andymoore Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 After a couple of months away from the workbench, I decided I wanted to do something with no camouflage, no canopy & no masking... A little rummage in the stash & I found just the thing - the Revell packaged 1/39 Wright Flyer. Originally produced by Monogram in 1958, I was actually pleasantly surprised with the quality of this kit. The wings were airbrushed with vallejo model air aged white, the wood is Revell wood brown - no clever techniques attempted, just flat colour. The rigging was done using ez-line, there is cotton included with the kit, but I decided ez-line would be easier & look better. If you've never read about how these guys put this thing together, trawl the web & have a read.They created their own wind tunnel, built their own engine (the contacts are inside the cylinders!) and designed the propellers, using a second home-made wind tunnel, achieving 80% efficiency from them. Then there's the story of their battle with the Smithsonian institute ..... IMG_4942 by Andy Moore, on Flickr IMG_4940 by Andy Moore, on Flickr IMG_4962 by Andy Moore, on Flickr IMG_4966 by Andy Moore, on Flickr IMG_4974 by Andy Moore, on Flickr thanks for looking now back to some camouflage, masking, and canopies.... 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Cracking build! Nice work sir. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 "now back to some camouflage, masking, and canopies" Oh yes, I can understand it !!! Good luck. Polo. :hanging: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 But your work is great !!! :banghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger-d Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Andy Well done on doing something a bit different! Good model and extremely well rigged. Regards Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Now that is something different! Great job and you must have some patience with all that rigging! Well done Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) Thanks for all the kind comments guys - and here are a couple more pics, the second one shows her final resting place. Revell Wright Flyer by Andy Moore, on Flickr WP_20160814_14_19_04_Pro by Andy Moore, on Flickr Edited August 15, 2016 by andymoore 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Lovely job. Keep looking at my Boxkite and then putting it back! Too much rigging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Well and truly rigged I would say ! BillyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 That looks absolutely brilliant! I can't believe it's a kit from 1958. Mind you, thinking about all that rigging has brought me out in hives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Very nice Wright Flyer, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Excellent! taht looks really good for such an old kit. Older than me even! Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 That is very cool. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxzinbox Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'm in awe!! My wrists ache just looking at your accomplishment What scale is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'm in awe!! My wrists ache just looking at your accomplishment What scale is this? it's 1/39 scale - well that's what it says on the box anyway ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Splendid work on that web of lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Lovely job. Keep looking at my Boxkite and then putting it back! Too much rigging. I keep watching the boxkites on ebay - I will do one soon. I'd love to do all of the shuttleworth collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Nice work on such an old kit. Superbly rigged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZitchDog Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Stunning, really like the attention with all the rigging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Absolutely staggering!!.Where did you get the skill and patience to do that? That is so good.Respect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Wow this looks great, a lot of rigging !!! Interesting facts too. Thanks for sharing All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeofbrian Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 There's a classic! Very nicely executed as well. Probably the longest run kit Monogram did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Very nice work. The rigging looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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