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  1. Started by painting the interior (not sure what colour the upholstery would have been, so opted for beige and brown for the contrast more than anything, as I'd guess very little will be visible by the time the glazing is in, and while the paint was drying I fettled the one piece wing per side, which really needed very little removed from the junctions to make a really nice fit - on the top surface anyway... then fitted the interior and superglued the wings in place before joining the fuselage halves. ...as you can see, scale soft furnishing don't hold a great interest for me!
  2. Great back-story John, I'd no idea that Grangemouth Airport had such international visitors back the - and just along the road from me, too! Will be watching this with more than usual interest.
  3. The company licence-built the German Klemm L-25 as the Swallow, and were obviously heavily influenced by the (I think) Klemm L-37 though the Eagle was a completely new design. So you are not too far out there!
  4. I've built two of the later-schemed CAFU (Civil Aviation Flying Unit), one of which was their Dove (now in the East Fortune museum), and Chipmunk. I remember finding a fleet list on the web and a mention of the color schemes which varied in the early years before the red, grey and white 'corporate' scheme was introduced. I wasn't interest in the earlier aircraft, but I'm pretty sure they initially flew in variations of overall silver and black reg, but that some were painted up later in (I am pretty certain this is what was described for the Nineteens) in silver and dark blue. I recognise the typefont used on the registrations as that which appeared on the early Ansons that Airwork used (they had black fuselages though). I'd bet Airwork did the overhauls before they were handed to the CAA. I had a quick look on the internet but couldn't find anything like the site fleet list I found at the time (they operated Proctors among other stuff too) -a bit more research might find the confirmation you want! I hope this helps a little. Great project. Good luck.
  5. ... I spotted this rare bird on eb** just a few days ago, after spending weeks trying to decide on something suitable for this GB (from a stash spoiled for choice!) the subject of which had, demonstrably, no military value whatsoever - even when impressed during WW2, they generally went into MUs for training or into storage till 1945.... Though the decals supplied are of one of the few European countries to remain neutral during Widespread Unpleasantness No2, I'll be finishing it (assuming it achieves that state) in the livery of one of the nascent British domestic airlines of the (comparatively) peaceful years between nos 1 and 2 of the aforesaid above. In Dekno's matchbox-style packaging... ...the all-resin parts look very crisp, though the resin transparencies are a bit yellowed, I hope they will still be useable. I have to ask....does this GB have one of the most varied entries ever? And three full pages filled by lunchtime!!! Maaaavelous. ...I suppose I should make a start then.
  6. Supplementary information: 77 Squadron* RFC Kincairn, Gargunnock. Oct 1916 - March 1917 (Home defence/night fighter/coastal patrol squadron) A book I have says no serial numbers known for aircraft of 77 Sqn except for Avro 504s E3273 and E3278. " Formed at Edinburgh on 1 October 1916 as a home defence unit, it was equipped with BE2s and BE12s. Having operated a number of detached flights around Southern Scotland the squadron was operating a single unit at Turnhouse (Edinburgh) by April 1917, where it remained until disbanding on 13 June 1919." They operated... 1916-1918 Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c 1916-1918 Royal Aircraft Factory BE12 1916 Airco DH.6 (Definitely at Kincairn on coastal patrol) 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory BE2d 1917-1918 Royal Aircraft Factory BE2e 1917-1918 Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 1917-1918 Royal Aircraft Factory BE12b 1918-1919 Avro 504K (Night Fighter) They were mostly stationed in and around Edinburgh/North Sea airfields
  7. I am renovating a scratch-built 1/72 DH6 I built 50 years ago! I finished it as K-100, the first aircraft on the original British civil register in 1919. This is a picture I took then of the model... However, having discovered just a few years ago that there was a temporary (relief) 1917 airfield a few hundred yards from my present house I want to finish it as one of the DH6s based here, ostensibly on anti-submarine duties, but since the River Forth here is neither wide nor deep, it seems a strange deployment. It was called Kincairn field and its precise location adjacent to the village of Gargunnock, west of Stirling has been lost in the mists of time and fog of war. I had read that a half-flight of six DH6s were based there for a short period, both the squadron and the serial numbers of the six aircraft were detailed. My problem is (and this is where the collective library of members might help) I can't find this reference anywhere in my own book collection. This makes me think it was a borrowed book, if so, I am kicking myself for not taking notes! Does this jog anyone' memory? I will post my as yet unfinished model elsewhere on BM, and hope some knowledgeable member finds the missing info before I get to the the bit where I have to put the serial numbers on. Thanks in anticipation.
  8. I only build 1/72 - and have no wish to re-mortgage my house! 😄
  9. Yep. The Anson (1/72) is pretty awful too. Surely the research and digital files from their lovely 1/48 kit would be re-scaleable for a new tool 1/72 version. The Anson and Starfighter kits I built as toys on releaase when I was at school, and are really only fit for 'toys' now and should be retired (like I am). I'd add both the Camel and RE8 in that category too. It really is deplorable that an 'icon' like the RE8 is still only represented by Airfix's ancient affair 60-odd years later.
  10. Ah, but!!! What about ploughshares to swords? For instance, the Douglas DC-3 was a civilian aircraft first, and then warmongers turned it into probably the most successful military transport ever, sometimes armed with some devastating weapons too. I'd like to do a postwar airliner DC-3 which was with certainly a converted surplus military C-47 or Dakota.
  11. I don't think I did anything this year, so count me in for this one for 2025. I'll either do a Jungmeister or a Boeing 707. Or something in between.
  12. I remember doing a set of drawings for the Jackaroo back in the 1960s with measurements taken off a real one in the Airwork hangar at Scone Airport. I took some b/w photos and slides at the time, My intention was to convert Airfix's old 1/72 Tiger Moth, but my measuring and photography proved the kit was so awful it couldn't even be built into a good Tiger Moth. I have just bought a couple of Tiger Moths in Lldl and one I had already intended to convert to a Jackeroo, so the reason for this begging letter is, could one or other nice chaps on here send me a copy of the drawing mentioned herein please, petty please?
  13. BE2 propellor rotation would be wrong for a pusher DH2 & FE8. The engine is not a V4, its an RAF.1a 90 degree V8 used in AW FK3, DH6 and others. Postwar, Boulton Paul used it in prototypes and both Avro and De Havilland used it too, The prop could be used on a DH9, but the seats are not great even for a BE2c!
  14. Thanks muchly, chaps. It was touch and go there for a while, and on seeing my own pics close up, there are definitely some improvement to be made post-gallery. I really would like to 'crack' the fine outer line to the dark blue with better resolution printing, and the canopy framing is too thick (I nearly gave up on it as the dashed transparencies wouldn't stick securely to the cockpit combing). I'm now eyeing-up some drawings and pics of the coupe version, and rummaging in my BIG box of bits for the next unrelated set of components to butcher. Are modellers all suckers for punishment?
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