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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: Will Levesley on May 06, 2026, 06:22:47 AM

Title: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Will Levesley on May 06, 2026, 06:22:47 AM: Finally completed this Pegasus Phonix D-1. Finished as Johan Maltz' aircraft using a combination of MAC decals and others from the spares box. Like all Pegasus kits it was a bit tricky to put together. All the struts including the cabanes are made from sprue to try to get them thin enough (the white metal ones in the kit are too thick and bend easily!). Fortunately I dropped it just as I'd finished it, which gave me the opportunity to rectify the formerly slightly droopy wings! Dropping Pegasus kits just as they are finished seems to be a bit of a pattern with me. Finally rebuilt and re-rigged with stretched sprue.
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Will Levesley on May 06, 2026, 06:25:03 AM: .. a few more photos...
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Will Levesley on May 06, 2026, 06:25:59 AM: .. and two more!
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: DaddyO on May 06, 2026, 06:39:05 AM: Good looking model Will 8)

I've got a part started MAC version hiding on the shelf somewhere. Seeing your finished build reminds me what a great looking aircraft they are; I really must dig it out again.

Not sure if it's just me getting older or if I'm just clumsy, but I know exactly what you mean about dropping them; there are days when I seem incapable of holding anything and spend half the modelling session picking things up off the floor ::)

Paul
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: PrzemoL on May 06, 2026, 07:01:17 AM: Great results from a crude material. I reckon that Mac kit would build easier. Yet, yours is very fine. Congrats.
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Tim Mixon on May 06, 2026, 04:19:38 PM: Oh that is so nice! Great work on the camouflage and engine exhaust pipes. This kit is on my short list for future projects.
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: NigelR on May 06, 2026, 05:31:04 PM: Very nice work Will, I'm glad you recovered it after the accident. The camo finish looks excellent, a really good representation of the A-H scheme. And it's nice to see someone rigging with stretched sprue, I always used to do that when I built 1/72 kits. It looks great!
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: malaula on May 07, 2026, 01:12:34 AM: That's a very neat build,Will ! I really like the camo,how did you do it and what colors did you use?
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Will Levesley on May 07, 2026, 02:42:43 AM: Thanks for the nice comments! Always appreciated from you guys on this forum. The camo was done by painting a varnished wood effect or the linen first and then brush painted by dabbing good old humbrol Matt brown over the top.
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Alexis on May 07, 2026, 10:02:47 AM: Love how this one turned out Will , super job on the camo in this scale

Alexis
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Skyhook on May 10, 2026, 08:04:36 PM: You did very well with that kit. I especially appreciate the realistic camouflage finish here

Cheers, Skyhook
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: Rip Van Winkle on May 11, 2026, 01:31:11 AM: Nice job on a difficult model. I built the MAC version a few years ago. I Like the camouflage.
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: IanB on May 11, 2026, 01:34:07 AM: Very nice! That's some impressive stretched sprue rigging too!

Ian
Title: Re: Phonix D-1, 1/72 Pegasus
Post by: lone modeller on May 11, 2026, 04:55:02 AM: A super model from a poor kit. The camouflage and rigging are very good - I too used to use stretched sprue but mine was not as good as yours.

Stephen.