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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: DaveB on February 01, 2025, 09:23:20 PM

Title: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: DaveB on February 01, 2025, 09:23:20 PM: Dear all,

Latest completed project - Roden's 48 scale Airco DH4.

I got hold of this kit at a model show last year from Models for Sale stand for ?15 which is really good price for this kit.

I've built this one pretty much OOB with the exception of some minor detailing to cockpit and observer's position. A very demanding (but enjoyable) kit to put together not helped by the usual confusing and vague instructions. Lots of test fitting, trimming, shimming, filling and sanding to get a good fit of parts.

Painted by brush as always and rigged with combination of smoke coloured nylon mending thread for bracing and Oschi standard elastic thread for control wires. Rigging the wings gave me some problems as it seemed to fight me all the way - but I obviously got there in the end.

I am pleased how this has turned out for me but do admit there are the usual flaws here and there .....

Completed in the markings of N6000, No. 5 (Naval) squadron, RNAS, February 1918.

(https://i.imgur.com/SLkGVKF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/twOgrA3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/R3T9FDz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YsKmkBt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/f9ad1bY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/aiUMy8l.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/vsUmTyU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fgjjH7w.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DIeE9ha.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bA5kgt0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sHeoMRA.jpg)

Regards

Dave
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: DaddyO on February 02, 2025, 12:00:43 AM: Loverly ;D

Great to see this one finished Dave (I kow exactly what you mean about being fought all the way, but glad that you persevered)

Paul
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: Allan31 on February 02, 2025, 12:14:55 AM: "....the usual flaws here and there ....." Not seeing anything, Looks fantastic.
Almost got this kit but the BlueMax version came to me, 2 in fact, so I will be doing those.
Your build is great inspiration.
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: Dirigible-Al on February 02, 2025, 03:05:14 AM: Oh my, I have this kit in the stash and a couple of times said to myself "this will be the next one" only to do something else. Bravo on the finish and bravo for persevering with the rigging, that doesn't look easy.
Alan.
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: PrzemoL on February 02, 2025, 03:28:40 PM: Lovely, lovely, lovely. Having seen your model and two real-life examples in Hood and Omaka, I regret even more this model is not available in any of my scales - 72 or 32...
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: NigelR on February 02, 2025, 06:07:45 PM: That's a fantastic job on a challenging kit. The end result looks really good.
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: Bluesfan on February 03, 2025, 12:52:46 AM: Very nice, great to see an old Roden kit done justice.

And yes, as per Przemol, it's weird that such an important type isn't available in 72 or 32. I'm sure it would have been on WNW's to do list, having done the DH9 and 9A.
As for 72, Airfix's DH4 was such a nice kit for its time; but that time was... *cough* well I was at school when I built it, and now I'm long since retired.

Anyway, very impressed by Dave's beautifully built DH4.

Mark
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: RAGIII on February 03, 2025, 11:46:55 PM: Another Gorgeous build Dave! Beautifully built, rigged, and of Course painted!
RAGIII
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: DaveB on February 04, 2025, 04:14:05 AM: Thank you all for the kind words, chaps!

Regards

Dave
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: andonio64 on February 04, 2025, 08:11:14 PM: Really beautiful Dave!
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: lone modeller on February 05, 2025, 07:34:49 AM: Well done Dave: another superb model from your desk. I do like the colour scheme - so different from the usual RFC scheme. The rigging is spot on as far as I can see and no it would not be easy.

Looking forward to seeing this shortly - and I will try to find the (non-existent) flaws here and there.....

Stephen.
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: DaveB on February 09, 2025, 09:45:44 PM: Thank you, Andonio and Steve -

Very kind!

Regards

Dave
Title: Re: 1/48 Roden Airco DH4
Post by: petrov27 on February 10, 2025, 01:02:44 AM: Great choice of scheme - love the red with the PC10! Very well done - congrats on completing such a fine build - dont see too many of this kit built!