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  1. I have several of these kits; their shape is better than most any modern kit of this type. A previous owner did a little preliminary work on this, but nothing of importance. This one fits a bit more loosely than an other one I have opened, I do not know why. I will be using a Aeroclub motor, one of two a gentleman in New Zealand sent me a while back. Since I intend using the kit canopy, I am not going to install the Starfighter resin, but will use it as a guide. The kit decal sheet has a perfectly serviceable instrument panel decal. I will be finishing this in the classic orange, green and whi
  2. Having the cabanes on was too delicate, so I have removed them, and will attach them again when the upper wing is on the interplanes. Here are a few more pictures showing the nose details, the profile, and a close-up of the tail workings....
  3. After further cleaning up and re-priming, painting is underway, Gentlemen! The pattern is modeled on the second from the bottom in the picture of 74 Sqdn machines in flight above. Colors are Light Green, Dark Green, Light Earth and Dark Earth. By comparing a photograph with color fields identified with a plain black and white version of the same picture, it seems that the lightest shade of grey is light green, the middle shade light earth, and the darkest shade dark green or dark earth; the annotated copy,plus comment in documents, suggests very little dark earth was used, and that mostly on f
  4. Further work on this, Gentlemen.... As you can see, the radiator has been detailed and attached, and the oil cooler fitted, while undercarriage and struts and most of the tail is in place. I have made a new oil cooler, with seven elements,using .005" strips, but only because I managed to mis-place the first one I had made. The rear legs of the kit undercarriage struts have to be trimmed about a millimeter and a half, and some work done where the axle is fitted. The axle is scratch-built. Kit interplane struts are employed, and cabanes are scratch-built: lengths of .5mm x 1mm strip, scraped
  5. Further work on this, Gentlemen, was one of the means I employed in 'putting off doing the ####### windscreen' on the other two builds.... As you can see,the radiator has been detailed and attached, and the oil cooler fitted, while undercarriage and struts and most of the tail is in place. I have made a new oil cooler, with seven elements,using .005" strips, but only because I managed to mis-place the first one I had made. The rear legs of the kit undercarriage struts have to be trimmed about a millimeter and a half, and some work done where the axle is fitted. The axle is scratch-built. Ki
  6. Thank you very much, Gentlemen! I appreciate your kind words.
  7. Thank you, Sir. Doubled lines are never particularly fun. But by compare to some of my builds, rigging this is a stroll in the park. Now this is rigging....
  8. Not at all bad, Sir. When you feel up to taking a shot at rigging, you can find some good tips here: http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=52937 Though keyed to 1/48 scale in the O.P., it is all sound and transfers well to 1/72, particularly where elastic line is employed.
  9. A good deal of progress on this, Gentlemen. The build had been stuck for a while at the stage I like to call 'putting off doing the ####### windscreen!' But it is done now.... It is pieced together on the model from three separate pieces of .005" clear sheet (a maddening material to work with), glued down initial with very sparing applications of CA gel, then with Future and more CA gel and clear epoxy. The frame is painted decal flim, cut to strips. Cabane rigging wires were set before the upper wing was attached; Curtiss cabane rigging is pretty nigh impossible to do with the upper win
  10. This one is finished, Gentlemen: it, too, had been stuck at the 'putting off the ####### windscreen!' stage, but that has now been tended to.... The windscreen is assembled on the model from four pieces of .005" clear sheet.... I am happy with how this turned out: a nice little kit,and a reasonably trouble-free build, with an excellent technique (Future for decals) assimilated during it. Were I doing this again, though, I expect I could make a better job of the inter-face between the wing-struts and the landing gear struts. By the way,I noticed the Azur Frrom people have a PZL 24
  11. A good deal of progress on this, Gentlemen. The build had been stuck for a while at the stage I like to call 'putting off doing the ####### windscreen!' But it is done now.... It is pieced together on the model from three separate pieces of .005" clear sheet (a maddening material to work with), glued down initial with very sparing applications of CA gel, then with Future and more CA gel and clear epoxy. The frame is painted decal flim, cut to strips. Cabane rigging wires were set before the upper wing was attached; Curtiss cabane rigging is pretty nigh impossible to do with the upper win
  12. Thank you, Sir. I hope it can keep that character....
  13. I am going to try for a fifth here, Gentlemen: I will be starting a Monogram P-36 (in 1/72,of course), to be finished as one of the 27th Pursuit Squadron planes at the Cleveland Air Races at the start of September, 1939.
  14. Great work as always, Sir! Very instructive to watch you deal with the corrugation.
  15. That casting trick is very impressive, Sir. What is a good source for the materials? I can see a lot of uses for something like this....
  16. Looking forward to more of this, Sir: very nice work indeed.
  17. Looking good, Sir! Always nice to see someone getting out of a Luftwaffe rut....
  18. Nice to see one of these going together, Sir, and so smoothly. I have a coupleof these waiting in the =to-do' pile.
  19. 'Yer a better man than I am, Gunga Din.' Very impressive progress, Sir, and very impressive research, too. It will be nice to see this in civil guise. If you have not seen this already, you might find this account of building the Roden Heinkel by a fellow ARC member worth a look: http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=157281
  20. This would be interesting, Sir. I have been considering several Latin American subjects for a while: a Brazilian Boeing F4B-4, a Mexican Bristol Fighter, and a Chilean Curtiss Hawk I (P-1).
  21. Try here, Sir: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?act=idx In large part, this is a 'remembrance' site, and someone will be able to point you to some repository of records, or even be able to track it down for you.
  22. Lower wings are now attached, Gentlemen, and the thing given a preliminary shot of primer; it is beginning to look like an aeroplane.... I must say I am reasonably p;leased with how the surface detail came out --- you never really know till it is under some paint. Looking close there are a couple of small bits I will be tending to, but that is all. The wings are simply butt-jointed, it was a case of tacking on with a little CA gel to get the alignment and dihedral right, then tightening things up with bits of shim and more CA gel. Here is a look, somewhat magnified, into the cockpi
  23. Lower wings are now attached, Gentlemen, and the thing given a preliminary shot of primer; it is beginning to look like an aeroplane.... I must say I am reasonably p;leased with how the surface detail came out --- you never really know till it is under some paint. Looking close there are a couple of small bits I will be tending to, but that is all. The wings are simply butt-jointed, it was a case of tacking on with a little CA gel to get the alignment and dihedral right, then tightening things up with bits of shim and more CA gel. Here is a look, somewhat magnified, into the cockpi
  24. Aerodrome itself is up and running, Sir, but the modeling forum is closed,and can be accessed only as an archive. Many of the modelers were banned by the proprietors before the modeling forum was closed. Why this was done I do not fully understand....
  25. Well, Gentlemen, decals have been applied, some small bits added, and a bit of detail painting done, too.... Here is the underside, with all decals in place: The white bits on the blue field of national marking are fairings for the bell-cranks that move the aileron struts. This is a standard feature of Curtiss biplanes at this time; some kits, including this one, and many drawings, leave them off, but photographs show then clearly, and in this position relative top the stars. They are made from small rectangular bits, tacked down with CA gel to a thick piece of plastic sheet, and shaped wi
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