Help needed: Von Hantelmann Fokker DVII

Romani · 22 October 2002, 09:03 AM

Greetings,

I wish to make a Fokker DVII painted in the colors of ace Georg Von Hantelmann, with it's distinctive death's head insignia.

The book on the Albatros Aces of Osprey depicts Von Hantelmann's Albatros thus decorated, but it seems the skull and crossbones markings were slightly different in his later planes, I've seen his Siemens Schuckert, but haven't had luck finding a picture or profile of his fokker DVII.

Could anybody please help?

Thanks in advance.

Matt_Bittner · 22 October 2002, 09:13 AM

If you don't mind looking at a modeling project, check out Steve Hustad's awesome build:
http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Hustad/DV...ther/index.html

I believe he garnered most of his information from one of the Fokker D.VII Anthology's from Albatros Pubs (the people who do the magazine Windsock). Part one, if memory serves.

Romani · 22 October 2002, 09:50 AM

very good, thanks! But I wish I could find the original photograp :-/

StephenLawson · 22 October 2002, 07:58 PM

'Over the Front' Vol 9 has the series on JG II by Rick Duiven woth original photos and profiles by Greg Van Wyngarden.

Dan_San_Abbott · 15 December 2002, 06:56 AM

Romani:
I disagree with Dave Roberts intrepretation of von Hantelmann's Fok. D.VII 382/18 in Fokker Anthology 1. I must caution Forum readers, it has a lot of errors in it. They were not corrected in later Anthology 2 and 3. For example, the installation of the seat beat belts, ejection of cartridges in Jaunita Franzi cutawy drawing.
1. The location of the fabric seams on the wings are incorrect. The base seam is located on the center-line of the upper wing.
2. The wings were covered with 4 color printed fabric and taped with the same.
Those who are interested, I have my intrepretation in drawing, Js15-50.
Blue skies,
Dan-San

Barker · 15 December 2002, 07:04 AM

Hello Dan,

Pardon my naive question:
What is Js 15-50 and how does one obtain?

Thank you in advance

-Barker

Dan_San_Abbott · 15 December 2002, 01:22 PM

Barker:
Send me your check for $5.50, ($4.00, plus $1.50 postage) and mail to ;
Dan-San Abbott
1800 Stone Cress Court
Ceres, CA 95307.
Be sure to include you mailing address. It will be maile the next day.
Blue skies,
Dan-San

Rob_Owens · 19 December 2002, 07:56 AM

Romani, e-mailed you scans from the Fokker D.VII Profile I'd forgotten I had, which also answered my own question about the underfuselage! Senility at 47 is very, very bad! LMK if you don't get them, and I'll try again (I'm better at "model" than I am at "computer"). Regards, Rob

Romani · 20 December 2002, 02:38 AM

Thank to you all for your assistance

Starting with the model soon