Scale Aviation Modeller International – March 2019

Fokker DVII (OAW)

First look at Eduard 1/72 Fokker DVII (OAW) 2019 Nuremberg Toy Fair Edition

I

must admit that I was

hoping that Eduard would

have in their booth at the

Nuremberg Toy Fair a test shot

of their all new 1/72 scale Fokker

DVII, what I wasn’t expecting

though, was that all those who

attended the Eduard press

conference on Friday afternoon

would receive a special bagged

kit of the all new Fokker! The kit

we received has no decals but

Blue Rider, Print scale and FCM

all have sheets available so I

have I have quite a few options.

This irst very limited release

of the DVII is for an example

built by OAW. Two fuselages

are supplied so you can build

either a mid or late production

version, the diference being

the number and position of

the cooling louvres on the

cowlings. We already knew that

Eduard are going to be releasing

multiple versions of the DVII

and this amply illustrated by the

inclusion on the four sprues of

no less than 8 propellers, 4 axle

wings, 9 radiators, 6 pairs of

wheels, 2 engines (Mercedes and

Austro Daimler) and four pairs

of diferent guns (Spandau with

and without cooling jackets,

Schwarzlose and Vickers).

The parts are laid out over

4 sprues, two of which A and B

will be in each version released

while C and D supply the

manufacturer speciic parts.

The detail is, as we have come to

expect from Eduard very good.

The cockpit features sidewall

detail and there is a rudder

bar control column and loor

mounted compass provided.

The seat features one of the best

representations of the pilot’s

seat cushion I have seen in this

scale. There are no seatbelts but

I am sure these will be supplied

in etched brass in the Proipack

along with a lot more goodies!

The engine features more

than enough detail for the scale

considering what can actually

be seen on the inished model!

The Spandau guns are very nice

and feature moulded cooling

slots, which will look great

after a quick rub with some

graphite dust after painting.

Don’t let the fact that this

kit is a biplane put you of,

the Fokker DVII is certainly

one of the easier biplanes to

build with its N solid struts

between the wings, especially

as the attachment points look

very positive. So assembling

the top wing really will not be

diicult! The undercarriage

is also designed for ease of

assembly, although Fokker can

claim some of the credit there!

All in all this looks to be

a super little kit to build and

with its minimal rigging and

multitude of very colourful

schemes, this is a kit that I

can see will run and run.

CONCLUSION

The last new tool Fokker DVII in

1/72 scale was the Roden kit from

at least 15 years ago, whilst not a

bad kit it was quite iddly as the

cowlings were separate parts to

allow all the diferent versions to

be built. The Roden kit replaced

the 1960s vintage Revell kit,

which is still readily available

and again isn’t a bad kit, but a

brand new state of the art DVII

was long overdue in my book and

Eduard have obliged with a lovely

looking kit, which I am really

looking forward to building!

My thanks to Eduard for

making this early pressing

of the kit available at the

2019 Nuremberg Toy three

months before it’s European

release date in May.

WIN!

On page 57 you will find

details of how you can

win one of the 50 pieces

produced for the Toy fair

making this one of the most

desirable Limited Edition kit

to build or collect.

SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL • MARCH 2019

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