The Smythemeister's 1/48 Dr.I

[The Smythe Meister]

A'noon Guys,
Well,as my Albatross is entering the closing stages I seem to have, temporarily, been bitten by the "WW1 Bug" :flushed:
With that in mind, I've decided to have a crack at this.....

After watching a video on YouTube yesterday,(it was called,"Adam Savage plays Laser Tag with Peter Jackson's WW1 Planes",in which they rigged up a Dr.I and a RE8 with electronic "guns" and hit sensors),an excellent little Vid, I totally recommend it, I've decided to forgo the Red Barron scheme and do the one shown.

Quite good detail.....

.... and you get some etch seat belts.
So, not many bits, should be a fairly quick build
Anyone who would like to follow along will be very welcome :thumb2:,
Cheers for now......

[Andy T]

I'm in :nerd:

[yak face]

Excellent , looking forward to this one andy

[Tim Marlow]

Love this. Got to love a tripehound…..

[The Smythe Meister]

I'm in :nerd:

Good to see you Andy :thumb2:

Excellent , looking forward to this one andy

Welcome aboard Tony:hugging-face:

Love this. Got to love a tripehound…..

Nice to have you along Tim:smiling4:

Thanks for all of your interest Guys,nice to have some company for this one.:thumb2:
Can't believe it's been 10 days since I cracked open the box! Starting the new job has, admittedly,zapped my bench time, however I have achieved some progress.......

[The Smythe Meister]

...... Cont'd.....
So then, progress....

Page 1 there, simple stuff with the addition of having to punch some 2mm plasticard discs......


Spare disc to the side there,ickle decals on,and some seatbelts,this all installed as per the instructions,and then onto sheet 2 ....

A bit of careful test fitting to ensure a good fit of the 2 halves and....


.... voilà.... a very nice fit indeed.Compared with the Albatross I've just done,this one is most enjoyable so far,and well fitting :thumb2:..... it's also remarkably small,to my mind anyway!
That's it up to now, hopefully some more progress before the weekend.... maybe!!
Cheers for now.....

[yak face]

Cockpit looks excellent andy , the super fabric belts look great , cheers tony

[Dave Ward]

I did the Revell reboxing of this in 2020 ( & blogged it) - mainly to have a go at the streaky camo. I found it difficult to get the 'streakiness' even. The undercarriage is very fragile & didn't last much beyond the completed photos!
Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

Cockpit looks excellent andy , the super fabric belts look great , cheers tony

Thanks Tony,my phone's crap,it does look better in real life.Those seat belts were a new type for me,and i must say that i was well impressed with them. :thumb2:

I did the Revell reboxing of this in 2020 ( & blogged it) - mainly to have a go at the streaky camo. I found it difficult to get the 'streakiness' even. The undercarriage is very fragile & didn't last much beyond the completed photos!
Dave

Thanks for that Dave,the challenge of the streaky paint job is one of the reasons why I went for it over the, more popular,Red. Interesting point about the undercarriage.... I'll see about strengthening it in someway.:thinking:

[Jim R]

I'm in Andy. Looks a straightforward kit with not too many parts. I hope I haven't jinxed things with that observation.

[The Smythe Meister]

I'm in Andy. Looks a straightforward kit with not too many parts. I hope I haven't jinxed things with that observation.

Great to see you Jim, your observations are spot on, don't worry about "jinxing" proceedings......if anyone's going to do that, it'll be me!! :tears-of-joy: :thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimey,has it been THAT long since my last update?!!:dizzy: .... anyway,I have been chipping away at this,and with trying to get it finished before the HURRICANE GB starts,my couple of days off will hopefully help :thumb2:,
Here are some progress pics...


The base green on,a bit dark probably,but I'm going to try and get the streaking effect with that oil paint that you can see in the first picture,some decals on and other bits painted...

Going to get some more done tonight,and it should come a bit more together :thumb2:
Until then.....

[Waspie]

How have I missed this one?????
Caught up now and yup, another cracking build by Andy. I agree with the not doing it in red - so last year!! or last century - whatever!!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Nice looking DR1 Andy. I bet it would look good in red as well .

[Mickc1440]

Coming along nicely Andy, nice looking paint job