Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Airfix 1:72 (A01076)

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Looks OK to me.
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This really is a testament to your modelling skills. Fantastic work.
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Very nice! My rigging skills pale in comparison.
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Lovely looking R.E. 8.

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Cheers guys!
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Nice work Iggie, the struts and rigging look good!

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Wow Iggie mate, that is brilliant! I've also recently completed one of these and I was going to put it on the forum, but it pales into insignificance compared to this. I feel a bit embarrassed by it now.....

Once again, superb mate, in every way!

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A great build. WW1 planes are my favourite topic and I would be proud of what you’ve achieved. You should do some more and convert to the dark side. :mrgreen:
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Thank you Stu, Zee and Toby!
TobyC wrote:A great build. WW1 planes are my favourite topic and I would be proud of what you’ve achieved. You should do some more and convert to the dark side. :mrgreen:
Does that mean I can build a Tie fighter and pretend it's a bipe on its side? :-D
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iggie wrote:Does that mean I can build a Tie fighter and pretend it's a bipe on its side? :-D
Yes. But only if you do all the rigging and external control cables..... :-D
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Zee28 wrote:
iggie wrote:Does that mean I can build a Tie fighter and pretend it's a bipe on its side? :-D
Yes. But only if you do all the rigging and external control cables..... :-D
And cover the Death Star in Lozenge :mrgreen:
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Wow :wanw That's amazing.

How on earth did you manage to do all that rigging and not tie yourself in knots?? Great job, keep it up.
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Thank you Miss-stang.

Keeping all the rigging apart is tricky especially if one length snaps and wraps itself around some of the others and gets glue on them.......
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