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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: DaveB on April 24, 2025, 02:32:13 AM

Title: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: DaveB on April 24, 2025, 02:32:13 AM
All,

Finished Eduard's weekend edition boxing of their 1/48 DH2.   This kit goes together well although attaching the tailplane to the rear booms is a bit on the fiddly side.   

Built strictly OOB with only a few minor scratched details (here and there) missing from the kit.   Brush painted (as always) and rigged with nylon smoke coloured thread for all bracing wires and Oschi standard elastic thread simulating control wires.  The tail booms are to correct scale but this makes them a bit flimsy - rigging with nylon thread really strengthened this area nicely. 

Weekend edition so only single colour/marking option to represent mount of no. 5967, Robert Saundby, 24 Squadron RFC, A flight, France, July 1916.

(https://i.imgur.com/FWC6UEY.jpg)

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

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

(https://i.imgur.com/xKMs2nK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9I5Iqny.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/j0pWewY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Y4zjUYn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/H1v37fK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/va64SDy.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mvct7IY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AB4QrFO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8mchgS4.jpg)

Regards

Dave
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: lone modeller on April 24, 2025, 04:10:39 AM
Wow that is a stunner Dave. A real aeroplane in every sense and superbly rigged. The finish of the CDL and wooden prop are first class.

I am really looking forward to seeing this one up close and hope that it survives better than your previous DH 2.

Stephen.
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: gedmundson on April 24, 2025, 08:11:07 AM
Fabulous work on the model, and that rigging is spectacular. I like the way you've added the bits where the wires touch in the booms (leather patches to stop the cables from rubbing?). Looks great, Dave.
Cheers,
Gary
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: Kreston on April 24, 2025, 09:26:44 AM
Great looking build, with masterful rigging!

Kreston
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: PrzemoL on April 24, 2025, 03:59:35 PM
Great modeling! Love to see those old Eduard kits still being built. (I wish I could get a 72nd scale version)
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: macsporran on April 24, 2025, 04:26:53 PM
Lovely work, Dave, great rigging and those CDL ribs are terrific.
Nice one.
Sandy
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: Flamingo on April 24, 2025, 04:44:22 PM
No need for loads of resin, etch and airbrush for a stunning model!
Cheers Joachim
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: NigelR on April 24, 2025, 06:38:39 PM
That's a beautiful build. The rigging looks really realistic and the quality of the finishing all round is fantastic. Well done!
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: andonio64 on April 24, 2025, 08:26:48 PM
Rigging this plane is a challenging job, I made it in 1/72 and that was a sort of nightmare!
:-D
Title: Re: 1/48 Eduard Roden Airco DH2 Weekend Edition
Post by: DaveB on April 25, 2025, 02:29:35 AM
Many thanks, gents!

Quote from: gedmundson on April 24, 2025, 08:11:07 AM
Fabulous work on the model, and that rigging is spectacular. I like the way you've added the bits where the wires touch in the booms (leather patches to stop the cables from rubbing?). Looks great, Dave.
Cheers,
Gary

Cheers, Gary! -

No, just painted in to simulate the brackets where wires join the booms.

Dave