From the Vault - Planes, Planes, Planes - June 28,2020

I thought I would drag some photos out as examples of other work done in either refurbishing or constructing.  Bob and I have built many "Little Planes", as my wife terms the Wings of Glory air combat game, which employs 1/144 scale (for WWI) and 1/200 scale (for WWII) models as combat pieces.  As you have seen in other posts the rehab of planes from the 60s and 70s "Out of the Storage Box".

TBD Devastator - 200 scale.

"Kate" 200 scale

Valom kit, Se5 - 144 scale

Valom kit, Nieuport 17 - 144 scale

Shapeways Caudron G4 - 144 scale.  This is a highly customized, and painted 3D print, the following photo is what I started with.

A broken fuselage boom and no wheels.  I fixed the boom by cross bracing with wire in horizontal and vertical planes (as a real aircraft would) and used No. 60 O-rings for wheels.  Paint, paint and more paint to smooth the rough 3D texture, decals and monofiament rigging.  Tedious but worth it.

Ok, let's move on!

A Reviresco (metal) Sopwith Triplane - 144 scale.

A 1/72 Vought OS2U Kingfisher - A rehab "Out of the Storage Box".

An Airfix kit, 1/72 Sopwith Pup.

Roden kit, 1/72 Fokker Dr1 with a Czech Republic Resin MvR crew and a scratch built (Muslin) tent/hanger used with the quickly moving Flying Circus.

I did upgrade the Roden kit with brass/photoetch Spandau guns and ammo belts.

Oh, and I added LED lights!

These are a few of the projects over the past number of years.  There are many more by Bob and me and they may eventually appear.

Ooops, almost forgot, I had to rehab and big boy as well.  In "The Storage Box" was a Revell 1/28 kit which had no crew and was supposed to be an Fokker F1 -103/17 flown by Werner Voss.  Back in the Day Bob wanted a Red Triplane (Dr1) so that is how it was painted.  I did some work on it.

Repair of the undercarriage, completion of control wires, cleaning, detail and painting including revising to F1 102/17 which MvR did fly thereby justifying the red paint job!

I found another kit that had a full crew and negotiated its shipment to me.  I set to work painting.

And grouped them around the refurbished " Fokker F1 102/17".

OK, now I'm done - For Now!