This is my recently completed 1/48 DML Fokker E.V.  I started this kit about a year ago, but put it down many times due to my inexperience working with photoetch and full wraparound decals.  I added quite a bit of scratchbuilt and heavily modified kit parts to this one, a first for me.  The rear cockpit bulkhead was "stitched" to the frame, a new interior frame and seat support was built with brass wire, rudder controls were added, control surfaces were cut free and dropped, M/G barrels replaced with brass tubing, the engine received plug wires, the axles were cut off and new ones made from brass wire to get that splayed-out look, and the prop was hand carved from laminated wood.  I am especially proud of that prop as I was trying to paint the laminated look onto the kit part, with unsatisfactory results.  I ended up getting sheets of 1/32" basswood and mohogany, laminating them together, then carving it into shape.  The prop hub was constructed of brass discs with grandt line nut/bolts.  The lozenge decals look great to me, but were not easy to apply.  They had a tendency to rip and tear quite easily.  Unfortunately, these are OOP and I only had enough to do one aircraft so I was not allowed very many foul-ups!  In the end, they worked and I am happy with the look of them.  They were graciously given to me by a friend (Thanks Mike!).  The markings are generic, as I wanted to model a factory fresh aircraft without any personal markings.  Thanks for looking!

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Overall, I really enjoyed this build despite some of the challenges it presented.  Next up, the new Eduard Fokker Dr.I!

Frank

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