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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Pre and Early 1914 Aircraft Models => Topic started by: Des on March 05, 2014, 07:55:39 AM
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Even though these models have been displayed elsewhere in this forum, I think it is appropriate that they have a place here in the pre 1914 board. As you know, all these models are scratch built in 1:32 scale and represent aeroplanes that are not available as kits in 1:32 scale. I believe that this era of aviation history is being sadly neglected by the kit manufacturers. A full build log of each of these models can be found on my main website http://ww1aircraftmodels.com
Des.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QCtQzmZEkTY/VZOx9L6LQZI/AAAAAAAARxQ/iDZQ8cRVaU0/s800-Ic42/sikorsky%252520x%252520115.jpg)
Sikorsky S-16
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aJOlvH6Tiu8/VMoAPcwGmbI/AAAAAAAAQG8/A3bcKvDgYzs/s800/curtiss%2520x%2520209.jpg)
1911 Curtiss Hydroaeroplane
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I_jzKwowHpk/VRtM8yM2LmI/AAAAAAAAQpg/LR0MZU7eiSc/s800/blackburn%2520x%2520140.jpg)
1909 Blackburn Heavy Monoplane
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0SmbtiM0de0/U1sC74RkXtI/AAAAAAAANMA/jxqYUo8AoDY/s800/bat%2520build%2520x%2520224.jpg)
1912 Battaille
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8qZIWYOA32g/U1sDIo_kmNI/AAAAAAAANMQ/VslMTty1eOM/s800/bleriot%2520x%2520194.jpg)
1909 Bleriot XI
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k06qsONlRJQ/U1sDWxI1wmI/AAAAAAAANMg/sDJ5Jq4Z_UY/s800/spinne%2520x%2520147.jpg)
1910 Fokker Spinne
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tu7MYCrvoI0/U1sDn14_UaI/AAAAAAAANMw/mNllgIiXp94/s800/caudron%2520g3%2520x%2520222.jpg)
1914 Caudron G3
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gyOhgQrG40I/U1sECY5uusI/AAAAAAAANNQ/iDEjy8Iyn3s/s800/voisin%2520x%2520211.jpg)
1913 Voisin III
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aCsFNBBxWeo/U12tueF8AaI/AAAAAAAANOM/3zsXz3QGAqo/s800/taube%2520x%2520215.jpg)
1913 Jeannin Taube
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What a wonderful collection Des, though I have to admit that my favourite is the Spinne - it almost looks like something you might see in one of da Vinci's sketchbooks!
Best wishes
Nigel
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When viewed all together like this, they take my breath away. What a phenomenal feat, the building of all of these museum pieces in such a short period of time. I agree with Nigel, Des. I think the Spinne might be my favorite, as well.
Cheers,
Bud
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It is a very beautiful collection Des.
Martin
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It's a delight to see them all together.
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spinne and the taube are my favorites but i got alot of love for that caudron, and the others arent half bad either. cant wait to retire, then i would just build biplanes all day.
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At the same time "inspirational", and yet serves to show how far short of the bar one is falling.
Brilliant Des' - just brilliant.
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Amazingly beautiful collection, Des. What a testament to your talents.
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Truly outstanding builds Des. Museum standard all without a doubt. The Bataille triplane will be another outstanding build too and I look forward to seeing that here too.
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Des I am trully your fan! If you were on a modelling tour I would be your grouppie ;)
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As weird as that may sound, I'm in total agreement.
Cheers,
Bud
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All fantastic work, Des.
You certainly realise how aviation has advanced when you look at these early, frail machines.
Regards
Dave
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Hello Des,
What a pleasure it has been to follow all these amazing builds. This is the top in modeling. All these a/c belong in a book of artwork. Many congratulations again for your unlimited skills!
Kind regards
Patrick
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Hi Des
WoW, what an amazing collection of awe inspiring planes. I would love to build something like this. Such a shame that they are not available as kits.
Thanks for sharing theses works of art!
Gary
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The Spinne gets my vote too. Not to put any pressure on you, but just think what you'll be able to do now with two good eyes. No pressure at all . . . ;D
Cheers,
Chris
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Nigel hit the nail on the head with his comment: Almost like something from the sketchbook of Leonardo da Vinci.
How difficult was it to come across blueprints, reference and plans for these aircraft?
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It is extremely difficult kiwiness to obtain blueprints, plans or drawings for the early aircraft, even reference material is very hard to come by. The Battaille for example, this was built from photos of the original machine and a restored example in the museum at Brussels, I had to scale the photos to get some sort of dimensions. It is always better if there is a machine in a museum somewhere, close-up detail photos can be made which certainly helps a lot, but this is not always the case, so in reality some of the build details are guess work. I have had to abandon my latest scratch build project for lack of reference material, all I have are a couple of photos and some crude drawings, not enough to build a model from.
Des.
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An incredible collection of pre 1914 models.
Excellent work, Des.
I take my hat off to all scratch-built modellers.
This is in my eyes the true art of magic, make a beautiful model from a handful of different materials. :o
Greetings from Bavaria
Bertl
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An incredible collection of pre 1914 models.
Excellent work, Des.
I take my hat off to all scratch-built modellers.
This is in my eyes the true art of magic, make a beautiful model from a handful of different materials. :o
Greetings from Bavaria
Bertl
Big Ditto to bertl's comments !!!!
Ed
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Wonderfull. This is a superb collection of pre 1914 planes and all are examples of top craftsmanship.
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What a wonderful collection !!!!!!!!!
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Having just bought the Osprey book, Pusher Aces, I would like to build a Voisin III one day. However like the other pusher aircraft from WNW the rigging terrifies me. There are so many things I want to build it is hard trying to stay focused on one thing, in my case the pfalz IIIa that I am working on. Although I just removed the body halvess from the sprues for a Nieuport 11 ...
Of the scratch builds that you have done to date, what ones would you suggest would be a good subject to try, for someone completely new too scratch building ?
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Of the eight scratch builds I have completed the "easiest" one to do as your first scratch build would probably be the Bleriot. It's a monoplane which reduces the number of wings to make, there is still rigging but nothing too difficult and being only one wing the rigging is easy to get to. The cockpit is is only very basic but the fuselage being a box section frame does require rigging. I think the most difficult part of this build was the engine.
You have to bear in mind that the Voisin was my first ever scratch build, enormous amount of rigging, large wings and a pusher, everything to make a scratch build difficult.
Des.
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Wouaw....
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You are an incredibly talented modeler Des and your work is very inspirational. One thing I have never done in all my time modeling is scratch built a model. I find myself drawn more and more towards the idea with every new unique a/c you do. Thank you
James
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I just saw this topic. Des... You are my idol. Fantastic works on beautifull planes.
Aleksandar
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Thanks very much for all the kind comments, they are really appreciated.
Even though I love WW1 aircraft my passion is for the pre war machines, the forerunners to our fighting aircraft. Without these early mostly experimental aircraft development of the aeroplane would not have taken the steps it did. I feel that these early aircraft have been sadly neglected by the model manufacturers and it is this reason that has driven me to scratch build these models in 1:32 scale.
I like the unique and unusual as can be seen in the Bataille and the Blackburn Heavy Monoplane but I also like the more well known early types such as the Bleriot and the Fokker Spin, the Taube is still my favorite shaped aeroplane with its bird like wings and fan tail. I will continue to make my scratch builds and I do a daily search on the net seeing if I can come across more subjects to add to my list.
Des.
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Keep building them, Des
Your collection is astonishing
we have the same passion - I have no time, though... :-(