Fokker
Dr.1
46.7”
1/6
Scale
Page
20
Copyright©
2007
‐
11
M.K.
Bengtson
All
Rights
Reserved
Rev
07/11
SPANDAU
MACHINE
GUNS
The
kit
includes
balsa
parts
for
making
the
twin
Spandau
machine
guns.
There
is
a
pattern
on
one
of
the
plan
sheets
for
the
cooling
jacket.
I
scanned
the
pattern
into
my
computer,
then
used
Photoshop
to
darken
the
colour
a
bit.
I
then
printed
the
patterns
out
on
4X6
photopaper.
Then
it
ʹ
s
just
a
matter
of
cutting
them
out
and
wrapping
them
around
the
balsa
assemblies.
Here
are
the
finished
Spandaus.
I
drybrushed
some
silver
over
them
for
a
bit
of
weathering,
just
to
break
up
the
monotony
of
the
flat
black.
CABANE
STRUT
FAIRINGS
The
kit
includes
laser
cut
pieces
of
balsa
to
make
cabane
strut
fairings.
I
glued
the
fairings
to
the
wire
with
thin
CA.
I
then
brushed
a
coat
of
Stix
‐
It
on
the
fairings,
and
covered
the
fairings
with
polyspan,
wrapped
around
the
wire
strut.
This
should
make
things
pretty
strong.
I
am
going
to
do
the
front
fairing
after
the
model
is
completed
and
the
upper
wing
is
joined
to
the
middle
wing.
I
hate,
hate,
hate
servo
wires
flopping
in
the
breeze.
So
my
plan
is
to
attach
the
wings
to
each
other,
glued
the
balsa
front
fairings
on,
then
glue
the
servo
wires
along
the
inside
of
the
fairing.
Then
I
ʹ
ll
wrap
everything
with
Polyspan,
and
paint.
That
should
make
things
invisible.
The
wires
will
run
from
the
bottom
of
the
strut
into
the
fuselage,
so
they
should
be
pretty
hard
to
see.
The
model
does
have
pre
‐
cut
holes
in
the
middle
wing
ply
sheeting
to
allow
a
more
direct
run
for
the
servo
wires
into
the
fuselage
for
those
who
are
more
sane
than
I.
My
original
plan
for
running
the
aileron
servo
wires
didn
ʹ
t
work
out.
So
I
had
to
revert
to
what
the
designer
had
in
mind.
I
glued
the
servo
cable
to
the
inside
of
the
rear
cabane
strut
fairing,
and
then
painted
everything
to
match.
The
wires
go
through
a
hole
in
the
middle
wing,
and
into
the
fuselage.
I
still
need
to
add
a
bit
of
olive
drab
