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Built Review
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overview
The popularity of the E.V / D.VIII as a model subject can be traced directly to the fact that it has so little rigging. The plastic in the early Eduard kit (#8003) is a little thick and the sockets for the struts must be enlarged. But the photoetched brass and decals are killer! The Flashback kit has the Eduard plastic, but the locations of the cockpit instrumentations (in the resin tub) are laid out in reverse. There are fewer brass items as the resin is meant to combine some of these. The DML / Dragon kit has great plastic and metal parts. Use gel type super glue to give the struts a better airfoil cross-section. Also, the precut flourescent kit decals should only be used in making patterns from better grade aftermarket Lozenge decals. I recommend the Eagle Strike examples. Yet here in 2006, Eduard gives us the newest in their jewel collection. The Fokker E.V kit # 8096 has very few build concerns.
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Page 2. Express masks dealing with the colour profiles are limited to colour demarcations of the striping and wheel covers. Also there are the legend, parts map and colour references. Before beginning, wash your kit plastic in mild dish soap & water, dry completely, then pre-drill and clean up all rigging and strut locator holes. Page 3. Begins with the seat (PP B 7), the harness assembly (PE 6 & 7 x 2) and its support assemblies (PP C 8, 30, 36). Whatever the fuselage covering use the same covering on the bulkhead/screen (PP B 5). Also the seat was known to be covered in the same lozenge fabric and was held in place by attaching it to eyelets in the seat backs outer rim.). Then the flooring (PP B 8) and side tubing (PP C 17 & 22), column support (PP C 18 & 26), compass( PP C 16, 34 & PE 9), ammo box (PP C 1) and rear gun mounts (PP C 9 ). Aileron control horns need to be scratchbuilt - I used two of the plastic control horns (PP C 14 x 2). These are added to the lower leg of the control column (PP C 18), fine fuel adjustment and air mixture control (PE 8 or PP C 25). Also I replaced the kit control yoke (PP C 26) with a Toms Modelworks item for Fokker types, as the kit item looks too much like one for an Albatros fighter for my tastes. Also the fuel tankpressure hand pump needs to be scratchbuilt. This was little more than an air pressure hand Inside detail of texturing the lozenge.
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Here are some kit items. The cowling lower edges have been thinned down a bit a well.
New research into some previously unknown Fokker documents has given us accurate colours for the Streaked camouflage. Here is the uppersurfaces.
New research into some previously unknown Fokker documents has given us accurate colours for the Streaked camouflage. Here is the undersurfaces.
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conclusion
In my opinion, Eduards new Laser Technology Mold is a welcome addition. A vast improvement from their first attempt (slush mold) of this subject in 1992-3. The new generation exploded view instructions are great. The average modeler can pick this kit up and get very decent results. Eduard tries to offer us everything the modeler wants in one box. That is great plastic with four options for colour schemes, optional photoetch and precut decal lozenge and a comprehensive slick paper magazine for instructions. Eduard is making high marks with their orange label kits. I note that I only replaced three kit items with what I consider better detailed or stronger pieces these are the axle, rudder bar and control yoke. Thank you to Eduard for kindly supplying the review sample.
fokkers exodus
The myth that Fokker smuggled train-loads of aircraft out of Germany, has reached epic proportions. While we know that this was true to some extent, we must try to understand what was happening. First, we know that Germany was out of the aircraft purchasing market after November 11, 1918. It is known that of 335 that were ordered, 289 Fokker E.V/D.VIII had been delivered by 8 Oct.1918. Pending contracts could not be paid for, so the post war German government was more than willing to let Fokker leave with his rolling stock of D.VII, D.VIII and C.I types (some of these having been accepted by the German government were among those spirited away). Herr Anthony Fokker was not a war criminal, so why would the allies pursue him? The allied commission was busy destroying aircraft in the field. New aircraft at air parks ready for disbursement went to the allied countries as war reparations (mostly Fokker D.VII and Roland D.VIb types). At least twenty incomplete Fokker D.VIII type airframes were destroyed at the Fokker factory in Schwerin. At the exodus a further twenty ( 29?) complete Fokker E.V/ D.VIII types went to Holland and were sold off by the Fokker company there. Recipients were the Dutch Luchtvaart Afdeling , Polish Air Service and The United States of America (purchased P165 and P169 ?). Fokker E.V / D.VIII, known serial numbers (/18) and the possible (?) works numbers (w/n) allocations: 100/18 - 226/18 w/n 2741 - 2867 227/18 ------------ (w/n 2868 ?) 228/18 - 231/18 w/n 2869 - 2872 232/18 ------------ (w/n 2873 ?) 233/18 - 236/18 w/n 2874 - 2877 237/18 ------------ (w/n 2878 ?) 238/18 - 241/18 w/n 2879 - 2882 242/18 ------------ (w/n 2883 ?) 243/18 ------------ (w/n 2884 ?) 244/18 --------------w/n 2885 245/18 ------------ (w/n 2886 ?) 246/18 --------------w/n 2887 247/18 ------------ (w/n 2888 ?) 248/18 --------------w/n 2889 249/18 - 251/18 --(w/n 2890 - 2892 ?) 252/18 --------------w/n 2893 253/18 - 307/18 --(w/n 2894 - 2948 ?) 308/18 - 309/18 ---w/n 2949 - 2950 500/18 - 564/18 ---w/n 3255 - 3319 670/18 - 729/18 w/n 2672 - 2731 * Total = 335 aircraft ordered * The reason last series of work numbers is out of sequence is that they were originally assigned to the Fokker D.VI contract orders. When the balance of the D.VI types were canceled, the remaining work numbers were transferred to the E.V / D.VIII production series.
