Hi all,I am Jacques, born pre-war in Belgium.My first introduction to model planes was for my 11th or 12th birthday.Friends of my parents asked me what I would like for my birthday, so in all innocence I said “a model plane”. They took me to Brussels to most probably the only model shop in Belgium at that time. It was named “Scientific”.I chose a 32” towline glider named ... Read More

Recently, George Carnie asked me for some details on the construction of my Fokker D-VII. The D-VII has always been my most favorite plane, but I have been putting-off making a scale one as I am not very much into scale. Over 57 years of modeling, this is my second attempt. I did not even finish the first scale, got despondent and gave it to Kevin (the Bucker ... Read More

Hi all, Some may be aware Jacques has been painstakingly building a scale Fokker DVII. He wrote an article on his source material here. I am hoping to get Jacques to write a further progress report, through to the maiden flight. I have just received an email regarding some cockpit detail he has been working on. The detail is amazing and I think it should be on display ... Read More