Roden 1/48 Junkers D.I - WWI corrugated fighter - completed

[Dave Ward]

Finished...................

I was expecting a bit of a tussle with the Roden Junkers D.I - but it ended up being a nice build, the parts are well engineered, and the fit is very good - a lot of detail is hidden, but it's still there. The assembly is delicate, I broke the tail fin off several times. The only downside was the decals, they were very fragile & broke apart easily - a lot of careful positioning was needed to reassemble the jigsaw - they responded partly to decal solution - I did several applications, but they are what they are.
This was an ebay auction purchase <£18 - a good price, as the retail seems to be around £28-£32. I'm afraid I wouldn't have bought at that price, a little too much for a 1/48 plane, but, that's just my personal take.............
Thanks for dropping by
Dave

 

[stillp]

That's nice Dave. Looks a bit like a biplane that's lost its upper wing!
Pete

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s come out very well Dave. Nice job on an unusual subject.

 

[rtfoe]

Yep...nicely done Dave and ditto what Peter said about the missing wing. Just can't help feeling it needs one.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
A very good result.
Jim

 

[yak face]

Nice job on the old ‘ iron donkey ‘ dave . i always fancied one of these for several reasons - 1. Its an unusual aircraft with the corrugated construction 2. They usually had funky colour schemes 3. Its my type of ww1 aircraft , ie. virtually no rigging ! Cheers tony

 

[Dave Ward]

Nice job on the old ‘ iron donkey ‘ dave . i always fancied one of these for several reasons - 1. Its an unusual aircraft with the corrugated construction 2. They usually had funky colour schemes 3. Its my type of ww1 aircraft , ie. virtually no rigging ! Cheers tony

Wingnut Wings did one in 1/32 - with their demise, they will be collectors items & consequently priced waaay beyond modelmakers' pockets! I have two other corrugated wingy things in the stash

Dave

 

[yak face]

Wingnut Wings did one in 1/32 - with their demise, they will be collectors items & consequently priced waaay beyond modelmakers' pockets! I have two other corrugated wingy things in the stash
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Dave

Excellent ! Both huge beasts , even in 1/144 The g38 always fascinated me , with that huge wing , thick enough for an engineer to walk inside and service the engines , in flight if necessary!!

 

[Steven000]

Nice one Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Excellent ! Both huge beasts , even in 1/144 The g38 always fascinated me , with that huge wing , thick enough for an engineer to walk inside and service the engines , in flight if necessary!!

and passenger seats in the wing leading edge! - those engines were diesels, incidentally!
Dave

 

[Ian M]

Nice little bird Dave.
That Do X looks a beast even in that scale. One I would like to see you build
(And to think that someone makes a 1/72 AND a 1/48 scale of it!!!)

 

[The Migrant]

Looks great Dave, not what you'd expect of a WW1 plane. No surprise you struggled with the decals, Roden's are notoriously poor anyway and applying them over the corrugations probably didn't help. They look fine in the photos.

 

[adt70hk]

Dave

That's turned out very nicely despite the problems you've had with the decals.

Very well done.

Andrew

 

[flyjoe180]

Great result Dave, that's a rare aircraft to have in your collection

 

[salty]

Very nicely done!

 

[colin m]

That it certainly quite a unique aircraft you have there. Nice job.