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Effects of normal usage on finish of TVAL's WWI aircraft
Jamo:
Some of these images have appeared before but I have updated the series and posted them again now that we have so many new members. The Vintage Aviator Ltd have a superb collection of reproduction and restored WWI aircraft with original engines that are regularly flown. It is instructive for modellers striving to reproduce authentic weathering effects to see how normal usage affects the original finishes.
RE8 after a short flying season in NZ before being exported to the UK:
Bristol F2B
Scuffing on the lower wing
Wheel covers
Aging of the CDL under the centre section:
Biff exhaust
Fuel spills seeping through the lower wing centre section
SE5a mud splashes
Exhaust
Note the irregular finish of the PC10 on the RAF BE2f:
Oil and fuel spills seeping through to the fabric underneath
Avro 504K
Sopwith Pup after a short season of flying
Note the colour of the castor oil seepage
Sopwith Snipe straight after a flight, absolutely dripping with castor oilo
Fokker D.VIII showing seepage of fuel/oil down the inside of the fuselage
Albatros DVa exhaust
Fuel and oil spills running down the fuselage keel
Nieuport 11 Bebe
Beardmore 160hp engine of the RAF FE2b (wow that is one grubby engine):
Exhaust
FE2b tailplane
Sopwith Camel (which seen quite of a bit of service)
BE2c exhaust stains
Cheers
James
Jamo:
Here are a few more
BE2f exhaust
The brass pipe vents oil spray over the valve gear of the engine
BE2c exhausts
CDL is not a uniform colour
Des:
Thanks James for posting these beautiful photos, this is fantasic reference material for the modeler.
Des.
Zabu:
This is really great stuff!!
So many details that one can take out of this photos.
Thx for sharing!
Cheers
lcarroll:
Tremendous work Jamo! Thanks for providing this, a lot of it is sheer Gold!
Cheers,
Lance
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