Knights of the Sky II- The End

Excellent Start Guy.  And here is a bit of fun concerning the WNW 1/32 SE 5a.
Click here.

Here is a bit more fun concerning the WNW 1/32 Junkers J.I
Click here.

Cheers for that Stephen. Im definately after the Gotha when its ready. Oooh yeah baby. Now that would be an imposing beasty.

Done a bit more to my floater. Not quite as quick as id hoped LOL. Im on a funny shift this week. Starts at 11am. So i only get an hour or so in the morning before work to do anything really. By the time i get home, eat, shower etc....yo get the gist.

Anyhoo the fuz sides went together. A bit of filler here and there on the inserts, but im pleased overall. I then used Mr surfacer 500 neat on the big gaps and then when dry, thinned down with lacquer thinners over the scratched areas,

Ive since the last pic, polished it all up and its looking good. Ive toyed with an alternative to Alclad for the Alluminium top deck. What you think, its very very smooth,

I may be able to get some paint on the fuzz tomorow.

...Guy

Thanks for sharing that review Stephen!  I like the idea of the optional stressed fabric fuse parts on the SE, great idea.  I shall follow your build with great interest.

Guy- What can I say?  Bloody outstanding work my friend!

Hmm ... Felixstowe F.2A ... hmmm ....

Josh

(Edit: nvm. I couldn't do rigging to save my life. Save the kit for another time. Curtiss H16 would be fun too.)

ok,here we go with the 4 dml busts.................

i forgot to re paint the bases but will do it at some point(there primer at the moment).

now all i have to do is the aircraft to go with the pilots.

my MvR triplane is nearly ready,probably another week as i'm doing all the fiddly stuff like rigging etc.

Hi all - here is my build of the latest boxing of the Eduard Roland C.II "Walfisch" ("whale") - all completely OOB, decals and all.  This is a very nice kit in my opinion, and excellent for someone looking to get in to WW1 modelling - only two stuts and very little rigging.

Can't show too much more for now as this one will (hopefully) be appearing in Scale Aircraft Modelling magazine in the next few months... sorry I couldn't mention it earlier :-) 

That said, all feedback welcomed!

BC

 Hey Guy, Great looking start. The Alcad aluminum looks convincing!  Nice work on the engine too. An interesting subject and will be looking forward to progress updates.

 Ludwig, That's an impressive and great looking collection. I really like the bronze look very much.

 Brad, The camo on the Walfisch is great as is the build. Very cool. I like the finish. Two Thumbs Up and a Bow. Thanks for sharing that one.

 Great looking builds going on here, keep up the fun!

ludwig- Very nice!  I like those a lot, especially with them all lined up like that.  I recognize a couple of them, but would you mind telling us the pilot's names?

Brad- Nicely done, thanks for sharing the pics!

ludwig113 wrote:

ok Daywalker here ya go :-

eddie rickenbacker , manfred von richthofen , ernst udet , hans goerth

Brad,

Very nice job on the Roland C.II!

Ludwig,

Those busts turned out very well indeed!   If I get a chance, I will show a photo of the Richthofen bust that I painted a few years ago.

Wing_Nut

"Sail Color" is from the Gunze line of paints.  It is a light tan color, and the Model Master line of enamels and acrylic paints do contain a similar tan, if you typically use them.  I have also used the Humbrol "Linen", and I would agree that it has a yellow palor to it.  Of course, not having seen what new linen used on the original aircraft really looked like, I have used the color sparingly.

Wow Ludwig, those busts look real and im not just saying that. Bleeding brilliant mate.

Brad, ive seen the Walfish in a few mags and online but thats the 1st time i had. Did they see much action in WW1. Its a very strange looking bird for sure. Your build looks amazing. I love the fishy decals. The whole thing looks great, Top marks.

...Guy

P.S ive not been able to get anything built much as work has been getting in the way. More soon.

thanks to everyone for the feedback on the busts,there quite easy to do,the only thing i found you have to be careful of is the direction of your brush strokes as this really shows up when the wash is applied.

cheers paul

Well the weekend has arrived and before football, i managed to get a bit of spraying done. I sprayed the undersides of the wings and ive mixed up some linen colour for the top wing (Not on yet)

I also sprayed the hull and underside White (Hidden by the tape) and then sprayed the sides 'Wood' colour, ready for the Oil streaking to represent the grain, Oh and i also gave the lot a coat of Future for a barrier coat and prep for decals,

The round dots on the top deck arnt sprue gates! They are supposed to be there, and White. So i used a hole punch to make some small masks for them.

If i get chance ill be able to do some more this afternoon.

