Dear all,
Just finished building the last of the great little Valom kits. Very straightforward (if a bit fiddly in places) enjoyable builds that make for a real change of pace.
The kits are a mixture of plastic, metal and some feature some resin bits. I was very dubious of the PE struts before building. However, pleased to report once all in place the setup is surprisingly strong.
The trio is made up of the Camel, SE5a and DR1.
Individually in detail -
Sopwith Camel built completly OOB:
Fokker DR1 - added the missing support strut for the tailplane and used stretched sprue (instead of the PE which was just to small) for the tail skid:
RAF SE5a - stratched a replacement foster mount for the PE overwing Lewis; Windscreen and frame and Aldis sight:
To give you an idea of scale size - picture with £1 British coin and 1/72 Roden SE5a:
Altogether again:
For the sake of my eyes, fingers and sanity, kept rigging basic!
The great thing is you get two of each aircraft kits in the box - so therefore have the others to build in the future with different markings.
Regards
Dave