Meng 1/24 Fokker Dr.1 kit review
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2023
- A full in box review of this gorgeous kit from Meng, but originally destined to be WNW!! If you would like to contribute to the channel.. please look here.. / nigelsmodellingbench
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What a fabulous kit/book combo, together very reasonably priced as they are the equivalent of a super WNW kit in 1/24 😊
That looks very nice.
Years ago Roden did their initial 1/48 Sopwith Strutter kits with clear cast wings (happily have to specify 1/48 scale since their recent enlargement to 1/32 scale!) which many complained about them being heavy, brittle, and any warp as rather permanent. Luckily mine appear fine and hope to get the look done right.
Speaking of scale change, sure wish a few other WNW kits were tooled into 1/24 as well!
I have the Love kit SE-5a to go with this kit, certainly no comparison with detail but glad I hadn't bought their Triplane instead!
Hi Nigel, Wow, that's quite a kit. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff
You should get one Jeff?
@@NigelsModellingBench I've already added it to my wish list. I'll just have to see when the budget will allow for it. Have a great day Nigel, Jordan says to tell Jess woof. Jeff
You're a bad man, Nigel! I've ordered the special edition one from Hannants, and if you select to collect from Telford, you get an extra 10% off. 👍
Sorry!
That is a very detailed model. Thank you for the review
Great review Nigel I have this kit with the limited edition blue max
wow looks great, so many kits so little time!
I know!!
Great review! I think the Fokker Dr 1 is a cool plane. Looks like a great kit to build. Thanks for the review Nigel.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks' for this one, looks great. While WW1 planes were small, imagine what the wingspan would be if you took the Dr1's wings and put them end on end, and it has the axle wing.
True...
What a lovely little kit, beginning to come round to Great War subjects, did some of the old Airfix kits back in the day but nothing recent. may just give some of the modern kits a go.
Yes Phillip, this is a beauty!!
Very nice kit😎😎
“Why not transparent or translucent plastic for WWI wings and tailplanes,” now that’s a very good question Nige. Can Meng or some other kit maker give the answer please? 🤔 I see they have beefed up the wings with internal bracing to prevent the warping that some of their 1/32 kits suffered. 👍🏻
French model company Brifaut (1964) and Renwal in the US (1966) produced plastic WW1 model kits that had internal ribs that needed to be covered in paper that had to be doped tight. A fellow member of a vintage group build built two of Renwal’s kits recently and the result was awesome!
@@soppdrake I would love to have a look at those models. 😍 Thank you for sharing that.
I managed to find this kit in my neck of the woods recently and I’m really pleased with that.
My only concern with clear wings is that (hopefully) you would have beautiful renderings of wing rib tops and bottoms but invisible ribs in between. Just a thought.
Good point! Mmmmm there must be a way?? I know.. a plastic frame structure with a clear skin top and bottom, paint it linen colour and hey presto...
I’m guessing spandau ballet lol 😅
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Nice review Nigel what size rigging would you use on this thank you Peter.
Good question.. WNW always recommend .15mm for 1/32 so I guess, .2mm for this?
@@NigelsModellingBench thank you nigel
Are you thinking of Spandau Ballet?
Yep.
@@NigelsModellingBenchTenuous link to your vid: Rudolf Hess, who ended up in Spandau on a life sentence flew a Fokker D.VII at the very end of WWI.