the Junkers D.1 saw before the
Armistice is unconirmed but they
were used to great efect during
the ighting between German
Freikorps and Bolshevik (and other)
forces in the Baltic during 1919.
Ultimately just 40 Junkers
D.1 were completed by Junkers
(Jko) and Junkers-Fokker
(Jfa), with the majority being
delivered after the Armistice.
THE KIT
Having been told by the editor
that he was sending me the new
Wingnut Wings Junkers D.1, I at
irst hesitated as to when I would be
able to get it done as I had a couple
of other (non-Wingnut) builds
in the pipeline. Had I, perhaps,
overdosed on Wingnut kits?
Apparently not. As soon as I
had a look through the contents
I couldn’t help but be drawn back
into their enticing web. As we’ve
come to expect from Wingnuts
it’s a cracking kit, packed with
beautifully printed decals and
incredible levels of detail with
crisp and ine mouldings. The
instruction manual is a mini
work of art, littered with period
photos to help whet the appetite.
What’s more, it’s quite a clever
choice of aircraft, as although therewere few used operationally,
it does give a rare chance to
model a WW1 ighter with
next to no rigging. On top of
that, as it’s a monoplane, no
tricky struts and top wing
attachment shenanigans- perhaps the ideal kit to
lure in the mainstream
modellers who are a little
daunted by the thought
of iddly rigging.
Despite its detail, it also
looked to be a very
straightforward
build indeed.
As with any
Wingnut kit, the
“AS WE’VE COME TO EXPECT FROM
WINGNUTS IT’S A CRACKING KIT, PACKED
WITH BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED DECALS
AND INCREDIBLE LEVELS OF DETAIL”
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