Paul J Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 .... to herald the start of Spring! A little something I completed over the past few weeks in between DH Gb and things. A 1/72nd Stampe SV-4B . G-ATKC of the Tiger Club. Built straight from the FRROM/AZUR kit. Love this little aeroplane alongside the TIger Moth due to its similarities. The Tiger Club had three all in the same scheme. The other two were G-ASHS and G-AWEF. Sadly 'TKC came to grief as well as the two persons a few years ago. But I recall seeing these perform at many early Shoreham displays laid on by the Tiger Club when they were based at Redhill. As for the kit, its a very nice one to build but tricky on getting the top wing on. I rigged it as much as I dare. There are a few more to add but I won't be to avoid wrecking what I have done to get it to this finished stage. Kit decals are great to apply and very thin. I will be building a couple more and will do them as the display team 'Les Manchots' of the Belgian Air Force ones as I saw them at the 1967 and 68 Biggin Hill Air Fairs. Enjoy: I used invisible mending thread for the main rigging and strands of stripped down electrical wire for the wires between the struts!!! Humbrol Gloss yellow 69 used and gloss black from a Revell tin. I had grief with the Humbrol gloss black as it just would not dry!!! By the way, I used the tiny Tiger Club decals from the Airfix Tiger Moth as they are much much better than the ones on the kit decal sheet. Another 'by the way' the kit includes the Renault engine and the covered cockpit canopies for alternative versions in separate kits. This one having the Gipsy Major engine. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 A charming little build Paul but I have a feeling that the painting process was not a simple affair but it does look stunning. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Beautiful and very cute model of the Stampe and Vertongen SV-4. How many people did learn how to pilot an aircraft on this iconic machine? Your model is just GREAT ! I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Cheers Gary and 'polo...'. But I should add all the red sun burst and fuselage flash are all decals from the kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 very nice looking build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinback Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Great build of a lovely aircraft. I'm with you on the rigging! Where should you stop? It looks just right to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basuroy Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Lovely model and the rigging is very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 My favourite Biplane model of the month, So well made and painted 😊 and it cheered me up 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Nice :). I flew in G-AWEF from Headcorn in the 1990s. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Nice one Paul,.... I remember this one being on the cover of an old Wings magazine from my childhood. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Master Class, rigging at 72 scale is not easy task last time i did almost lost my sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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