Jump to content

Epeeman

Members
  • Posts

    1,645
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

Posts posted by Epeeman

  1. On 12/24/2023 at 9:14 PM, RichieW said:

    Sorry I haven't commented earlier. It's great to see this finished to such a high standard. Glad you enjoyed the kit so much, you've done a far better job than I could possibly have managed. It certainly went to the right home! :)

     

    Richie

     

    21 minutes ago, Viking said:

    How did I miss this? I agree Dave, the Roderick Dallas scheme is really unusual and interesting.  It's nice to know that the Roden kit looks so good.

     

    Cheers

     

    John

     

    No problem, Richie and John -

     

    I'm pleased you caught up with it and that you both liked it - thank you!

     

    Regards

     

    Dave

    • Like 1
  2. 16 hours ago, TallBlondJohn said:

    Fine job on a tricky kit. How were the decals?

     

    Thank you.

     

    The newer Roden kits have decals that are a big improvement on what went before.   Having said that, not the best (and certainly far from the worst) they require careful handling during appilication as they are thin and brittle.

     

    Regards

     

    Dave

  3. Just a few pictures of my recently completed Roden 72nd scale Sopwith Camel built OOB, brush painted and rigged with combination of Oschi standard elastic thread for bracing and fine for control cables.

     

    Completed in the colours/markings for RAF home defence squadron of Ltn Hollington, Stow Maries, Summer 1918.

     

    S2Yyca7.jpg

     

    YYcOMyR.jpg

     

    Q9ybztW.jpg

     

    Regards

     

    Dave

    • Like 48
    • Thanks 1
  4. Dear all,

    A fellow member of this forum very kindly gave me this Roden kit earlier in the year.   It even included a set of resin aftermarket resin wheels, HGW seat belts and some paint masks.   I used all these items bar the masks as being brush painter they are sadly not so easy to use.

    I finally got round to building this immediately after my Revell Fokker DVII and completed yesterday.   This was one of those really enjoyable projects that I could not put down - hence fairly soon after my last project.

    On the whole, these are a great kit from Roden but there are a few areas that require a bit of careful attention:

    Quite a bit of work tidying up the fuselage join especially on the underside;
    I paid a fair amount of time devoted to ensuring the upper wing fit was correct on the cabane struts;
    If you want the cowling closed over the engine (as I did) you need to be aware that if you follow the instructions the two upper cowling panels do not fit.   I tackled this by only assembling the lower half of the engine keeping the two crankcases separate until I got to this point.  To make mine fit properly, it was necessary to cut away the lower portion of these crankcases;
    The decals have a tendency to break apart so I had to carefully apply these 'jigsaw' style and paint in as best I could any gaps.

    The above things are all doable so don't let that put you off from tackling this good kit.

    I have added some very minor (numerous) details including altering the kit seat back to look more accurate.

    Rigged with combination of 'Pryme' knitting elastic and 3lb fishing wire where I wanted some structural strength.

    Painted in the scheme of R S Dallas, France, May 1918.

    I'm actually really pleased how this one has turned out and the SE5a is my favourite British WW1 aircraft.  I thought the Dallas scheme looked a bit more interesting so is why I chose this one.   The scheme is quite complex so may not be as accurate to Roden's painting guide so I will simply say this is my interpretation of it.

    Many thanks, Richie!

     

    Fn8moUV.jpg

     

    iMhs2Q8.jpg

     

    DgwHqxL.jpg

     

    rVGuAfW.jpg

     

    KCN6sYa.jpg

     

    9tVT2G2.jpg

     

    SwxRkyO.jpg

     

    cXP2za4.jpg

     

    U5sSliV.jpg

     

    SHSS92c.jpg

     

    hv1n6KM.jpg

     

    yuar0w1.jpg

     

    jTr2GNk.jpg

     

    ISNhRf8.jpg

     

    Regards

     

    Dave

    • Like 39
    • Thanks 1
×
×
  • Create New...