[Hasegawa's 1/32 P-40E]

Cracking job, mate!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Boulton Paul Balliol]

Beautiful model, Ray - a lovely, clean build.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Scratchbuilt 1/72 Autogyro "Calidus"]

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.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[P-40F-1 Warhawk (Special Hobby 1/72)]

Agree with others, here -

 

Really good work and very nicely presented.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[1/48 Swordfish K8864 HMS Warspite 1941]

Great work on your Swordfish and makes a change to see one  on floats too.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Dewoitine D.500, French Air Force 1937]

Your extra details and work have really paid off handsomely - great model with lovely finish.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[1/32 Roden SE5a Hispano Suiza]

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

[A pair of grey Schlacht Würgers - Fw 190F-8s]

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!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[The old Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator]

That's really good, neat work on the old Airfix Gladiator - well rigged too.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Too few...1/48 Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai "George", IJN]

Great work - nicely weathered too.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[1/32 Iron Maiden Spitfires Revell]

I like that - good work and great display.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Airfix 1/48 Avro Anson Mk.I]

Really great looking Anson, Alistair!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Piper L4 Cub]

Love your Piper Cub, Chris -

 

Your brush painted finish is outstanding on this one.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Zeppelin LZ.85]

Lovely work on your Zeppelin!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[MAC Distribution LFG Roland D VIa]

Wow! - excellent work on your Roland which is in small scale too.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[ICM 1/32 Gloster Sea Gladiator MK.II]

Brilliant job on your Gladiator, Alistair -

 

And yes, this is a wonderful kit from ICM.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[1/28 Revell Fokker DVII (OAW)]

All,

I built this old Revell kit 10 years ago and always felt I could do it better justice.   Earlier in the year, come across this kit on Ebay which was completely sealed and managed to win the bid at 30 quid.

Finally got around to tackling it and completed yesterday night.  I wanted to tackle the kit errors on the fuselage (too deep and wide) and upper wing which has a distinct 'bow' to the upper half.  Unfortunately, I did not have any scale drawings so undertook this project by 'eye' and with a fair bit of trial and error.  Therefore, this completed model is still not 100% correct.   I have ended up reducing a bit too much in terms of depth but this only became clear later in the build when it was too late to alter.

I  I have tried to use as much of the existing kit parts as possible by just altering and enhancing as necessary.  I started by filing away the molded details on inner fuselage cockpit area.  Once done, I then added some lozenge decal (then lightly painted over to appear faded as would be seen from inside) and then scratch built the the fuel pressure pump, mixture control quadrant, cockpit framing and adding the bracing and control wires.   I also enhanced the existing instrument panel and seat with cushion (made from Milliput) and seat harness knocked up from old takeaway menu.

 

 

 

Cut down and cut out excess plastic of the fuselage and used plastic sheet to replace the bottom of the fuselage.  Much time was then spent, cutting, filing and filing until I was happy with the shape and surface finish.  This also include having to now cut down width of horizontal stabiliser and tiding up to ensure proper fit on fuselage.  Displaced the elevator for dynamic look.

Added basic details to kit 08/15 MG's, rebuilt the cover over the fuel guage ( half a section of 1/72 bomb from my spares box), and added windshield.  Very basic details made to engine by separating the intake manifold, adding oil pump, enlarging the opening (using some large pieces of sprue glued, filed and opened up) and the MG flash guards above engine.

 

 

 

Replaced the underside fuselage lacing and altered the underside of the nose to give appearance of separate chin cowl and the missing inspection panels made up from thin plastic sheet.

 

 

Decided to paint in the colours of Erich Loewenhardt's machine.   Ordered some underwing lozenge from 'Aviatic' being the only aftermarket used on this build.   The fuselage crosses were spare 1/48 decals from my spares box.  All other decals used are from the standard kit.

Altered upper wing top section reducing the bow shape and reposed ailerons and painted propeller to resemble laminated wood.  Rigging accomplished using 'Pryme' knitting elastic for control cables and 3lb fishing line for bracing wires.  Eyelets and tubes self made using twisted copper wire and empty ball pen ink tube stretched over candle.

Model (as always for me) entirely brush painted and some very light weathering using artist pastels.  In all, this was a six week (enjoyable) project.

I appreciate others on this forum have also undertaken the same project with far better and accurate results, but I am still pleased with the outcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Fokker D VII 1/48 Eduard]

That's great work on your second WW2 subject, Dov.

 

Like the colour marking scheme a well.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Monogram / Revell Wright Flyer 1/39 - Build Review]

Wow! 

 

Your model Wright Flyer is absolutely amazing!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 yellow 17 JG 300 from Eduard 1/48]

What a great looking 109 - good work.

 

None of the kit build problems are evident in the completed model too.

 

Regards

 

Dave

 

 

[S&M Models, Bristol Sycamore HR14, 1/72]

That's great work - love the last picture with the full line up.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Aero Junkers F.13 in 1/72 scale]

That's great work on your F13!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Airfix 1:72 P-51 Mustang “Lollipoop”]

Lovely, work!

 

Regards

 

Dave

[1/32 Revell Junkers Ju-88 A11]

Incredible work on your JU88 - your canopies are exceptionally neat and tidy.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[Boeing 747 KLMs first Jumbo Jet Revell]

That's a lovely looking 747 in the KLM livery, Alex.

 

Regards

 

Dave