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Thanks Gentlemen. Made a start by cutting out the fuselage halves. I had to reduce the width a bit and it can be seen that they weren't a good match. Combination of a little warpage and overenthusiastic filing I think. Shouldn't be a problem as a mix of filler and camouflage paint will hide my sins hopefully.
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Parts 18 and 21 are the cabanes. They sit on top of 19 and 20. If memory serves me right if you get the angle wrong they won't be in alignment with the location holes in the top wing. HTH, Steve
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Late on parade as the French Fancy GB co-incided with the High Wing. This one qualifies for either but I get an extra week here. I've got some vac forms that will never be built in the original form. This is the Airframe Bristol M1C, an advanced British WW1 monoplane. I noticed a similarity of fuselage structure with the Morane which is a plane I've had a fancy to try for years. A bit of plastic surgery will be required but if I can get a half decent fuselage I'll be happy to finish the rest. This will involve a scratch wing from card, wing struts, complete tail unit and undercarriage and wheels. A spare cowling from an Eduard Nieuport should fit and I've got some rotary engines in the spares.
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Finished and posted in the Gallery. I fitted a spare resin Hotchkiss mg with a short length of rod at right angles to represent the magazine. These were only 25 round I gather so not the best armament to be fitted. Those machines sent to No 60 RFC on the Somme seem to have been so fitted. Probably why some machines are quoted as having Lewis guns. I used the kit bracing pylons. They are slightly oversized but were too useful not to use. I simply sawed a cut into the top,bottom of the pylons so I could run the wires through. Not perfect but OK from a respectable distance. I had a tiny windscreen fitted but it fell off and disappeared.
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The Morane N Bullet served alongside the Nieuport fighters against the German airforce during the battles at Verdun in 1916. As the French lacked an operational synchronizing gear the Nieuports sported overwing Lewis' and the Morane N had metal deflector plates on the props. The Morane was of similar vintage to the Fokker Eindekkers and was phased out as more Nieuports became available.
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Looking forward to this one. If memory serves correctly the Academy, and probably the Esci, are XIII's but the dimensions are the smaller Spad VII. The Revell kit has oversize wings which I solved by modifying the wingtips, no doubt the wrong solution. I found these measurements when I researched my build. Pictures have gone I'm afraid.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=39602
Regards, Steve
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Looking good. I also prefer to create a centre section cut out for the lower wings when possible. Much better than butt ends I find. Vac form struts and undercarriages are best regarded as templates to scratch rod or strip replacements.
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On 10/23/2021 at 8:03 PM, 2996 Victor said:
I meant to add, Steve, that I'm tempted by the Eduard Fokker D.VII(MAG) and finish it as a what-if in Austrian markings.
Cheers,
Mark
I forgot about the Eduard DVII even though I recently got one. Mine is the German OAW version but there are MAG radiator parts and Schwarlose mgs with long muzzle tubes on the sprues. I used the latter when kit bashing a Fokker DVI which received Red Hungarian stars to go with the MAG Revell DVII.
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Hi Mark,
I also have a soft spot for the Italian Front and Austro Hungarian aviation. According to my stash sheet I have 25 related kits. As usual the fighters predominate with excursions into vac-form territory necessary to search out reconnaissance types. The kits are all 1/72 and so far are
Roden : Albatros DII.53
Albatros DIII.253
Albatros DIII.153
Revell : Albatros DIII.53 conversion
Fokker DVII MAG conversion
Eastern Express : Hansa Brandenburg DI Starstrutter
Aviatik DI
Aviatik DI side radiator conversion
Aviatik DI To convert to late war 338
MAC : Phoenix DII
Airframe : Phoenix DI vac form
Joystick : Aviatik BII vac form
Lloyd CII, conv to CIII
Phoenix W18 flying boat fighter
Special Hobby : Lloyd CV
Classic Plane : Aviatik DI, converted to CI two seat recce
Hansa Brandenburg CC flying boat fighter
Vac Wings : Lohner LI flying boat
Airfix kit bash : Oeffag CII
Most of these have been built. I'm fairly easy to please and most went together ok. The exceptions are the HB DI which I think needed one of the struts extended. The Classic Plane Aviatik DI is pretty awful which is why I cut it up and converted it. Unbuilt I have the HR Phoenix CI which looks nice in the box. From Sierrascale USA vac forms I have the Hansa Brandenburg CI.169, the Ufag CI and the Phoenix CI. Last an HB CI.429, the late war version from a company called The Eagles Talon Inc from California. The American kits will be hard to find I guess. I got mine from a bulk buy of vac forms on e Bay which luckily no one seemed to want.
