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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: oa5599 on January 18, 2018, 01:53:00 PM

Title: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: oa5599 on January 18, 2018, 01:53:00 PM: Another older build, 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16. Sucked in by Roden's phenomenal boxart after previously purchasing the Felixstowe. Was an enjoyable build mostly, just turned out to be very delicate. Once again rigged with monofilament that I was never quite happy with.
Sean

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4706/24884494417_87beebf735_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DUXxec)IMG_4916 (https://flic.kr/p/DUXxec) by Sean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153121449@N03/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/24884494607_c583e53c9c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DUXxht)IMG_4911 (https://flic.kr/p/DUXxht) by Sean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153121449@N03/), on Flickr
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: Des on January 18, 2018, 02:07:23 PM: A beautifull looking model Sean, even though only 1:72 scale it would still be quite a large model.

Des.
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: PrzemoL on January 18, 2018, 04:54:01 PM: Lovely. It is so rare to see this model built. And to think this one, exactly this colour scheme, was my first rigged biplane model, back in 2007... 11 years now. Thank you for showing your fine effort, bringing to me nice recollections!
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: Manni on January 18, 2018, 08:30:37 PM: Woah! Sean, great work!!!
Bye,
Manni
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: Juan on January 18, 2018, 10:03:20 PM: Great looking model Sean, congratulations on tackling and mastering her.
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: Softscience on January 18, 2018, 11:27:40 PM: That is out of this world! Lovely work!
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: lcarroll on January 19, 2018, 12:11:18 AM: Sean,
Rigging is no great mystery; Des has an outstanding tutorial on the subject on the Site's Home page, just click the red banner at the very top of this page. With your modelling skills and experience this will be a mere "walk in the park"! BTW, while you're there he has an excellent Build Log on his Scratch Built Caudron G.3 as well.
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: Gisbod on January 19, 2018, 12:31:12 AM: Stunning Sean!

I think I would find 1/72 rigging nigh on impossible. That’s a prime reason for 1/32 and using monofilament and bobs buckles it’s pretty straightforward- and super taut!

Guy
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: mgunns on January 19, 2018, 07:29:18 AM: Great job and effort on this one. I would like see one of the 1/32nd Feixstowes done up as these U.S. Navy birds. I have the late version Felixstowe, so wouldn't apply. I can only imagine the effort put forth to rig this in 1/72nd scale. Looks fantastic.
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: RAGIII on January 19, 2018, 09:36:35 AM: Stunning work Sean! Very impressive in any scale!
RAGIII
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: IanB on January 20, 2018, 04:16:15 AM: Lovely job!

The rigging is maybe a little loose in places, but that could be tightened up with some gentle heat treatment - a heated knife blade or similar. Just be VERY careful not to touch it! Thinner mono may help in future.

That's the first one of these I've seen built, although I have both it and the Felixstowe in the stash.

Ian
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: Bluesfan on January 20, 2018, 05:18:16 AM: Thanks for posting, I'm planning to build one of these myself later this year - excellent job, most inspiring! :)

Mark
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: lone modeller on January 20, 2018, 06:10:43 AM: I take my hat off to anyone who builds models this large in God's Own Scale. That is a superb build of a very large model and one to be really proud of. Congratulations.

Stephen.
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: cduckworth on February 04, 2018, 02:09:37 AM: Agree with my fellow modelers. Beautiful build. Might try using a hobby soldering iron and hold it near the loose rigging to allow the heat to tighten it up.
Title: Re: 1/72 Roden Curtiss H-16
Post by: jeroen_R90S on February 05, 2018, 01:30:17 AM: That looks fantastic -still have the Felixstowe with AIMS curly-decals around here waiting to be started!