...Guy

I was playing, not watchin LOL. Ive come home crocked as well. I have a L/H ring finger that the joint is still swollen from a goalkeeping error about 3 weeks ago and today i smacked my right heel into something and now i cant put any weight on it. AND NO IM NOT GETTING OLD!!!!

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

AND NO IM NOT GETTING OLD!!!! ...Guy

Yeah...keep telling yourself that

Nice work so far.  too bad that tri color is not onthe top of the wing.  Kinda like..."Hey you... way over there... guess what... I'm ITALIAN! Fagetaboutit! "

Ludwig-very cool looking busts

Brad-that sure is nice lookin'

Scott.  Thanks for thr input.  I think I will try to tone to yellow look somewhat.

Progress is painfully slow.  Cathing up on the post-winter yard work. Unlike others around here... I am gettin' old and I draggin' my sorry hind quarters by the end of the day.

But here is what's happening at the moment. When gluing the front cowl on, the Tenax was running down to my fingers, unbeknownst to me, that was hold the sides of the fuselage. OI had to file off the access panels because of the gigundo melted in fingerprint and reaplce with some .005 plastic card.

Stuffed

Primed & Polished

Alclad II

After complaining about how mnay times I broke off the struts on my Camel in KotS I, I am trying Steve's method of drilling all the  struts to accept a piece of wire.  Being real careful I was able to get down about an 1/8".  Me thinks this will work!

Hi all,Marc, looking lovely and metally. Definately taking shape.

 I managed to get a fair bit done today (Day off).I masked up the nose deck area and sprayed it with my wonder alluminium, then I got the Linen colour on the wings and then coated them with Tamiya Clear. That stuff is great as it goes off rock hard in under an hour. It went off so quick i was able to decal them as well. The register of the roundels was a little off, with them being slightly see through. Aah well you cant win em all. LOL. Heres where it is so far,

More soon, but there are still a thousand minute strut thingy doo dads that need cleaning up and squirting.

...Guy

Thanks guys.

Guy that is looking really sweet.The roudels really stand out on the wing.  What did you use for the linen color?

Luftwoller wrote:

 Hey luftwoller,That's Mighty Fine brush work. Very nice and smooooth. Looking good.

 Hey wing_nut, The alcad looks great, nice fix on the boo boo. I can relate to the "Tenax Fingerprint". Glad to see the Camel a-humpin' right along.

Cheers for niceties,

Marc the linen colour was mixed from Tamiya acrylics. It was about 80% Flat white 10% Yellow and 10% Neutral grey. Doesnt look too bad to my eye.

...Guy

Thanks Mobious.

Guy that is going to work out great for me.  My "doped linen" is a bit yellow so a touch of gray and some white should be just right.

Ludwig,

These look GREAT!!  ...especially all together!

I knew you would have fun doing them as 'desktop models"!

...now you need to add Lufbery, Baracca and Voss !LOL!!

regards,

Paul

www.modelcellar.com

Those busts do look really good. I agree. Model Cellar, I think you might see an order from me in the next little while. Are you planning any more releases in this 150mm bust range ?

I've finally found some AFC decals for my Sopwith Pup, so I feel happy to proceed now. They are made by a company called Novascale, who specialise in Australian subjects. I'll pick up this build once they arrive. I've done the interior, joined the fuselage, but it's stalled there as I wasn't completely happy with my choice of subject.

Cheers

Tony Mollica

Almost completed. Still need to rig tail unit & ailerons. Next the fuel pump strut mounted generator (spares box.) Then clean up sol & set residue. Finally the final clear coat.  I went with the basic cowling but in rerality I should probably have used the RNAS type with twing spandaus (Eduard only offer the the single Vickers type.) 

It seems the RNAS types with the Bentleys installed had that overlapping upper cowling. As a matter of fact it may have been strickly a naval contract installment on F.1 &  2F.1 types no matter what engine was installed.  Several of the known images of Camels in this production series bear this out.

ModelCellar wrote:

Ludwig, These look GREAT!!  ...especially all together! I knew you would have fun doing them as 'desktop models"! ...now you need to add Lufbery, Baracca and Voss !LOL!! regards, Paul http://www.modelcellar.com/

Confucius say, patients grasshopper, all good things come to those who wait

paul

First color coats go on tonight now the preshading is done.  The whole this was covered iwth flat black then lightly sanded with 3200 micro mesh which left the black in all the low areas and cleaned off the highlights.  No way I was getting all those lines sprayed by hand straight.

Great stuff Stephen. Really starting to look the part.

Marc, love the preshading. Anyone would think that you build planes all the time. Not part time, between targets LOL.

...Guy