chrispisme Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) This is uncharted territory for me, having never built a pre war...(Jurassic?) aircraft model before. The kit was given to me buy a local club member who in turn had received it as a gift from a family member from years ago. The kit immediately hit my "that's an interesting model" button and had to be tackled. I searched for some spokes for the wheels but gave up finding anything then viewed some videos on making spoke wheels for models. Mine are crude but may look better with grass and dirt applied to them. Here's some images of the kit as of today; made a jig to make wheel spokes; first attempt looked promising but over scale; 2nd attempt (using the long blonde hair from my wife's hair brush) again, please excuse the crudity of the model... Thanks for looking Edited December 9, 2020 by chrispisme typo 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 That's certainly an interesting kit your first attempt at the spoked wheel looks great to me. If you got a photo Etch set for the spokes they would look over scale, but your look fantastic. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) The wheels look pretty good to me too. This is my one and only attempt with photoetch in 1/48. I reckon yours look better. Edited December 9, 2020 by Marklo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Good one! I love these vintage kits! Having a seat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Love these kits, I built the Martin-Handasyde a while back. Surprisingly good for their age. I wish we had some new tool pre-WWI stuff in standard scales, you can't even get a decent Wright Flyer which is usually regarded as quite an important part of aviation history. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Outstanding! I have these kits in the stash! Excellent start and looking forward to what you do with the rest! There's a Tonka 1/48 scale Wright Flyer, but money is an object... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Thanks for coming along on my adventure! I should have (probably) looked to see how others had done the kit but...it's an adventure right! Assembly is progressing very quickly, it helps that its a simple kit with very few parts and is amazingly well cast. The parts are quite sharp and clean. A couple of images of the work as of quitting time tonight; the pilot suggested a back rest might be nice so, I cut a oval from .010" and cut it in half and glued that to the fuselage top. Nice pilot figure by the way, all cleaned up glued together and awaiting his ride being finished I was going to pre-shade the ribs and spars with Tamiya "Buff" but it was almost exactly the same color as the plastic so I added a bit of brown to it...and pre-shaded the ribs and spars Paint work underway (home made linen color with buff and white. Vallejo wood Thanks for looking 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Man, that was fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 I agree! I got barrelling along and couldn’t stop. To be honest it’s a fairly simple kit compared to my usual fair of 1/32 air superiority fighters (or civil airliners) Also the fit, once the misaligned alignment pins were sanded off, is very good. I’ll be back at it in a hour or so today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Great job and it is quick. Looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 I have to think I'm doing something wrong or missed something...this is going too fast (so far) little pilot dude all painted up; He's looking over the work so far; the wash is a little too stark, I'll clean that up, or off. Thanks for looking 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJP Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 This kit originated with Inpact in 1966 as part of a series of pre-WW I types. There was a movie tie-in with Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Some or all later appeared under the Pyro, Likelike and finally Lindberg names. They were well received way back when they first appeared and the pictures seem to say they've held up well. Curiously, Scalemates indicates the later of two Lindberg releases include new parts, though indication what they might be. Ideas? Hmm, just had a thought, the kit was released 55 years after the original flew, and here we are 54 years after that. An enduring interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 46 minutes ago, RJP said: This kit originated with Inpact in 1966 as part of a series of pre-WW I types. There was a movie tie-in with Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Some or all later appeared under the Pyro, Likelike and finally Lindberg names. They were well received way back when they first appeared and the pictures seem to say they've held up well. Curiously, Scalemates indicates the later of two Lindberg releases include new part, though indication what they might be. Ideas? Hmm, just had a thought, the kit was released 55 years after the original flew, and here we are 54 years after that. An enduring interest. It is an enduring kit! As far as I could see the only new parts would (could?) be the 48 piece jigsaw puzzle, a small manufacturers sticker and a decal. I believe the casting is (in my opinion) sharper and cleaner than some new tool releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 That's a happy pilot, taking delivery of his plane in two days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Inpact's 1/48 aircraft kits were the absolute state of the modelling art when they came out. Their 52 year old 1/48 Gloster Gladiator kit is still fully competitive with the recent two 1/48 competitors if you buy it a vac-form canopy and throw a bit of detailing into the cockpit. It's a better shape than either of the modern kits. Sadly the Lindberg reissues often have sinkage. You seem to be lucky with this one, but early Inpact or Pyro releases are the safest ones to get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 So, the model is rigged and the paint is drying on the "wires" the next few pics should be in the RFI section....I really thought the model would be a lot harder and take much more time than...2 days, 3 if you count letting paint dry overnight. stringing the rigging and tensioning them; Thank you for looking 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 That looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Beautiful! 👏 AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 That's really nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Very nice indeed. An interesting subject well rendered. How precarious was the pilot's position?? You would need very good straps to keep from falling out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Thanks mates! last few pics went to RFI. thanks for looking in on me here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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