Well its finaly back from the Decal artist and ive made a start on it. The engine on its own took me an hour to put together:


And i used Citadael Bleached bone for the clear doped linen fuesalage:

Hi Ollie. Pardon my ignorance on this one but I'm assuming 1\32? Looks like it's going to be a wee bit tricky to paint between the cylinder rows.

Good to see that this has arrived Ollie, and is back from your decal designer - will you be using your own decals?

It is - the cylinders are (just) a little too close together for spraying ... personally, I'd've built the major components, sprayed, then finished assembling ... but each to his own, and if Ollie intends closing the engine bay, it wont be an issue

I wuill be closing the engine bay up as its going to have some very decrotive markings on the cowlings but i have brush painted the engine just in case. Yes she is 1:32, i should have added that but i forgot.

Robert:
Yes i will be using my own markings, this one is going to be finished in the fish scheme.

Well ive got as far as i can apart from drilling the holes and fitting the buckles for the rigging untill the decals come back from the printers so here we are:




And i painted up both propellors to get my head around painting wood:

I'm VERY jealous!

Tony

Hmm shall i bring it to next club night and sit next to you drilling out al the rigging holes?

It looks like you've glued the fuselage to the lower wing supports before painting the underside of the fuselage and the top of the lower wing. Isn't this going to make it very difficult to get a good finish on both?

It is but i think i can bet a brush in there and just be carefull. Fingers crossed.

Last update before the decals come back to me:

I can see what you meant about the engine now, there's barely a gnat you can see of it. Does the kit offer an option to leave the engine visible somehow?

Intrigued about the decals - what are you getting done?

Yes, you can see that not much is visible of the engine, I had this problem with the Roden SE5a, they give you the engine that they sell as a separate kit and if you build the complete engine it won't fit in the fuselage, it's too tall and too long.

The cowling is removable, top and bottom 'halves' ...

Ive glued my cowlings onto the model and as you can see almost nothing of the engine can be seen. The decals are with the Printers and should be back with me at the end of May.

Looking good Olli

How's your F2b coming on now, Ol?

How's it coming Ollie? Will you be finished in time?

Well its now looking like a small spider has crawled all over it (what a shame fish dont eat spiders ) and im ready to attach the top wing tomorrow so im hoping i might just get it done in time for the end of the group build. I had a very satisfying moment the other day of applying my decals to her and they went on a dream.

Well ive made some progress on her and shes now almost totaly rigged, i spent this everning rigging the tail and undercarridge so just a few left:



That photo is a few days old so the main wing rigging is all done now.

That's looking a bit good that is mate.

Deacon

Nice work Ollie

Tasty, tasty very, very tasty.

Mish this might just be coming to Elvingdon with us if i finish it in time and find a safe way to transport it.

Cool, fingers crossed Ollie

O so close now. Just need to add the grab handles under the wing tips and finsh painting the rear gun bit and stick it in:

Looking great Ollie

Cutting it fine here she is all done and complete:

That *is* a bit nice Ollie!

Must be a great feeling seeing it all come together - with your own decals!

Iain

Very nice Ollie, cracking job

this looks fantastic! great job!