Two film masks for the crosses and metal muzzles for the onboard weapons of the Fokker triplane in 1:32 scale. The view upwards was handled by a cut-out in the upper wing, not by a glazed surface.
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The Fokker with three lifting surfaces came about as an answer to the British Sopwith Triplane and staked everything on agility. Short in span, with thick wing sections without external bracing and with a rotary engine in the nose, it could change direction faster than anything it faced. It paid for that with a low maximum speed and a poor view, because three surfaces above one another covered almost the whole upper horizon.
The designer solved that problem not with glass but with a hole. The center section of the upper wing was given a shape cut out above the pilot's head through which he could watch what was happening higher up. It is an instructive contrast to the later cockpits, where the same requirement is met with inset surfaces and a lot of bars. The modeler masks nothing here; he only takes care that the cut-out stays clean, and both masks from the envelope belong to the national insignia.
The triplane has a lot of edges and few flat surfaces, so try the sheet dry before laying it down and round the corners with scissors if necessary. With metal parts the rule is that they are fitted as the very last step of the build; until then they stay in the bag, because a projecting tube is the first thing in the way every time the model is picked up and it bends before the builder notices. Check the straightness of the axis by looking from the front against the light.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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