As for the Italians I have yet to start on the army machines. My builds are limited to the Pegasus Macchi M5 single seat flying boat fighter that turns up from time to time on second hand sites and a scratch built Macchi L3 flying boat recce type. This series was initially based on a reversed engineered Lohner L. I used the Vac Wings as the template. Hope this helps.
Regards, Steve
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The end is in sight. Once the bracing posts are secure I'll add some rigging. WW1 monoplanes are the perfect introduction to rigging I think. You can usually get the wings done with two long single lengths of invisible thread, that's one for the front wires and one for the rear.
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Just typical. I recently bought two Revell Camels with the intention of trying to kit bash something Dolphin looking. Looking forward to the first review.
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4 hours ago, Brandy said:
That looks a lot less work than the Revell one, which was not even close.
Nice start!
Ian
Thanks Ian. It is. The Revell kit is far too long. In the past I used it a the basis for the P type parasol and the BB biplane. Both are two seat recce versions.
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Thanks Gents. Shifts have been getting in the way but have got a little more to show. Haven't got any French Morane roundels so dug out an old Revell Nieuport 17 set. Had to sun bleach them for a few days but went on without any problems. Original box so they may be 50 plus years old.
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Originally from Temek this kit is regarded as more dimensionally accurate than the Revell version. It represents the later J model with a synchronised Vickers and more powerful 110hp Le Rhone rotary. These machines seem to have been sent to Russia where they were still active as late as September 1917. On the Western Front the French were using the N which was powered by the 80hp Le Rhone and armed with a Hotchkiss mg with deflector plates on the prop. They were active over Verdun and some machines were later transferred to the RFC and fought at the Somme. I'm going to build this version. It will be mostly OOB with the few changes all at the front end. So far I've joined the fuselage and painted most of it HU121 for CDL. The cockpit is small and I like a pilot who would hide any extras so all that's been added is a plastic plank a la old style Airfix for the seat. I have a resin Hotchkiss in the spares and a Revell prop with deflectors. I should be able to get an 80hp rotary from an Airfix Pup. The kit has a raised section that housed part of the Vickers. This has been ground off to match the flat N profile.
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Completed and posted in the Gallery. I built it OOB with the exception of the axle which was replaced with 35thou rod. I'm happy with generic examples but the options are an aircraft flown by the Russian ace Kruten, a generic Ukrainian machine, circa 1918-19 and Vieux Charles flown by Georges Guynemer. Might build a Morane Bullet next.
Regards, Steve
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The Eastern Express/Toko Nieuport 11 Bebe. Made as a standard machine, circa early to mid 1916, probably serving in the Verdun sector.
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A little more progress to report. The small amounts of filler at the wing roots has been blended in and I've been carefully removing parts. Quite a bit of flash but luckily haven't broke anything yet. Main accomplishment has been getting the top wing straight.
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Be careful with the cabane struts. I got them wrong.
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Nice one. I think this is probably the best Parasol to build.
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Hi Pat, I've been distracted by SCW Whif which is now coming to an end. Nieuport is about half way at the moment.
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I built this as a SCW whif. Don't recall any problems with it.
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An Albatros B.11 armed with a Parabellum mg in the front cockpit. Aircraft of this configuration served until the end of 1915 on the Western Front and then up to the summer of 1916 on the Eastern Fronts until replaced by the improved C types, most of which had the defensive armament relocated to the rear cockpit. The kit is a Formaplane vac form which builds into a decent example OOB and provides an excellent basis to those with the necessary conversions skills as this type served as a trainer until EOW.
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Nicely done Ray and I like your mauve.
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Thanks Stix.
Got her finished. Pretty much OOB with a few extras such as a Roden Parabellum and scratched gun rails. It's a pretty decent kit that is open to many different versions. It was used in combat until mid 1916 on the Eastern Fronts and served throughout the whole war as a trainer. Later aircraft had leading edge radiators, stronger tail skids and even Balkan crosses. Not forgetting a variety of exhaust styles.
A few photos I took before I noticed I hadn't fixed the dynamo for the radio. Rest to follow in the Gallery.
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Alpine Front Fighters in 1/72: advice needed
in Aircraft WWI
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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/viewtopic.php?p=796368#p796368
For anyone interested in the Starstrutter these builds may help to avoid some of the pitfalls. Unfortunately the demise of Picturetrail has caused the loss of some photos but I think there are enough combined with the text to get the idea. BTW, I think the Eastern Express issue will have better transfers than a Toko.
HTH, Steve