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Lovely, job on you Spad, Paul!
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Dave
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Jaw droppingly good work!
Your details (laminated wood prop; cockpit and rid tapes to name a few) are simply amazing ......
What material do you use for rigging?
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Dave
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As always, lovely work John!
I like airliners but would be difficult for me to get a ultra clean finish painting by brush so sadly pass these models by .......
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Dave
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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!
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Dave
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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.
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Dave
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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.
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Excellent work on your CR42!
Camo well executed too
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Dave
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Really lovely work on your Bucker!
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Dave
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Another gem from your stable, Chris!
I never ceased to be impressed by the quality of your brush painting (as I am myself) work and this is no exception.
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Dave
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Lovely work on your CR32, mate!
Good work on the hand painted camo, too.
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Dave
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Cracking job, mate!
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Dave
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Beautiful model, Ray - a lovely, clean build.
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Dave
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Not really my thing, but I can appreciate the work that has gone into this one. Outstanding and I would have assumed a kit had you not said.
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Dave
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Agree with others, here -
Really good work and very nicely presented.
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Dave
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Great work on your Swordfish and makes a change to see one on floats too.
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Dave
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Your extra details and work have really paid off handsomely - great model with lovely finish.
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Dave
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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!Regards
Dave
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What a blinding job you have done on this tiny model - Had you not said the scale I would have assumed it was much larger - well done, mate!
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Dave
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That's really good, neat work on the old Airfix Gladiator - well rigged too.
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Dave
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Great work - nicely weathered too.
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Dave
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I like that - good work and great display.
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Dave
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Really great looking Anson, Alistair!
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Dave
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Love your Piper Cub, Chris -
Your brush painted finish is outstanding on this one.
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Dave
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Lovely work on your Zeppelin!
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Dave
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Italeri 1/32 Macchi MC.202 Folgore
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Lovely work - especially like your camo work.
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Dave