Revell 1/28 Fokker Dr.1 Triplane (1957)
by Guy GoodwinH
aving frequently declared
myself a modern, high-
tech kit man only (I like a
nice clean base so I can focus on
the finish), I surprised myself by
buying this kit on impulse in my
local model shop. It was on sale
at only £12 (for a 1/28 kit!), and
it seemed to offer (potentially)
a lot of fun for the money.
I’d been toying with trying one
of these classic boxings for a while,
and at that price, I couldn’t resist.
I’d made a couple of these kits back
in the ‘70s (no doubt covered in
glue and paint fingerprints) and
they still held a certain romance
for me. It was a toss up between the
Fokker and the Spad – but I think
the clunky way the struts fixed into
the wings on the Spad kit tipped
the balance in the Fokker’s favour.
Compare that with £70+ for a
Wingnuts Wings kit. This is notmeant as a criticism – Wingnuts
kits are still great value for
money. Just take a look in one of
their boxings one day; you won’t
feel undersold for your money,
but they’re not pocket money.HISTORY
The Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker,
“triplane” in German) was a
World War I fighter aircraft built
by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The
Dr.1 saw widespread service in
the spring of 1918. It became
famous as the aircraft in which
Manfred von Richthofen gained
his last 19 victories, and in which
he was killed on 21 April 1918.
In February 1917, the Sopwith
Triplane began to appear over
the Western Front. Despite its
single Vickers machine gun
armament, the Sopwith swiftlyTRIPLANE
Fokker Dr.1
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BY SACCO DE VRIES
FOKKER DR.1 TRIPLANE
BY GUY GOODWIN
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