Fokker E.V civil conversion - Arma Hobby 1/72nd scale

Arma Hobby’s Fokker E.V is an example of a good, affordable kit with clean and sharp molding, excellent surfaces, great detail, what looks like good decals (I didn’t use them), and relatively easy to assemble. Wish more manufacturers would deliver products like this. I-ELIA, the subject of this civil conversion, went through three changes in its scheme. It has been represented by modelers in different interpretations of the existent B&W photos. Besides I-ELIA in civil guise, a single image is known of I-AANS –also described in the Grosz publication mentioned in the assembly post-. I couldn’t find any photos of the other Italian civil regs (I-FRAK and I-BEAM) for this plane, pity, because it’s a nice kit that lends itself to such conversion. This build was a relaxing divertimento taking some time off from more difficult models in progress, and it was a joy, although some of the parts are small, and attaching the wing to the fuselage is indeed tricky. Decals were home-made.

For the step-by-step post please go here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2024/10/fokker-ev-civil-converted-arma-hobby.html