Stephen1918

The Fokker D.VIII has been uploaded. I included a small grenade loadout, three skins, and my skinning templates. My thanks to Ojcar for making the FM and for test flying the plane. My thanks to Mue for making the LOD Exporter utility for Blender.

View File Fokker D.VIII This plane is for FE2 only. The Fokker D.VIII was a parasol wing aircraft produced at the end of WWI. The plane featured a tubular steel frame fuselage with plywood covered wings. It was powered by a Oberusel UR-II 9 cyl engine and armed with two Spandau 7.92mm machine guns. The plane entered service as the Fokker E.V, but was pulled after structural failures of the wing. After fabrication problems were resolved, production continued and the plane was renamed the Fokker D.VIII. The D.VIII entered service in October of 1918. Pilots found it agile and easy to fly. Because the plane had a light weight and low drag, it was fast in spite of the 110 hp engine. After WWI, Poland captured 17 aircraft, but only 7 were in a condition to fly. The plane was used in the Polish-Russian War and then used as a trainer after 1921. Because the Armistice that ended the war forced Germany to disarm, the Fokker Company moved (back) to the Netherlands. The Fokker D.VIII was used by the Dutch Air Force into the 1920s. I added a loadout for 4 grenades. I have included three skins, one for the Germans and two for the Poles - each with appropriate decals. My skinning templates are included in the download. Credits Thanks to Ojcar for making the data file for the Fokker D.VIII. Thanks to Mue for making the LOD exporter plug-in for Blender. Installation Instructions For FE2 - Unzip the file, The "Fokker" folder contains files to be placed into your "Aircaft" folder and your "Decals" folder. Copy the two folders named "FokkerD8" into the appropriate folders in your mods folder. Submitter Stephen1918 Submitted 04/07/2026 Category Fokker  

Yes, I'll include my skinning templates in the download, but I doubt if they will match von Deutschmark's layout so the old skins won't work on my model. We have some good FE skinners around here now, JulioJunqueira, Trotski, Eugene2, among others. Perhaps they will take up the task of creating new skins for the D.VIII.

I've slowly been making progress, I'm having to unlearn a lot of things I learned for 3D Max because Blender is different. But, the cockpit is nearly finished, still tweaking the skins. I've made a German skin and am working on a camo for Poland.

Yes, Laton made a Fokker D.8 almost 20 years ago. It used the old FE1 pilot and it used the cockpit from the Fokker D.7. Von Deutchmark made the skins. I considered just making a cockpit for it, but it wasn't rigged to accept decals and all the skins were on one sheet. I'm using his FM as starting point, Ojcar will upgrade the FM when I get the model finished..

As I recall, in "Blue Max" they were acting like a monoplane was a radical new concept and so it failed, and killed George Peppard, during the test flight. We of course know that monoplanes had been around since before the beginning of the war. The writers may have been thinking of the Fokker D.VIII when they made the film, but it was not named and it's failure in testing was not realistic.

Looks good.

Your Cambrai has a lot more stuff in it than mine.

I'm still thinking of the Polish-Russian war. This is the Fokker D.VIII, which was released during the final months of WWI, and was used by the Poles and other nations, in the years after. The model is pretty much finished, now I'm working on the cockpit and the LODs. Then I have to do all the FM stuff - min/max extents, collision points, remove and detach nodes, etc. I'm planning to make a German skin, and maybe a camo.

Any comments? This is a learning experience for me, so your input, positive and negative, will be welcome.

The Ansaldo A.1 "Balilla" has been uploaded. This is my first plane made in Blender, I would like to see your comments regarding the quality and overall appearance of the model, download, etc. I have not yet learned animation in Blender so motions of the flaps are rather simple. My thanks to Ojcar for making the FM, test flying the plane, and suggesting improvements to the cockpit. My thanks to Mue for making the exporter for Blender. This would not have been possible without this utility.

View File Ansaldo A.1 "Balilla" This plane is for FE2 only. The Ansaldo A.1, nicknamed "Balilla", was an Italian single seat fighter introduced in July of 1918. It was developed from the SVA.5 with a more rigid wing structure, a more powerful engine, an a fuel tank which could be jettisoned in case of fire. Italian pilots were impressed with its speed and maneuverability, but thought it was difficult to fly and inferior to the Nieuport 17. The Ansaldo A.1 was mostly used for home defense with only one confirmed victory before the end of war. After WWI, the A.1 was purchased by both Poland and Russia and served on both sides in the Polish Russian War. Polish and Russian pilots had a better regard for the A.1 and liked its speed, high fuel capacity, and maneuverability. The Ansaldo A.1 continued in service until the late 20s. I have included two skins, one for the Italians and one for the Poles. I have included a set of flight number decals for the Polish plane. My skinning templates are included in the download. I have included two versions of the Hangar and Loading screens - one for wide screen (16:9) and one for standard screen (4:3) Credits Thanks to Ojcar for making the data file for the Ansaldo A.1, for test flying the plane, and for suggesting tweaks to the cockpit. Thanks to Mue for making the LOD exporter plug-in for Blender. Installation Instructions For FE2 - Unzip the file, The "Ansaldo" folder contains files to be placed into your "Aircaft" folder and your "Decals" folder. Copy the two folders named "AnsaldoA1" into the appropriate folders in your mods folder. Submitter Stephen1918 Submitted 03/09/2026 Category Other Entente Aircraft