From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Henk" References: Subject: Re: Fokker D-21 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:55:31 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Hi Henk, Thanks for sending in your Fokker D-21 article. I always love to see aircraft from the Netherlands on ARC. I've got a bit of a backlog due to "Silly Week"....and I'm catching up on my e-mails which I fell behind on due to Christmas and Silly Week etc. I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: Henk To: Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 3:42 AM Subject: Fokker D-21 Good morning Steve and a happy Christmas. here is my first entry to ARC. i hope you like it. Happy New Year and Happy modelling Henk Hirs Eefsebeek 35 1509 ER Zaandam The Netherlands h.hirs@chello.nl 1/32 ID Models Fokker D-XXl by henk Hirs -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here The 36 Fokkers D-XXl of the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Arimy Air Corps) were in action in the attack of Germany in may 1940 but where no opponent to the much stonger and more modern Luftwaffe fighters . Another problem was because of defense cuts in the late thirties not all aircraft where equipped with radio's so coordinating the actions in the air where very difficult. After the first day of fighting all the still operational aircraft where directed to a small hidden airfield nearby Amsterdam called Buiksloot. Click on images below to see larger images Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg From this airfield the brave aviators fought for four days against the much stronger Luftwaffe. After the capitulation some airworthy Fokkers where used by the Germans for testing. There are three 1/1 D-XXl in museums. One original D-XXl (engine and front of the fuselage) is in the Crashmuseum in Abbenes and two replica's one in the Finnish Air Force museum and one in the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in Soesterberg Holland. Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here The model is the 1/32 vacuform made by ID models. A very basic kit so a lot of scratchbuilding was needed to make a nice model. For detailing the cockpit I have used the photo etched parts from the 1/48 classic airframes kit and scaled these up on a photocopier. On the copies I built the frames from Evergreen struts to make a very strong frame. The engine, the enginecowling and the wheels came from a crashed Revell Curtis BFC. The engine is modified to look as the Bristol Mecury. In one of the wings the machinegunsbay is opened up. The model is painted with Humbrol paints and the decals came from Dutch Decal. Click on images below to see larger images Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg Photos and text © 2003 by "Henk Hirs"