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Gomer Pyle
Guest
Here is my first attempt on a WWI plane. The kit is a rather crude and simple one from Revell, and if I should do a review on it, I could boil it down to: “Rubbish!”. Spare your selves and spend the money on something else, I got mine as a gift form a friend who knows nothing of model-kits, so guess he’s forgiven.
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The Wickers guns were moulded-in and didn’t even look like guns more like two smooth pieces of plastic rod. I bought some white-metal once, that I drilled out, painted and dry brushed.
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There were no cockpit details in the kit, so I scratch made a simplified cockpit from sheet styrene and aluminium-foil.
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Painted the prop. The hub will be covered by a piece of aluminium-foil later on.
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Wheels with simulated canvas covered spokes using a hobby knife and painted.
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Landing gear with rigging made from hair.
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Struts have been cut to pieces, as they were originally way too heavy and had this bulky beam connecting them in pairs, were they were supposed to be attached to the wings. Now they have short lengths of copper wire at each end, that will be fixed in the holes drilled in the wings. The grooves in the wings, for these beams, have been filled.
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Turnbuckle made from hair, for the rigging of the wings.
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Stepping brace made of copper wire
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View of the cockpit with leather surround made from epoxy putty
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Windshield made of aluminium-foil and a single “glass” pane.
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Exhaust tips have been exchanged with scratch made once rolled from aluminium-foil
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Leather cushion on upper wing made of epoxy putty.
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Camo side of upper wing.
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Underside of upper wing
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Full view
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Any comments, suggestions, tips or tricks are welcome!
/Daniel
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The Wickers guns were moulded-in and didn’t even look like guns more like two smooth pieces of plastic rod. I bought some white-metal once, that I drilled out, painted and dry brushed.
View attachment 18470
There were no cockpit details in the kit, so I scratch made a simplified cockpit from sheet styrene and aluminium-foil.
View attachment 18471
Painted the prop. The hub will be covered by a piece of aluminium-foil later on.
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Wheels with simulated canvas covered spokes using a hobby knife and painted.
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Landing gear with rigging made from hair.
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Struts have been cut to pieces, as they were originally way too heavy and had this bulky beam connecting them in pairs, were they were supposed to be attached to the wings. Now they have short lengths of copper wire at each end, that will be fixed in the holes drilled in the wings. The grooves in the wings, for these beams, have been filled.
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Turnbuckle made from hair, for the rigging of the wings.
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Stepping brace made of copper wire
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View of the cockpit with leather surround made from epoxy putty
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Windshield made of aluminium-foil and a single “glass” pane.
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Exhaust tips have been exchanged with scratch made once rolled from aluminium-foil
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Leather cushion on upper wing made of epoxy putty.
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Camo side of upper wing.
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Underside of upper wing
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Full view
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Any comments, suggestions, tips or tricks are welcome!
/Daniel
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