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I built one of these a few years ago and painted it in Swiss post-war livery. I'll post a photo or two of that as well, but for now I have decided to go with a less esoteric set of marking and built this OOB and as the famous ace's aircraft--as soon as I have some bench space to do so. I checked on Scalemates and this one goes all the way back to the mid-60s, so I think it qualifies. Here's the Swiss... --John
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Hi all, Been ages since I posted anything but to try and get back in the swing here's an original vintage 1960's Revell build of Eddie Rickenbacker's SPAD XIII. The build was done as part of a fun "build a beast" competition at my hobby club. Members select obscure/difficult/potentially horrible/fiddly and awful kits that go into a Secret Santa and participants basically have a lucky dip blind draw to choose their "beast" to build over the summer break and present at the first new year meeting early Feb. Out of about 20+ starters I think about 12 kits ended up making it to show......I guess the rest of the builds languished in despair and grief! New things I tried... Rigging a bi-plane for the first time and painting the roundels. Masks for the roundels were done on self adhesive vinyl with my next door neighbours laser cutter which saved me after I destroyed the kit supplied decals! Anyway here's my build......and yes.....It nearly did my head in! Thanks for looking. Cheers
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