I really liked apophenia's artwork of a
South African Fokker DVII. I didn't have a kit with the wire wheels, so I went with the gray Fokker D.7 nr.01954.
The white decals were pretty easy - the data block is actually a link to apophenia's post, and the date I created the decals - you can't really read the text at approx. 3pt, though.
The kit is the
Revell 1/72 Fokker D VII. That little Fokker originally dates from 1963, only 45 years after WWI.
For the lozenge decals, I scanned in and resized a Fokker D VII decal that I have, then printed on decal paper. I applied the decals to the bare white plastic, which toned down the lozenge colors and makes them seem faded. Of course, the toner on the decals cracked, so in some places I applied a second layer of decal, which darkened the lozenges. Since these planes were flying 3+ years after WWI, any repairs top the fabric would make them look darker (my theory and I'm sticking to it).
So far, the orange has been tough, mainly because I ran out of paint - so the model is missing the crosses. The "orange" on the side has a darker edge because the decal is larger than the white area underneath.
This is my progress so far - there's a gloss coat to protect the decals and I'm slowly finishing the build, waiting for the paint to show up. I printed some crosses in white, and I'll just spray them with orange.
The decals look pretty bad from this angle, but it's mostly due to the harsh light. I added a seat, control stick, instrument panel and rudder pedals:
Thanks for looking, and thanks to Stephen for coming up with some great artwork!