Commercial F-27 Fokker Friendship in MSA Diorama

[rtfoe]

Hi I have decided to move the progress of the Fokker Friendship build to here because of its dio nature.

For the base I proceeded to scratchbuild the passenger ladder and baggage cart from memory. The plans were sketched out, calaculating the steps and scale. I remember them as made with aluminum. For mine its basically all plastic strip.

I remember they were manually pushed or pulled at the local airport. The baggage cart railings were bent wire and the wheels were scavenged from the Airfix Stirling bomb carts.

The Preiser figure helped with scale and is shaved of all detail to be made into the Air Stewardess.

Below is the ladder and baggage cart painted up and placed on the base. The base is made up of card for the tarmac and static grass.



I used black fine tipped marker pens for the tarmac lines and airbrushed the others with white and yellow.



The F-27 Fokker build is here if you wish to see the blog build.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Lee Drennen]

Great job Richard! That turned out beautiful I like that dio.

 

[flyjoe180]

Fantastic build and scratch building Richard. That's a real beauty.

 

[rtfoe]

Thank you Lee and Joe, and for that here's more images...







Cheers,
Richard

 

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Love the steps and trolley. A simple base but very well done and so very effective. Bring on the stewardess
Jim

 

[stillp]

I think it was one of these that I flew in from Brussels to Luxembourg, with Sabena (Such A Bad Experience, Never Again). When we landed the pilot told us not to stand up until the ground crew had put a stand under the tail to stop the aircraft from tipping up!
Pete

 

[Fernando N]

Great Fokker Richard and a neat dio to go with it.

Love those scratchbuilt trolley and stairs.

 

[JR]

Richard the plane is great, but those steps, just perfection in scratchery, very precise measurements and cutting ,well done .

 

[rtfoe]

Greatly appreciate your compliments guys,

Jim, you don't know what you're asking for, at this scale she looks hideous
Pete, for me the rides were fun, when you're at your youth danger doesn't comprehend...the rockier it was the more fun.
Fernando, I'll try to get close ups of the trolley and stairs as I used butter wrappers for the tread floor.
John, there were no plans to follow so most of the measurements were guess work and visual memory. So mistakes are unrecorded The other thing is you can get away with a lot in this scale.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

Hi, the figures were modified Preiser figures. I enjoyed matching and reconfiguring the poses as evident from the different shades of plastic. Some limbs had to be cut and repositioned. I gave the first officer a clipper board for him to check pre-flight details with the pilot.



Some passengers recieved hand held luggage, one of the ladies has a shoulder bag. The stewardess had her chest endowed and her sarong skirt shaped...unfortunately she hasen't recieved her wig.



Figures primed after more details were added. The stewardess got her 70'ish wig, the baggage handler his earphones and the pilots more pronounced short sleeves.



Having done mostly military related figures, I thoughrally enjoyed creating the details for the civillians and modern airport groundcrew. You will notice the guy looking up is the same figure I used for the Re8 dio pilot with the pipe having his photo taken.
I hope you like the row of figures doing the square dance.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[JR]

Richard , very nice work, but a bit it concerned about the guy 2nd in cocking his leg up against the the girl in the dress!

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Stunning work Richard .

 

[rtfoe]

Thank you John and Ralph,

John, like he's doing a doggie pee right ...well he's actually going to be placing that leg onto the baggage trolly.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[scottie3158]

Richard,
That is superb all round mate.

 

[rtfoe]

Thanks Scottie...yup..360 degrees viewing.

I made up some luggage and crates for the trolly with balsa.



Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

Now on with the painted figures...



I wasn't looking for well defined detail and it was my first time using Vallejo paints so they were just flat coats

Singapore Air Stewardess Malaysian Air Stewardess

The air hostess was a challenge to paint her batik print blouse and sarong. After the split Singapore Airlines took the design and created the Singapore Girl. We retained the Kebaya look with a slightly different print.



All these years I haven't taken a photo of the completed dio with the figures in position...its about time I do it and post it here. Its been raining lately so will do it soon.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

It must have been one hell of a long rain spell. I owe you some photos...

Cheers,
Richard

 

[GerryW]

Your rainy season lasts for about the same as the UK's!

 

[rtfoe]

Still raining I'm afraid. ...excuses, excuses. Don't worry i haven't forgotten.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[What?]

Nice very nice