WOW509 Hans Weiss Fokker Dr.1

Description

The Fokker Dr.1 was built by Fokker- Flugzeuwerke and entered service in the spring of 1918. It was inspired by Anthony Fokker viewing a captured Sopwith Triplane in April 1917. Upon his return to the Schwerin factory Fokker instructed Reinhold Platz to design a German version of the Triplane. Platz responded with an initial design called the V.4 which was deemed initially unsuitable but from this design the V.5 was developed. The first 2 of 3 initial prototypes were sent to Belgium to be combat evaluated, with Richoften scoring 2 victories in one of these before Kurt Wolff took over the evaluation process. Wolff was killed whilst flying his on 15th September with Werner Voss also killed a few days later flying his Triplane prototype. However Richoften declared the Fokker Triplane superior to the British variant and it was put into immediate production. The Dr.1 was popular with its pilots but it was prone to tipping over whilst landing, had a cramped cockpit and was slower than some Allied aircraft. The top wing also had a tendency to shed itself at high speeds, this was later found out to be due to poor materials and workmanship, it was also found that the upper wing carried a higher lift coefficient than the lower wing, at high speeds, this could be as much as 2.5 times the lower wing. Because of these failures only 320 Triplane were built before being replaced by the Fokker D. V11, arguably one of the best fighters of WW1.

We have the following variants available:

WOW507 The Red Baron, an Ace with 80 kills and holder of the Blue Max plus numerous other awards.
Five x 1/30 scale models in stock.

WOW511 Adolf Ritter von Tutscheck, an Ace with 27 victories and holder of the Blue Max.
Three x 1/30 scale models available.

WOW 508 August Raben leader of Jasta 7.
‘The White Raven’ with 3 x 1/30 scale models available.

WOW509 Hans Weiss, an Ace with 12 victories.
Three x 1/30 scale available.

WOW510 Lothar von Richoften, an Ace with 40 kills.
Three x 1/30 scale models available.

Cost per model is $550 plus postage of $75 to the USA/Canada. Should you wish to buy 2 Triplanes you will benefit from a postage reduction of $30, buy 3 and we will post the third model postage free. Please contact us for more details if you
wish to pursue either option.

The K&C/TG/JJD figures are shown for scale comparison purposes only and are not included.