Effects of normal usage on finish of TVAL's WWI aircraft

[Jamo]

This is the kind of oil & dust crap that modellers could replicate to make model finishes more realistic and less toy-like.

SE5a:


Sopwith Pup








Fee underside


BE2c

[Mark]

These pics are gems for a noob like me--thanks for taking the time to post all of them 

Mark G.

[Ernie]

These pics are gems for a noob like me--thanks for taking the time to post all of them 

Mark G.

My thoughts exactly! Really helpful photos, James.

Cheers,
Ernie

[IFF1418]

Hi James,

Your photo's are of great quality and very informative. For the first time I could see weathering in reality. Thank you so much!

Kind regards
Patrick

[Jamo]

I thought I would bring this old thread back up to top for the benefit of new members, and post some new images of one of TVAL's Sopwith Pups just after a flight.

Notice how the exhaust stains and castor oil cover the wings (including topside), under the fuselage, and the undercarriage

[Des]

Thanks James for these latest photos, they really emphasize the enormous amount of oil that is expelled by the rotary engines.

Des.

[Borsos]

Wow! Thank you for posting these pictures, they are extremely valuable. It seems to me as it is hard to overdue weathering on models of service airplanes if these replics, kept with special care, look so heavily worn after some hours of flying. I wouldn't have expected that...
Borsos

[Nigel Jackson]

What excellent photos, thanks for posting them! I suppose it's a given that rotary engines were messy things and many of the photos will help take some of the guesswork out of realistic finishes. However, The shot of the rear starboard horizontal surface on the inline  powered SE5a intrigues me. What has happened to the "skin"? Is it muck, or I wonder, has the heat from a long exhaust caused damage? Or is it something entirely different?

Best wishes
Nigel.

[ALBATROS1234]

thanks for the new pics james

[WarrenD]

This. Right. Here.

Now, this is what I'm talking about!  Thanks SO much for posting these. It shows what it is, and what it isn't, and only serves to back up some of what I've been preaching for years.

Warren

[drdave]

Is there any way we can restore the pics to this thread Jamo.? It would be great to see them again.

[Jamo]

I'll see what I can put together, thousands of photos to review...

[drdave]

Well even a link to your on line album perhaps?

[Jamo]

https://jamesfahey.smugmug.com/

[aircooled]

https://jamesfahey.smugmug.com/

Fantastic collection of photos!