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Why not ? It’s known that some aircraft were painted red, so why not this one ? Anyway, it’s done now, and I’m pleased with it.

Welcome from wet and windy West Country. As Blackmike says, there are a lot of friendly and very helpful people on here. I’m in the middle of building an Eduard Tempest at the moment, right fiddle in places. You mentioned photos, I use this site. Mainly because I can understand it and it’s free. https://hobbyphotohost.com/home If you get stuck, posting questions gets lots of help. Jon.

I have a WNW Sopwith Camel BR1 sitting in its box, I’ll pluck up the courage some time soon.

Just finished this WNW Junkers D1. Part to part fit is as everyone says PERFECT. It was a joy to build, and half a bottle of Micro Sol later, I got the decals to follow (almost) the corrugations.

Finishing the D1 tomorrow, or at least that’s the plan. Decals in place, just need to give it a final spray of varnish. Not sure yet as to matt or silk. I’ll post in ‘ready for inspection’ WNW kits are good, bit pricey, so very rewarding. The D1 is an ugly bugger.

I think you are right. There are two other propellers, that don’t fit this aircraft.

Nice. Rigging looks good. As does the whole build.

Just coming to the end of building the Junkers D1 and I’m finding parts on the spru, that don’t appear in the instructions. There is even a service pistol. Anyone know why these parts are there, is it a strange quirk of WNW. I admit I’ve never built one before. Jon

This was my first attempt at rigging, a fiddle and I learnt a lot. With LOTS more to learn. One invaluable lesson I did learn, don’t use your finger as a support behind the component you are drilling, when using a 0.3mm drill. Ouch.

Nearly done. Last bit of tidying up and fitting decals.

Lovely build, excellent finish. It's a great kit to build. Jon

What’s a Peewit mask ?

Lovely paint job. Well done.

Brilliant. I struggle to see 1/32, you’ve better eyes than me.

Lovely build. You’re a braver man than I, to attempt that rigging.

Looking good, nice Camo painting. How did you do it ?I’ve been trying to get a Hurricane kit for ages, they are thin on the ground.

Andy. Welcome. This is a good place if you get stuck, lots of helpful and knowledgeable people. If you’re after a really good build, try the Tamiya P38 Lightning, lovely kit to build with lots of detail. Jon

Greetings. Nice to have you onboard. With regards photo sharing I use https://hobbyphotohost.com/ to be honest, it’s the only one I could understand, and that is free(so far) and works.

I am building the WNW Junkers D1, and one of the possible colours for the fuselage is red. I was wondering if anyone knows what shade it would be ?

A while ago, I asked how to get rid of or stop, the white ‘frosting’ on models after spraying with a Matt varnish. Despite all the advice I received, nothing worked for me. Until, I tried this.... AK Interactive. AK183. Ultra Matte Varnish. It works, very Matt and no ‘frosting’, also I didn’t have to thin it before airbrushing.

I had a great time reading your build commentary, especially the paragraph above, that really hit the right note with me. Despite all the problems you encountered along the way, an excellent build.

N3200 QV No.19 Squadron. Operation Dynamo 1940. This aircraft was piloted by Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson, to help protect the troops that were waiting evacuation, from the beaches of Dunkirk. After shooting down a Junkers Ju 87, Stephenson was himself shot down. He crash landed on a beach at Sangatte, near Calais, where he was captured. He spent the rest of the war as a POW. After the war he stayed in the RAF, but was killed in 1954 while test flying in America. His aircraft gradually sank under the sand. It was excavated in 1986, and was restored to flying condition and returned to the air in 2014. I hope I've done it justice. Jon. Bit of work in progress, disappearing detail.

Welcome Tony. You’ll get lots of help and info on this site. Jon

Hello and welcome. This forum has some VERY good modellers, and quite a few who build bikes and cars. This is THE place to come for any questions.

I’ve got Kristal Klear, so will work with that, it’s going to be a fiddle especially on so prominent a part. Thanks for the advice.