I just love Wingnut Wings kits, they are so beautifully engineered and represent great WW1 Subjects. I am keenly awaiting their release of the Fokker D.VII, but in the meantime have started on a Sopwith Pup for a friend.
I tend to remove from the sprues all the parts that require a wood effect, and deal with them all together. Base paint in Tamiya Buff, followed later with a streaked coat of Griffin Alkyd oil paints (Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber, and Indian red) mixed in various proportions to give different wood colours.
I'm doing 2 engines here, one for fitting in the aircraft and one for static display alongside. Paint is alclad with Revell Copper.
All parts are ready for assembly to start, but here is where we are at now;
The Wingnuts instrument panels are fantastic, you can actually read the dials
And it isn't that big;
Fuselage halves are ready to go as well, just got to assemble the interior first.
Markings will be 'Mildred H' from the superb Pheon Decals sheet http://www.britmodel...showtopic=45706. Got a bit of work to do before we get to that stage though!
Cheers
John