Dr 1s'. I am doing a little scratch building on the radial engines and a basic cockpit. I am adding a thin wooden strip inside the upper and lower wings . sanded to a very thin edge. This will cut down on wing warpage and add strength. The scale is roughly 1/30. Wingspan is 71/2 inches. Wow I am so impressed by the talent all of you folks are showing on these threads.....

**ct ertz** · #5 03-11-2010, 02:11 PM

Your engine looks great! What did you use?
CT

**Bill Poe** · #6 03-11-2010, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ct ertz

Your engine looks great! What did you use?
CT

For the crankcase shape, I used modeling clay. just cut out a little round piece and glue the center of the printed engine to it. For the cylinders . I used a wooden skewer stick, wrapped with a narrow piece of newspaper to make it slightly larger on one end then wrapped it in thread. each cylinder is 1/4 inches long. Glued 9 of them to the clay piece. I used a Sharpie cap to cut out the engine center. Not very hi tech....Bill

**Sammuel** · #7 03-11-2010, 11:51 PM

This is an outstanding build. Keep it going, I'm learning alot from this build.

Sam

**dfarrell** · #8 03-12-2010, 01:30 AM

I have built a few Dr.I's from the F.G. collection. I found that the wing struts come out a bit short. It doesn't show up much on the smaller scales, but it really comes out when you scale it up. Just a heads up!

**Mauri** · #9 03-13-2010, 02:12 PM

Looks like somebody is having bif fun here :D
Great work... keep on rocking!

Best regards,
- Mauri -

**Mauri** · #10 03-13-2010, 02:13 PM

Looks like somebody is having big fun here... keep on rocking! :D

Best regards,
- Mauri -