Fokker D.VII BI-BA-BO
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80 3 May 2025, 20:59
Andy BallMe too- I always chuckle at the title…, "polish Fokker"…is that an order to make it look shiny? (Groans…)
2 7 May 2025, 22:27
Łukasz Gliński AuthorWell I have to disappoint you A, neither going to be shiny nor having any poles onboard, not even a tad(of)pole 😋
1 8 May 2025, 09:16
Łukasz Gliński AuthorWelcome mates - the next step are the struts and then probably the painting and lozenge decals
9 May 2025, 20:00
Aaron LilesNice 👌🏼. I have this kit (different boxing). Time to get inspired. Watching.
1 10 May 2025, 07:54
CuajeteThe fiddly details, designed by Czech watchmakers for other watchmakers look great, Łukasz 👍
1 24 May 2025, 17:45
Łukasz Gliński AuthorThat day has come! The top wing is there!
Lesson learned - never attach the wing struts before mounting the top wing onto the fuselage ones.
I had to trim them a bit on the wings :/
1 27 May 2025, 20:11
Łukasz Gliński AuthorAaand I forgot the rib tapes 🙁 That's going to be another challenge now 😄
28 May 2025, 09:31
Łukasz Gliński AuthorWell, not that soon, I almost managed to remove the top wing today while adding another layer of varnish 😄
28 May 2025, 20:10
Łukasz Gliński AuthorJust in case you wondered what happened to the little spotty Fokker - I spent last 3 weeks on decalling these blue stripes and it's not all of it yet
1 22 June 2025, 17:32
Łukasz Gliński AuthorI think I finally decalled all the frigging ribtapes. To celebrate that, I added wheels and their rigging today! 🙂
2 3 August 2025, 17:50
Łukasz Gliński AuthorThat's all folks, the last stretch was the prop struggle.
But hereby I announce it finished, thx for watching! 👍
2 7 August 2025, 19:06
Andy BallŁ...you knocked it out the park, such a great build...you're braver than me on struts and rigging!
1 8 August 2025, 11:25
Djordje NikolicLove the lozenge! About 10 years ago I visited a museum in middle of nowhere Colorado that had the largest piece of original lozenge in existence. About 2m^2, it was really impressive to see it in person.
1 10 August 2025, 04:03
Ben MI'm in Colorado and would love to see that - any recollection of where it was?
10 August 2025, 11:57
Djordje NikolicBen M I believe it was this one. It was a in a middle of nowhere, took us an hour and half drive from Nationals venue thru some farming fields. Really cool museum, they hade the Fokker DVII in front that we could climb around, flying of course. vafm.org/planes-projects
1 11 August 2025, 01:05
Łukasz Gliński AuthorThanks everyone, glad to see you like the outcome of this project.
The struts were a challenge indeed, broke the external ones couple of times during decalling - lesson learned to leave them alone as long as possible.
The lozenge is great looking addition indeed and I might return to it in the future.
But for now I'm so tired of these damn rib decals that I need a break 😄
12 August 2025, 14:41
Ben MDjordje - thank you, amazingly that is not far from where I live. I will have to check it out. Thank you!
1 12 August 2025, 14:45
