Billy Bishop's colourful 60Sqdn SE5 A8936

[DaveB]

What a trial concerning the decals, Sandy!

Never mind, your SE5 is coming together nicely now and will be a striking scheme when completed.

Regards

Dave

[macsporran]

Thanks, Guys

I'm determined to keep this moving forward, so most of the rigging is now on and touching up commenced.

I like the slimline SE5 nose (compared to 5a) and am happy with the way the carved exhausts etc have turned out.
Sandy

[macsporran]

 Just the upper roundel to go on (fingers crossed, after the tribulations with the under wing ones!)
Then weathering, final rigging and varnish coats, as well as wheels, prop and Lewis.
 
It might actually see the light of day!
Sandy

[RAGIII]

Gorgeous work Sandy. Looks awesome all rigged up!
RAGIII

[pepperman42]

Definitely sporty looking!!

Steve

[NigelR]

Looking very good, fingers crossed for those final stages....

[Davos522]

Really looking forward to seeing this one cross the finish line... it's been a long haul!

Dutch

[AngryJazz]

Looking great! 

[macsporran]

Cheers guys - thanks for the encouragement.

I've cleared and prepped the upper wing of its rigging stubs and I've sprayed the overall plane with a mix of matt and gloss Tamiya X22 to tone it down for final wear.

Time to apply upper roundels. This is the bit I'm slightly trepidatious about given the trauma with the lower ones! I've sprayed some gloss X22 on top wing and let it cure, then a coat of Future to fill any remaining blemishes. Now time to apply decals.

These are Wingnut Wings roundels left over from a 5a build, but did not react well underneath with Future or any of a range of settling agents I tried previously, so we'll try with just water and heat and see how we get on.

Either you'll see a be-roundelled model soon or maybe a pile of wreckage if things go wrong. (Hopefully not!)
Sandy

[RAGIII]

Hopefully you will get the decals to behave. This is really an inspiring SE5!
RAGIII

[macsporran]

Thanks Rick. You and I, with our long-view SE's are just a bit too early for the Dave Wilson build (I don't think I could do another SE quite so soon!) - but we'll be there in principle.

Hush, hush, whisper who dares...

Well the decals have gone on faultlessly so far: I'm scared to take anything for granted though. I'll let them settle down completely before I consider a varnish coat. But, oh my, I do love this colour scheme with all the blue setting of the roundels. Finger's crossed for next stage.
Sandy

PS the full playground doggerel is:

Hush, hush, whisper who dares,
Little boy at the top of the stairs.
Blood on his fingers
Fur on the mat
Christopher Robin's castrated the cat!

[RAGIII]

That is indeed a Striking Scheme! I am glad to see that your decals seem to be behaving!
RAGIII

PS: Yes, this is a great tribute to David! He would have loved the results!

[FAf]

Good job and, as stated, a striking scheme!
/Fredrik

[macsporran]

Thanks Rick & Fredrik

This post just to try out some hosting sites

S

https://imgpile.com/p/iT52mz3

[NigelR]

This is all coming together very nicely indeed, especially as the decal gods were kind to you. I think this will be worth the effort, very striking and a bit different.