Stephen,

Once again, your work is amazing.  What scale are your "cut-aways"? 

 Daywalker,

Hey, you will have at least 33 finished planes when I complete the DH-2!   Here is where I stand at present in photographs.  As a Weekend edition kit, there is no PE fret, so the engine is pretty simple, but still nicely molded.  The photo showing the propeller is a little blurry, but you can make out the brass on the tips.  Any comments are welcome as always.

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Scott

Excellent work Scott!  Like the paint work on the wings, and that propeller with the metal leading edges is excellent.  I never would have guessed that we would end up with over 30 finished models in this GB. 

Only 21 days left here!  If you are working on one right now, and don't think you'll be able to finish it by the 1st of January, I would be happy to move it over to KOTS II for you.  If you are almost done, even if it's a little past the first that's OK.  My plan is to start a thread over in "Aircraft" on the first of January showing a finished photo of all of the builds here.  Do not see very many WWI aircraft there so I think it will be very interesting! 

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Frank

Daywalker wrote:

When this GB finishes up, I plan to put a post in aircraft to show everyone what has been accomplished here.  I have been saving everyone's photos as we went along, so I have copies of them all thus far.  Just wanted to be sure everyone is OK with that.

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-Roger AKA "Spike"
"Ambition Bites the Nails of Success"-The Fly

More of the cockpit and guns.  Note the scratchbuilt early version of the control yoke. The lozenge from the pilot's left side.  Yes I see it too.  I need to go back and texture the cockpit interior on the pilot's right side.

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Well done Stephen!  That texturing looks very nice.  Tell me about that prop, did you mask and paint it?  It looks like real wood.  Very well done.

I received my samples of the Easy Line on Saturday to try on my Nieuport 28 for the KOTS II.  Between the two sizes (.003 and .006), would it be safe to assume that the smaller size would be more appropriate for 1/48?

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Frank

Roger,

I used Burnt Siena and Raw Umber oil paints over Model Master Acryl Wood that I airbrushed.  I just laid down some stripes with the oil colors, then wiped them off using a Q-tip of all things.  This not only mixed the colors, but left a wood grain appearance.  I have used oil paints before, but never wiped them with a Q-tip.  I liked the results enough on the interior parts that I used it on the propeller as well.

Frank,

I am nearly finished with the DH-2, and should in fact wrap it up this week if all goes well.  I will have a completely different entry for the build starting in January.  As far as a final photo of the finished products, I would say go for it.

Stephen,

I anticipate your response on the fabric work, as I can not recall where the discussion was in the now 92 pages of this posting.

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Scott