Identity of Fokker DV11 Model.

Barry Hickson · 25 January 2010, 04:23 PM

G'day All! I have just joined the Forum & am hopeing someone can help identitfy whose Fokker DV11 a model I have just ordered might be.
I have not yet receiced the model or I would post a pic.
It is a 1/70th scale & appears to be mostly brown with a group of people on the fuselarge pulling on a rope or something similar. It is so distinctive I am sure someone could recognise it. I have never found a pic of this plane previously.
Incidently I have just started to collect the Corgi WW1 1/48th scale models to add to my collection of WW2 Warbirds & some 1/72 Airfix WW1 models I made waaaay back when I was about 30.
Any Help greatfully received.

'14-'18aviationcollector · 25 January 2010, 05:51 PM

G'day Barry!

Or should I say Happy Oz Day Baz me old mate!? .... no perhaps I shouldn't say that!

The Fokker D.VII you are talking about is Seben Schwaben. I am not exactly sure about the spelling for this Fokker D.VII but if you do a search for it here on The Aerodrome, you should find plenty of information about it. I think that Old Rhinebeck had their Fokker D.VII painted as this particular D.VII.

Regards,

David.

SteveS · 25 January 2010, 07:59 PM

Here's a pix of the ORA D.VII in it's old colors.

Could this be the one? I know Eduard has a version of it in 48th scale and also either Aeromaster or Eagle Strike produced a aftermarket sheet of decals. Someone will come along and correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was flown by a pilot from Jasta 65.

Salute,
Steve

'14-'18aviationcollector · 25 January 2010, 08:52 PM

Hi Steve,

That's the one I was thinking of, and presumably the one Barry was referring to. I don't know which Jasta it belonged to but you could well be right, and surely there will be someone on here who will know. In any case a search for discussions should yield quite a few results since this aeroplane has been discussed many times on this forum.

Cheers,

David.

StephenLawson · 25 January 2010, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by '14-'18aviationcollector

Hi Steve,

That's the one I was thinking of, and presumably the one Barry was referring to. I don't know which Jasta it belonged to but you could well be right, and surely there will be someone on here who will know. In any case a search for discussions should yield quite a few results since this aeroplane has been discussed many times on this forum.

Cheers,

David.

Jasta 65 as flown by Gefr. Scheutzel.

Barry Hickson · 25 January 2010, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by '14-'18aviationcollector

G'day Barry!

Or should I say Happy Oz Day Baz me old mate!? .... no perhaps I shouldn't say that!

The Fokker D.VII you are talking about is Seben Schwaben. I am not exactly sure about the spelling for this Fokker D.VII but if you do a search for it here on The Aerodrome, you should find plenty of information about it. I think that Old Rhinebeck had their Fokker D.VII painted as this particular D.VII.

Regards,

David.

Yeah David! You CAN say that & same regards to you.
Gee I could fly up to Canberra in about 1 hour if I had one of those great
WW1 planes from the War Museum!

Thanks for the replies from all the Forum members.
The model I ordered appears to be brown or light fawn but not white but that certainly is the image on the side although on the pic I could not see the "Bunny"! lol!

stevedrew · 25 January 2010, 10:33 PM

I don't know the story or legend behind the art work, but seven big guys lugging a HUGE spear to attack a bunny rabbit doesn't fit well with my idea of a warrior in a fighter aircraft.

PLEASE! No Scot accents saying "OH!, but that's nae ordinary rodent!", and CERTAINLY no mention of soiling of armour. Enough with the Monty Python jokes.

'14-'18aviationcollector · 25 January 2010, 11:33 PM

Hi Stephen,

Thanks very much for the confirmation. It is a very interesting colour scheme.

G'day Barry,

Welcome to The Aerodrome! Thanks for that, I have been taking it easy today. I heard the Roulettes fly over yesterday, but was not able to see them from where I was. Ummm probably a better idea to build a REPLICA WW1 aeroplane, and to fly up here mate!

I don't think the AWM would appreciate their WW1 aeroplanes being flown!

G'day Steve,

Ooots mun I wouldn'e dream o' doin' a bad Sco'ish accent and jokin' about Kyre Benne, the man eating rabbit!

The 7 guys with the large spear is probably a bit of overkill, but you do remember what happened to the Knight who questioned the ferocity of the killer rabbit - it leapt a good 20 or so metres through the air and bit his head clean off! ... and he was wearing armour, complete with a helmet!

Raineranton · 26 January 2010, 03:05 AM

Hello All,

The seven Swabians is a fairy-tale from the brothers Grimm.

The seven Swabians are a narrative material in which it is about the adventures of seven as a blockheaded shown Swabian. Besides, seven protagonists stand on behalf for seven character types. As a climax of the silly farce stands the fight with a monster who turns out as a hare.

There are two pictures of this Fokker D.VII (OAW) 4649/18 in Fokker Aircraft of World War One

Regards

Rainer

'14-'18aviationcollector · 26 January 2010, 03:32 AM

Hi Rainer,

I think I had heard that before actually. It seems that the brilliant but completely mad Monty Python crew might have borrowed some parts of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm! Their monster was a rabbit, not a hare but there were some similarities there. The knights wouldn't believe that it was a vicious monster - until it attacked.

I will have a look for the photos you mentioned.

Regards,

David.