stevej60 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Hi folk's, these kits were "big present items" when I was a kid and always lost out to Airfix on Birthdays and Christmas.I built the Fokker tri-plane a year or two ago and enjoyed the Experience so only yesterday noticed a blue boxing of this kit on e-bay I had never seen before with decals for Italian and Czech machines,took a punt and got it for would you believe £5.Photo's when it arrives and here's the Fokker. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Steve, thats a good looking Fokker. Edited June 23, 2022 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 O boy - The SPAD! How I loved this model when I built it around 1968/69. I left the small cooling panels open - thought this looked very cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Toryu said: O boy - The SPAD! How I loved this model when I built it around 1968/69. I left the small cooling panels open - thought this looked very cool! I'll get your advice on that when the time arrives Toryu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Evening folk's.kit arrived today here's what turned up. The seller wasn't sure all was there but looking at his photo's it looked to be and it was. Had a clean up of the major part;s which were relatively flash free,it's a 1993 boxing but the kit is molds are over 60 years old now. And how much fun can you have for a mere £5 ! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great got my hands on the Camel a while back, to replace the one my late dad built in the 70s. Even with the odd scale, they do make a nice substantial model once finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 For molds that old they do look good, looks like Italian and Russian markings ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 11 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: For molds that old they do look good, looks like Italian and Russian markings ? I think Czeçh Dennis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 Hi folk's,first chance to catch up today we had a broadband outage Friday and yesterday a meal and drinks for my eldest's Birthday who couldn't be there as the dreaded Covid struck on Thursday! Anyway started work on the engine and cockpit. Before spraying the interior added a few bits of evergreen strip just to take the bareness away. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Hi folk's,detail painting started. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Hi folk's,for a kit it's age once the flash has been sorted you do get a great fit of parts,needs a touch of filler here and there but I've needed more on a good few modern kits.this is about an hours work. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Great progress Steve! I loved this kit (and my assembled model of old). 1/28 is a wonderful size for the detail of WWI single-seaters, like 1/32 is for WWII. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Hi folk's back from a week's break and ready to go,progress on the Spad with the interior and engine fitted. Shame it won't be seen but all hidden now. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Evening folk's,work rota is 6-2 this week so as you can imagine due to the weather the loft is out of bounds till this heat wave is over,however the primer was an outside job which went well really looking forward to get her colours on. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Evening folk's,work rota is 6-2 this week so as you can imagine due to the weather the loft is out of bounds till this heat wave is over,however the primer was an outside job which went well really looking forward to get her colours on. Sorry to hear of the blast furnace sitting over western Europe and the UK. One benefit though is that the paint dries fast. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ballman Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Excellent work, thanks for sharing this. JB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 23 hours ago, John Ballman said: Excellent work, thanks for sharing this. JB Thank's John,I've sprayed two coats of the underside colour tonight and probably need's another on to finish,hope tp update with a photo or two soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ballman Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 43 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Thank's John,I've sprayed two coats of the underside colour tonight and probably need's another on to finish,hope tp update with a photo or two soon. Hope it comes out wonderful. It's looking real superb Buddy JB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 Hi folk's,here's the underside base painted and tonight I got the upper green on,I've now to decide to do either the camoflage or all over green scheme covering the Italian machines 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Hi folk's,top colour's done glossed and first of the decals applied they are very brittle so I'll seal them with gloss and the green on the aft of the rudder was cut off I'll mix paint for that section and trim the red and white and touch in with paint. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Very nice, I built the Rickenbaker version in the late 70s. If I recall there were rings/holes in the struts for the rigging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, John_W said: Very nice, I built the Rickenbaker version in the late 70s. If I recall there were rings/holes in the struts for the rigging? Many thank's John,sadly this one is on hold I went to do a bit of work on it and the decals have cracked and peeled which is a mystery as they were sealed in with Gloss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan31 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 That is disappointing to say the least. I have the SPAD in the stash as well. I pinched it off evilbay and when it arrived, there were 2 kits in one. WoooHoooo. I have decals if you need but not the ones you used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 23 hours ago, Allan31 said: I have decals if you need but not the ones you used. Thank's anyway Allan for what I paid not a real big loss,still a nice kit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Sorry about the decals. When Revell decals go wrong, they don't mess about. I have a 1/72 FW190 where I used superglue as a decal setting solution! It looks like a lovely kit though. At this scale it wouldn't be too hard to cut some masks for the roundels? Regards, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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