MW Miniature Work

This is Manfred von Richthofen's famous all red Fokker Triplane . 'Iconic' as they say. This aircraft is forever associated with von Richthofen, in turn famous as the top ace of the Great War 1914-18. It was the plane he was killed in early in 1918, and he was so famous that the souvenir hunters were already stripping his plane of fabric and bits while he lay there dying. It's been famous ever since, with secondary fame accorded to the British Sopwith Camel which was chasing him in his last battle; and those two types were pushed further into popular culture by the Charlie Brown cartoon series, with the story of Snoopy and the Red Baron.  Sometimes myth overpowers historical facts. The plane's fame comes down to the fact that it was his last machine. His overall official score was 80, probably quite accurate as such things go ( in general, official kill stats from WWI are unreliable ), because Richthofen was an obsessive in this area - he had an individual cup mad...