72linerlover Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Hi, Steve. I'm very happy you ended your fantastic build. I followed your in-progress thread with much interest and not only from a modeling point of view. Of course that is the best Chippy I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing your techics and for having given all us the joy to see that beauty. Eugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hi, Steve. I'm very happy you ended your fantastic build. I followed your in-progress thread with much interest and not only from a modeling point of view. Of course that is the best Chippy I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing your techics and for having given all us the joy to see that beauty. Eugenio Thanks Eugenio But you are forgetting your own Chippy - which BTW if any one hasn't seen they should check out: http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=221361&st=0 Don't forget that I tried but failed to copy your method of doing the canopy! It was fun trying though. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 As I said in the WIP,thouroughly enjoyable and she's jaw-droppingly good. BTW,here's Rick Piper's FS2004/FSX Flightsim Chippie: http://www.planecrazy.me.uk/assets/images/DHC-1-7.jpg http://rickpiper.cbfsim.org/images/ChipmunkV3b.jpg http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/Flight_Sim/Images/GBARS.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troschi Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 what a lovely and stunning little model. I also love the idea of placing the model on your own flying log superb work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Outstanding work - it's certainly brought back a few very distant memories of my time at FSS. Difficult to believe that you've not been modelling day in, day out for decades, given the levels of skill and finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Steve, As I said in the build thread, a truly great job which has produced a masterpiece, given the original 'canvas' and its diminutive size. The fact that you have completed this after so many years away from the hobby only underlines your inherent skills...gives me optimism for my own erratic attempts, given the vagaries of Service life and regular moves. It also brings back memories of a short trip from Nottingham to Skegness in 1980, taken in a civilian registered Chippie (still in RAF colours) with my room mate at IOT, who had a PPL. Well Done, Mate ! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 WOW pretty nice result from the kit there. Proves its not always the kit but the modeller that wins out. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmatt Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Just came accross your chipmunk....and the build thread. Truly inspiring work you've done on this kit! I'm really impressed by all the research and details you've put in it. I just finished mine a few weeks ago...and I'm far far away from that level of details. But it was a pleasant and quick build. Cheers B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks Bearmatt (BTW great user name) Yours looks great - nice finish. Love the tyre tracks in the grass as well! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 What a fantastic,inspirational build! ...gives us newbies hope... Just spent the last few hours glued to the WIP thread-a joy in itself.Apart from the education gained,the insiders' back and forth between yourself and others made for some fascinating reading(the brighter members of my family have meteors,vampires,lightnings,pumas and chinooks in their logbooks,so this was all very nostalgic stuff). Modelling of the highest order on display here,really looking forward to your next build. Cheers, Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Wow! that is amazing You've done a really splendid job on this little kit; it looks much bigger than 1/72! Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Fantastic job on a real munter of a kit Steve. Coincidentally the Chipmunk was the ONLY aircraft I ever flew in the RAF. Edited December 23, 2013 by goggsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 This is truly inspiring work.... I have actually got mine out of the stash and started building because of this post!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Superb build, all the little tweeks and scratchbuilding to bring it up to that level is very impressive, well done! Reminds me of my first air experiance flight in 1995, loved every minute of it. Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Mike Grant, eat your heart out. That is a fabulous model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gn Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I can't remember whether I commented already or not, but it looks pretty much perfect. BTW when you've finished with that oversized 50p I lent you, can I have it back please, I've got a 1:32 Tornado nearly finished...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Ooo. It's once to see this little one again. Can see a few things I'd do differently now tho' - ain't that always the way? BTW when you've finished with that oversized 50p I lent you, can I have it back please, I've got a 1:32 Tornado nearly finished...? Oops Spent it. Prompted quite a discussion about the perils of inflation actually....... BTW - I always knew that your weren't really working in 1/72 Reminds me of my first air experiance flight in 1995, loved every minute of it. Aye. One of the great things about the Chipmunk is how many of us have fond memories of contact with the full size article. Hard not to smile when you see a Chippie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Lovely...can't wait to see your next build(s)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Aye. One of the great things about the Chipmunk is how many of us have fond memories of contact with the full size article. Hard not to smile when you see a Chippie. I only got to fly in the Chipmunk once, they replaced them shortly after by the Bulldog which I did the majority of my AEF in, however I prefferred the chipmunk, the smell, the tandem seating it made me feel like I was in a WW2 fighter!. The Bulldog was less enjoyable somehow. Rich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Fantastic Steve, so much work in such a small model, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Excellent! - your long list of what you've change suggest that there is much, much shorter list what left untouched from a kit. Was there something you did not correct? Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 I only got to fly in the Chipmunk once, they replaced them shortly after by the Bulldog which I did the majority of my AEF in, however I prefferred the chipmunk, the smell, the tandem seating it made me feel like I was in a WW2 fighter!. The Bulldog was less enjoyable somehow. Rich Don't tell Keith that It's over 30 years since I flew in a Chipmunk - and I only did about 15 hours in it - but if I close my eyes I can still picture it. I agree that there's something about it.......sigh Excellent! - your long list of what you've change suggest that there is much, much shorter list what left untouched from a kit. Was there something you did not correct? Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Umm. Don't remember. Don't think so 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Don't tell Keith that It's over 30 years since I flew in a Chipmunk - and I only did about 15 hours in it - but if I close my eyes I can still picture it. I agree that there's something about it.......sigh I was sitting here fuming last night Steve, trying to think of a suitable pithy (& painful!) retort. But then I couldn't, as I realised, much as I love the Bulldog & she will forever be in my heart, I probably love the old Chippie even more! I only ever got AEF flights in them, never managed to fly them myself, but I do have to agree about that certain 'something'...!! If my mythical lottery win is only big enough to buy one of the two, I think that much as it pains me, it will have been built by de Havilland...!! Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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