gamevender Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Another step on my journey down the road of the old Aurora WW I kits. This is their DH-4. It comes with the four bladed prop instead of two and with the dual rear Lewis guns. That gun mount was disliked by the gunners as being bulky, hard to bring to bear and used up a LOT of ammunition. I added my usual basic interior, but the rest is OOTB. Just realized looking at these photos that one of my brass prop guards is on backwards. Oops. 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Lovely build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matti64 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Amazing build, fully realised the potential of such an old kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Excellent job in bringing this old kit to life! Love your job of rigging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Looks great and OOTB, The stacks make me think of a Kenworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 This is superb! You've done a wonderful job on that old kit. Zig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I like that alot. How did it compare with newer airplane kits, the detail looks quite good for an OOB build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariado Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Top result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 mackem01 I believe this was one of their later kits. Detail-wise, it's pretty basic. There's really nothing in the cockpit other than a seat, floor, stick and basic instrument panel. Gunner's area had a floor, basic stool-like seat and floor, There's no detail on the inner walls at all. No engine and the external detail is pretty basic. In short, there's really no comparison. HOWEVER, they are immensely easier to get together and you see how nice they can look with a little effort. On my shelf from three feet away, it looks pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 It also looks pretty good from 3 inches away! Wonderful reanimation - I love good modelling on old kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Harold55 said: Love your job of rigging. So do I ⭐ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Lovely build of this old Aurora kit. They were excellent study material to learn how to build your models. I have build a lot of those Aurora kits, only your DH-4 I never saw it in the shops. So at last I know what it lookes like ! Thanks for showing the old war-horse. 👍 Cheers, JohnHaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Very well done. Just love seeing these old kits being built to such a high standard. Thank you for sharing! All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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