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references
Aerodrome Modeller, Vol.3, #3, P.125. Eindeckers of World War I by D. Pardee, Cross & Cockade USA Vol.22, #4, Pp.331-343,1981. Fokker D.VIII by J.M.Bruce, Profile Pub. #67, 1966. Fokker D.VIII by P.M.Grosz, Windsock Datafile #25, Albatros Pub. Ltd. 1991. Fokker D.VIII by P.M.Grosz, World War One Aero #86, September 1980. Fokker E.V./ D.VIII by R. Rimell, Warpaint #5 Scale Models May 1979. Fokker Fighters of WWI by A. Imrie, Osprey, Vintage Warbirds #6, Pp.53-55, 58-59, 1986. Fokkers D.VIII ...Reluctant Razor by P. Grosz, Air Enthusiast 17 Pp.61-73, 1980. Fokker D.VIII Wing and Airfoils by C. Cash et al, World War One Aero #79, May 1980. German Army Air Service in WWI, Osprey, Vintage Warbirds #2,Pp.26-27, 1985. Info from Dan-San Abbott, unpublished. Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service by A. Imrie, Ian Allen Pub. 1971. Report on the Fokker Monoplane Type E.V, Report I.M.1015 Air Ministry June, 1920. Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel Nr.36 by S.T.Lawson, Cross & Cockade Int. Vol.20, #1, Pp. 1989. Scale Model Aircraft in Plastic Card by H.Woodman, Model & Allied Pub., 1975. Serendipity at Aerdrome 92' by P.M.Grosz, World War One Aero, Pp.64-66, 1993. U.S. Air Services Fokker D.VIII Monoplanes by B.Flanagan, Cross & Cockade USA, Vol.16, #1, Pp.83-92, 1975. (Fokker E.V P165 and P169 were tested at McCook Field 1920-22.) World War One in Plastic by Brad Hansen, Great Auk Pub. Pp.25,52 1979 & update 3/79. World War One in the Air by R. Rimell, Osprey Pub. Vintage Warbirds #9, p.35,1988.
SUMMARY
Highs: Excellent plastic sprues with great details. Decals are basic and will apply to most any scheme you use. Lows: The exception being the overly thick internal skeletals framing. The pendantic clinging to the solid olive top wing colour has been proven to be erroneous. Verdict: Basic kit good decals buildability is high and so is the over all fit. I will buy at least three more versions of this kit for future projects. DESIGN & DETAILS: CAMO COLOUR: DECAL CHOICE: 90% 93% 95% Percentage Rating
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1:48 8096 $29.95 Fokker E.V / D.VIII Apr 20, 2006 90.48% 88.17%
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I was building Off topic jet age kits at the age of 7. I remember building my first WWI kit way back in 1964-5 at the age of 8-9. Hundreds of 1/72 scale Revell and Airfix kits later my eyes started to change and I wanted to do more detail. With the advent of DML / Dragon and Eduard I sold off my ...
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JackFlash
Greetings all here is a real bit of fun. Look closely . The "cupping" betw een the ribs and spars in the top surface of the w ing does seem to be apparant. From the photo of the real machine it looks like Eduard got it very close in their most recent issue of this kit. This is a Fokker E.V post w ar in Belgian hands. APR 11, 2007 - 02:27 PM
JackFlash Here is a recent 1/48 build from a good fellow , Daniel Clamot from w here else Belgium. It represents the machine in the above phot image. A Fokker E .V 201/18, flow n by LTT Van Cotthem. Sorry folks he moved the image 2013. APR 11, 2007 - 02:33 PM Repainted Hi Stephen Thats a good one.do you have more pics of the machine? Lars APR 11, 2007 - 03:39 PM JackFlash I have invited Daniel to show up here and give his comments. Know n as "Scimitar " he has several images of this machine.
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APR 12, 2007 - 05:18 PM JackFlash Greetings all just bringing this up for a fellow w ing nut. Also see the kit review here. SEP 08, 2007 - 08:41 AM CaptainA Thanks for bringing this one up again. It is one fantastic kit. I w ould reccomend it for anybody that w ant to get started in early aviation modeling. One of Eduards best. SEP 10, 2007 - 10:12 AM
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