Do you love the 1966 film "The Blue Max"?
We do..for many of us, it started it all.
"To Ken Greenfield - Donnerwetter! I'm outta here!" "Best wishes always Jack Hunter"
The painted camo was applied over stencils which were used every which way round and so I offer two orientations so you can "mix it up" a bit, referring to film stills for inspiration.
The triplanes had their under-surfaces painted mid "pigeon" grey, the DVII's, Pfalz's, Stampes and Tiger Moth's painstakingly "lozenged" all over - even the non-flying mock-ups!...
Of course the colours bear no relation to either real covering practice or colour but are beautiful in their own right and the creative experience has brought a fresh appreciation of the film all over again!
Aviattic decal sheet sizes
ATT32269 "Blue Max" movie "lozenge" camouflage orientation "A"
ATT32362 "Blue Max" movie painted "lozenge" camouflage orientation "B"
NEW! 1/32 "Blue Max" Fokker DR.I "aces" tailored decal and 3d printed conversion sets!
As they were used in many real flying and ground scenes they were exposed to dirt, weather and carbon-filled smoke and required continuous repairs and re-painting. Hence, on viewing the film, we see various discrepancies and continuity issues between scenes!
For Bruno and Willi's 'planes choose either to paint the cowling with an off- black forward band (guided by the moulded line on the part) and use the supplied lozenge decals, or paint the whole cowling off-black.
When all main filming was complete one of the aircraft was then given the "Baron" treatment..Overpainted blood red with, again, odd national markings proportions and a partially red-painted rudder.
For the Blue Max "Baron" scenes the cowling had a white band on its forward edge and the rest painted red. You will find photos of this machine as it was decorated for the film "Richthofen and Brown" and after its re-discovery in this later livery.
Make note though - the cowling was painted all-white and the fuselage national insignia re-positioned for this film.
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Contents of the 3-d printed conversion set CAD, designed with Mike Swinburne, include :
Elongated cowling, firewall, engine "cradle", cylinders, crankcase, collector ring, bucket seat, dashboard, machine guns ammo feeds, top fuselage forward coaming, propeller and hub, smoke canisters for undercarriage legs. Plastic card templated fairings for fuselage sides and turtledeck. Contents of tailored decal sets, designed with Juanita Franzi, artwork by Will Andrews, include : Aviattic "linen" and "painted" effect decals for upper and undersurfaces Interior "Red oxide" on linen decals and instrument dials. Plastic card templated to fuselage side failings and turtledeck. |
First - do you have the Roden DR.I already?
If not, add to your bundle choice :
Plastic sprues
NO KIT BOX, NO KIT DECALS
INSTRUCTIONS ARE ON THIS PAGE (ABOVE).
Roden 1/32 Fokker DR.I (sprue trees only)
No box, no Roden decals, instructions are illustrated on the 'Blue Max'
Aviattic website page.
ATT32338 (tailored to the Roden kit) "Blue Max" Fokker DR.I hand-painted movie lozenge decals and 3d printed conversion set "Stachel"
Ltn. Bruno Stachel's Fokker triplane, resplendent in it's Technicolor-friendly stencil-painted "lozenge" camouflage, made a huge impression on me when I first saw the film as a child in 1967. That and the seemingly immovable towel so elegantly draped over Ursula Andress' shoulders in "that" scene..
Friend and talented CAD artist, Mike Swinburne, designed the complex conversion set parts and beautiful Siemens Halske SH14 engine. I must take this opportunity to thank him again for his endless patience and attention to detail in it's creation.
A little bit of care and clean-up is required with these parts, which can be painted and glued with CA just like resin.
The Roden kit has been eclipsed by the (not perfect) "Mengnuts" version and so this concept gives the nostalgic modeller an opportunity to rescue it from the "shelf of doom" and really let it take the spotlight again!
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ATT32339 (tailored to the Roden kit) Fokker DR.I hand-painted movie lozenge decals and 3d printed conversion set "von Klugermann"
Ltn. Willi von Klugermann's, Fokker triplane, resplendent in it's Technicolor-friendly stencil-painted "lozenge" camouflage and distinctive yellow "K" crest, will always be remembered for the fateful "viaduct" scene. Again such an iconic image burnt into one's young retinas..
Friend and talented CAD artist, Mike Swinburne, designed the complex conversion set parts and beautiful Siemens Halske SH14 engine. I must take this opportunity to thank him again for his endless patience and attention to detail in it's creation.
A little bit of care and clean-up is required with these parts, which can be painted and glued with CA just like resin.
The Roden kit has been eclipsed by the (not perfect) "Mengnuts" version and so this concept gives the nostalgic modeller an opportunity to rescue it from the "shelf of doom" and really let it take the spotlight again!
BACK IN STOCK!
ATT32340 (tailored to the Roden kit) "Blue Max" Fokker DR.I hand-painted movie lozenge decals and 3d printed conversion set "the Baron"
Of course, "the Baron" has to make an appearance in such a film and one of the two replica triplanes was re-painted in his blood-red scheme for the filming of his scenes. This aircraft appeared again in "Richthofen and Brown" among others (decorated slightly differently) and was stolen twice (!) before being discovered as a plundered wreck and re-united with it's owner. It is currently being restored.
Friend and talented CAD artist, Mike Swinburne, designed the complex conversion set parts and beautiful Siemens Halske SH14 engine. I must take this opportunity to thank him again for his endless patience and attention to detail in it's creation.
A little bit of care and clean-up is required with these parts, which can be painted and glued with CA just like resin.
The Roden kit has been eclipsed by the (not perfect) "Mengnuts" version and so this concept gives the nostalgic modeller an opportunity to rescue it from the "shelf of doom" and really let it take the spotlight again!
BACK IN STOCK!
