sussexmike

Is that one I missed? I remember building a Pegasus DII, but cannot recall a CII

A very few of the old Formaplane kits are available from Form-U-Lay http://www.form-u-lay.co.uk/planes.php The FE2b is one of them! Mike

According to Heinz Nowarra (“von Richthofen and the ‘Flying Circus’”, Harleyford 1958) aircraft known to have been flown by Richthofen with notable use of red colouring start with Albatros DII D491/16 (though I have seen no photographic evidence of red colouration), then run through the DIII (D789/17), DV (D1177/17 & 4693/17) and Fokker DrI (114/17, 152/17 & 425/17). He is also known to have flown at least one red coloured Halberstadt DII during February/March 1917, plus Albatros DIII 2253/17, DV 2059/17 and Fokker DrI 127/17 & 477/17. If you want to use a Wingnut Wings kit, you will have to model one of the DV planes. Good luck with the research. Mike

Luckily I only spent a couple of pounds and not the cover price of £13.95. With the current inflation in cost of household consumables, it might yet prove to be a bargain!

OK, things are a little slow, so for a bit of fun, what is the worst book on WW1 aviation you have read? My nomination is The Canvas Falcons by Stephen Longstreet. It is excruciating, but luckily I picked it up from the remainder bin. Mike

The following has been extracted and condensed from a magazine article by Neil Pinchbeck, which I hope helps. If you would like a scan of the full article, send me a PM. "The process began by joining the upper section of the lower wing to the lower section of the upper wing by means of the interplane struts. The instructions say that the wing dihedral is 14 degrees. This would mean that full sizr the lower wing tip would be nine feet higher than its root – obviously ridiculous. I opted for 4 degrees as looking about right. Drawings and photographs seem to show that the interplane struts stood perpendicular when the wing was in place. This meant making a card template to set the struts. This done the rigging lines could be threaded through in accordance with the instructions. To complete the wing units the upper surfaces of the upper wings were added, together with ailerons, control horns, cantilever struts and wires. It occurred to me that the change in tension in the rigging as the wing units were fixed in place could cause parts of the rigging to droop. To overcome this one end of each rigging run was only fixed with tape and the lower section of the lower wing was left off until last so that the rigging tension could be adjusted." Mike

To give details of publications on two Albies: DVa D5390/17 Some details on this plane, now refurbished/rebuilt and preserved in Australia - Albatros Scouts Described, Charles Schaedel, Kookaburra Technical Publications, 1970. DVa D7161/17, fully rebuilt and displayed at the Smithsonian, detailed description of the rebild - Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Volume 4, Robert C. Mikesh, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980, ISBN 0-87474-633-7 Mike

Sorry, I missed the original post. I have some of the 9.5mm in my stash. There is no indication with the product of any particular association and at 1;72 I just judge from my available spares/after parts against the plans I am using for the best match. Sorry I cannot be of any further help. Mike

Sorry, I forgot the Scaleplanes 1:72 vacform of many years ago. I built it way back when, but I doubt you will find one at all easily now. Mike

The only SE5 in 1:72 I know of is a Pegasus limited run kit. You may be able to get one from Freightdog Models, or I am sure there are a few out there elsewhere. The other replies refer to SE5a kits. Mike

I like that, scratch building aid is the best description I can imagine. Mike

Hello Andrew, I can't help with any past build info, but "basic" does not quite describe Merlin models. They always need extensive use of the spares box/after market/scratchbuilding plus correction of badly fitting parts, but did cover many aircraft untouched by other manufacturers. Good luck, Mike

I do not wish to hijack the thread, but Culley destroyed LZ.53 on 11 August 1918, taking off from a lighter towed by HMS Redoubt. As far as I am aware this was the last Zeppelin destroyed in air to air combat. If you are aware of other Zepps destroyed by Culley, I would love the details. Agree the Cullry Camel is an attractive subject for modelling. Mike

You will probably get better responses if you post into the WWII section. Regards.

Carlos, Right, I have never seen the article myself. You may be right on Wind Sock, but it did not appear until 10 years after the Scale Models in question. God I am starting to feel old discussing magazines from nearly 40 years back! Mike

Will, Found a reference in one of my old mags to an article in Scale Models of November 1975 to modelling Warneford's Morane and Zeppelin LZ 37. I have not got the magazine myself, but if another member can supply you a copy of the article, it may be of some use. It might be worth posting a request on other forum sections as well. Mike

Dave, Yes, a scan. PM your email address. Mike

A loft clearance has turned up the May 2005 SAMI with an 8 page build article by Neil Pinchbeck. If anyone is in need, let me know. Mike

Someone asked if anyone had the Airfix Mag article for this. Whilst having an attic clearout, I have found the magazine, so let me have your e-mail address and I will send a scan. Mike

I think you would be better advised to have enough frames cut to give you a reasonable spares holding than have additional ones cut later to replace broken bits. A big proportion of the cost will be set up and overhead, so unit cost would be lowest with a single order. Good luck with this, you are braver than me! Mike

This is a great piece of modelling with a very old kit. It is better than I could manage, so my comments below are not put down criticisms. I see you have added control horns to the upper ailerons and the rudder, but I cannot see any on the lower ailerons or elevators. Did you decide enough unto the day? The radiator looks a little flat and I would probably have masked around the slatted area, applied a black or dark grey water based wash and rubbed it off the highlights to give a bit more depth, but as I say, great work and I love your turnbuckles in 1:72! Mike

The BE2c was modelled in 1/72 by Meikraft (early version) and Veeday (later version). Having built them well over 20 years ago, I am sure the Pegasus will be a dream in comparison! Hope the build goes well for you. Mike

Dave, If you want to try to figure the possible transpositions, the above source gives the following B numbered RE8s. There could have been other rebuilds, of course. 742, 750, 765, 781, 814, 821, 824, 832, 836, 843-6, 853, 876, No. 1 (Southern) Aircraft Repair Depot rebuilds 1498 21st Wing rebuild 2251-2300 D. Napier & Son Limited 3401-3450 Daimler Company Limited 4038, 4048, 4050, 4069, 4089, 4094, 4097, 4105, 4134 No. 2 (Northern) ARD rebuilds 5001-5150 Daimler Company Limited 5851-5900 Austin Motor Company Limited 6451-6630 Siddeley – Deasy Motor Car Company Limited 6631-6730 Coventry Ordnance Works Limited 7681-7730 Siddeley – Deasy Motor Car Company Limited 7739, 7804, 7808, 7893, 7917 No. 1 (Southern) ARD rebuilds 8798 21st Wing rebuild 8874, 8880, 8883-7, 8889, 8900, 8909 No. 3 (Western) ARD rebuilds 9473, 9997 26th Wing rebuilds Mike

On the Aerodrome, Serial Numbers, B6365 is shown as a Camel, together with others from that batch. B6365 is shown as 43 Squadron and then 54 Squadron. Mike

According to Bruce robertson - British Military Aircraft serials 1911 - 1971: B5090 - one of a batch of 150 (B5001 to 5150) built by Daimler Company Limited B6523 - one of a batch of 180 (B6451 to 6630) built by Siddeley - Deasy Motor Car Company Limited B6365 - A Sopwith built Camel 1F.1 from a 250 batch (B6201 to 6450) !!!!! I'm afraid that's all I have. Mike