Justin's workbench.

[AndrewR]

Looks neat!

[Justin1980]

Next on the workbench while waiting for my ship floaty thing to dry etc or as the current status dictates I am awaiting the good people at white ensign to deliver some goodies,

So just because it was in the stash, looked fun and few other of our forums members have helped convince me to have a go at some aircraft rigging!!!!

So the revell sopwith camel,



The obligatory sprue shot,



And the camel jockey!



There was huge amount of flash, most of which has been removed, some more clean up required though,

Regards

Justin

[AndrewR]

Excellent! If you can handle ship photoetch, biplane rigging should be no problem!

The Camel pilot looks like he's got the hump.
Maybe he fell off.

[Justin1980]

Well more progress on the camel,

The pilot painted very simply as I couldnt pick out any detail really,

The Camel pilot looks like he's got the hump.
Maybe he fell off.

The pilot who has got back in the saddle so to speak!



The first couple of cats of painton the fuselage, still some touch up needed,



I decided to make sure to paint as I go as it is a very small model!

On another note, my 9 year old step-son has taken a great interest in my model room so I asked him if he wanted to have a go. Well his reply was not what I expected!

His first victim, sorry build



And stage one the engine block is complete,



I have to admit I should have realised what he would choose to build as he absolutely barking about cars!

I hope you enjoy,

Justin

[Sissel]

Once you've gotten the kid into it there's no way out.

Like the colors of the camel. Where are the humps?

Sissel

[AndrewR]

Great engine block. It looks better than the real thing

Some of the Revell pilot figures in these old kits do seem to have been on the Botox, and possibly the Bottle!

[Justin1980]

Hi all,

Great engine block. It looks better than the real thing

I thought so too, all I did to help was explain what is the best way to remove the parts without removing fingers or parts of fingers as I dont think good lady wife would be too impressed! All the painting he did with minmal direction , all he wanted from me was help to interpet the plans, of course I nearly got one part wrong!

There were 16 parts to that engine block!

And as for the camel

Where are the humps?

Sissel

Still havent found them, I think they may have been omitted from the mold or they fell off when the jockey fell off earlier!

The lower wing is on,



I am starting to get a hang of this masking before painting lark now, the edges now crisp and clean, well all will be proven properly when I try to mask a canopy again! But luckily for me no canopy on the camel!



I am building this comletely oob but I did just win a fokker on ebay, so I may try more with that!

Regards

Justin

[Dirkpitt289]

This looks great.

[IvanV22]

The camel is looking great , looking forward to seeing it finished, also want to see the Ford Escort , I remember that a friend had one of these , a long time ago…
Best from Ivan

[Justin1980]

Cheers Ivan and Dirk,

Well it continues, this has turned out to be a really fun build! Maybe I wll be building some more WW1 planes soon?

The wings are on,



I forgot I needed to put some filler on the bottom! Doh!



I have not been too impressed with the wing strut supports, I may have to scatch my own from plastic rod in the future,



Most of the painting has been done, post sanding and grubby fingers!



Just some touch up on the wing struts required,



This weekend should see Callum do some more ont he escort and hopefully I may get the Camel ready for rigging !

Regards

Justin

[AndrewR]

I put much less effort into the bottom of the plane, on the grounds that it's difficult to see.

Hangs head in shame and contrition Not.


Looks good. And I want to see more of that Ford Escort too

Cheers

Andrew

[mightymikeD]

Looking good, Justin.
You're miles ahead of me & my Camel! Which means you get to the rigging first...

[Justin1980]

You're miles ahead of me & my Camel! Which means you get to the rigging first...

Thanks Mike! Not!

Well I should have the undercarrige and coat of clear done tomorrow in time for decals, thn yes the dreaded "rigging" oh god I have gone all sweaty and weak at the thought!

Regards

Justin

[MerlinJones]

Practice rigging on a selections of old sprues or something first.
What're your chosen materials?

Regards,
Bruce

[Justin1980]

Practice rigging on a selections of old sprues or something first.
What're your chosen materials?

Thanks for the tip Bruce,

My chosen materials are either,

Black Thread, stretched sprue, or stretchy thread that the wife has kindly donated from her crafting stuff!

I intend to try all the different types and if none work well enough I will get hold of some EZ line and try that,

Wish me luck!

Regards

Justin