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Airco DH-2, Eduard 1/48


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I always wanted to have this pusher in my collection, so after two month of hard work here it is!

 

Airco DH-2  

 

This is the DH2 serial 6000 of the A flight 24 Sqn in July 1916. The Pilot was Sidney Edward Cowan who was born in Downpatrick (Ireland), He died after a midair collision November 17th, 1916 in the age of 19.

 

This model was built from an Eduard Profipack in scale 1/48. Other additions are a Small Stuff rotary engine and Gaspatch Lewis MG and rigging accessories.

The paint job was done with Mr.Paint (especially the PC8 main color), Alclad, Gunze and Drooling Bulldog. The light weathering was done with oil paints.

 

For more information about the creation of this model and a lot of macro shots please visit the detailed build report:
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=12924

 

References were the Windsock Datafile 48, the Osprey book "Pusher Aces of World War 1" and the manual of the bigger Wingnut Wing kit. Regarding the painting and markings I followed this manual, as this serial was not offered in this Eduard Profipack. The markings are painted with cutting plotter cut masks.

 

At first some outdoor pictures. It was not easy, even in evening light, so get some good pictures.

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More pictures, made with light tent.

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And together with my Stripdown DH-2, also an Eduard kit.
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Now I am curious how you like the model!

 

Cheers,
Frank

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And some of the details!

 

More robust brass/wood struts:
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Rib tapes painted with masks and primer:
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Wings are painted with PC8.
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Rotary engine
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Wooden airscrew
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Soldered tail booms:
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New tail skid made from metal and wood:
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Reworked undercarriage:
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RAF wire rigging
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The cockpit:
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Scratched control wire splitters:
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For more please visit the build report.

 

Cheers,

Frank

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Unglaublich! This is real model engineering. I always loved this bizarre RFC fighter - I guess the wire weighed more than the entire rest of material.

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That's not modelling, it's wizardry!

 

Admit it, you just waved a magic wand over a full-size one and shrunk it to 1/48, didn't you?

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Thank you very much!

 

8 hours ago, cduckworth said:

What made you decide to use PC8 as the main color?

The other way around:coolio:

I usually trust the research of Wingnut Wing. I wanted to build this plane and as additional reference I downloaded the WNW manual. Here I noticed this machine serial 6000 with PC8. As I have a lot of the typical PC10 and linen in my cabinet I decided to build this one, even without decals (as this serial was not offered by Eduard). And I love the Mr.Paint shades and wanted to build a PC8 aircraft using this paint MRP-251 (the PC12, PC10 and the linen variants are nice too).

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Source: wingnutwings.com

 

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Frank

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5 hours ago, hopkp said:

Admit it, you just waved a magic wand over a full-size one and shrunk it to 1/48, didn't you?

Yes, my planes are not simplified! This matches my signature:

"Wikipedia says: A model is a simplified representation of reality. So I create downscaled originals."

One of the sources of that impression is the use of real materials like wood and metal instead of plastic with paint.

 

Cheers,

Frank

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5 hours ago, Toryu said:

I guess the wire weighed more than the entire rest of material.

After I showed the stripdown DH-2 on an exhibition some years ago (see the last pictures) someone told me a joke.

There is a test of a correctly rigged DH-2: A mechanic releases a bird inside. If this does not find its way out, the rigging is ok.:rofl:

 

Cheers,

Frank

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On 5/16/2022 at 1:03 PM, Bertie Psmith said:

Truly this is superb workmanship. Building, painting and rigging are all faultless.

Thank you very much, but I like to add that the base was a very nice Eduard kit :like:

 

Cheers,

Frank

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1 hour ago, Bughunter said:

Thank you very much, but I like to add that the base was a very nice Eduard kit :like:

 

Cheers,

Frank

 

Well said. The kitmakers have quite a lot to do with our triumphs. You did make a darned fine build of it though

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Most of us on this forum can built a decent model and present an acceptable representation of the real thing but models like yours takes things to a higher level, the patience and skill to produce such a magnificent machine is to be aspired to. Brilliant job!

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