Arc makes a mess.. now with The Fall... **FINISHED!!**

[Arcwelder]

That's a very cool paint scheme on that Nieuport. I've a plan for the prop that involves it being in ah...less than mint condition.

[VickersVandal]

Ah, good thinking. Look forward to seeing the end result.

[Arcwelder]

Nearly done with the painting.. weathering /decals to come.

Usually I don't even have to try to get my wings looking like this

[Arcwelder]

From studying many photos of Bipes in Foliage, I've got two plans for the damaged wings: the starboard side will be more or less intact but collapsed downward. The port side is going to have a branch jammed into it and the upper wing torn away with struts and rigging everywhere. The prop will be... Elsewhere.

[JohnRatzenberger]

As you say, many times I am trying to fix these sort of construction flaws, not do them on purpose

[Molly-new]

Looks smashing so far, or should that be 'smashed'?

[Clashcityrocker]

The Damned - Smash It Up, comes into my head when I see this Looking good so far.

Nigel

[Arcwelder]

Heh.. good call, Nigel.

OK, state of play this morning

Decals are the 12 from Eddie Rickenbacker's plane chopped up and reversed plus a l'il devil from a 1/48 Regia Cr.32. I know he's not a USAS badge, but the heck with it. It's a bit of colour.



Aiming for a lot of nasty oil and smoke stains.. suggesting an engine blowout. Variety of Citadel washes/textures used here.





I've since dirtied the wings up a bit more..



I took Iggie's sage advice and dipped the beech in diluted PVA. It's drying.



I've put the tail flaps into a dropped position and started installing struts. Also need to start thinking about the base.

Fanks for looking.

[splash]

Its looking great, keep up the work.

[iggie]

Fingers crossed the PVA works!

[Stuart]

That's really coming along nicely!

[Purplethistle]

This is shaping up nicely.
You mentioned the amount of photos that there are on t'internet of bipes in trees, are you thinking of adding a wee figure taking a photo?

[Arcwelder]

This is shaping up nicely.
You mentioned the amount of photos that there are on t'internet of bipes in trees, are you thinking of adding a wee figure taking a photo?

Now there's an idea! I was originally just going to feature a pilot consoling himself the way pilots know best and possibly some children.. but I may pinch that, depending on the bodies I have available.

[Arcwelder]

The plane is, essentially, done until it gets fixed in situ. Therefore, I turn my attention towards the diorama, and cue a slight misunderstanding with SWMBO:

"What are you going out for?"
"A couple of bags of grass, dear"..

[iggie]