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Offline RAGIII

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2019, 09:21:18 AM »
Beautifully done interior! Really looking forward to the next steps!!
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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2019, 03:58:45 PM »
Lovely work Andrea,coming along very well indeed.

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2019, 04:55:17 AM »
What a lovely interior, Andrew! A lovely representation of the natural tones of wood, metal and wires in the cockpit... I love it! Regards, Marc

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2019, 07:50:32 PM »
Hi Andrew,
Great start on a lovely kit.
I enjoyed building the Camel, although one thing to watch out for are the cabane struts.
As they are molded as part of the cockpit side frames, they are rather exposed until the upper wing is fitted.
Therefore they are easily knocked when being handled - I had one break off completely.

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2019, 12:29:18 AM »
Hi Andrew,
Great start on a lovely kit.
I enjoyed building the Camel, although one thing to watch out for are the cabane struts.
As they are molded as part of the cockpit side frames, they are rather exposed until the upper wing is fitted.
Therefore they are easily knocked when being handled - I had one break off completely.

Mike

Thanks for the advice!  ;)

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2019, 06:51:42 PM »
Hi!

Finally some update....

I've almost finsihed the cockpit. Still some paint work to do on the pads on the MG's and the cloche, but I can do it with fuselage closed.
I've added the tail skid (still to do the wood effect with oils, but I'll do at the end).
So now the fuselage it's closed.









And a little test with lower wing and tailplane, no problem there.



Now I have to attach the cockpit coaming and start to work on fuselage paint.

At this point I can say that I'm a little bit  disappointed with the kit....  :-\

Nothing major, it's still a great kit  ;) , but to me it looks like the project have been a little bit rushed maybe.

Quite a few of sink marks compared with other WnW kits and some other minor issues that take a little time to correct.
Maybe because they had to do a lot of versions based on a single project.  ::)
I'm currently building also the Taube and despite it's a lot more complex airplane, it's a lot more straightforward build.

Anyway it's always a pleasure to build a WnW kit, so I'll go on.

Bye

Andrew

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #21 on: April 05, 2019, 07:07:53 AM »
Outstanding interior work! Looks excellent all in place !
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« Reply #22 on: April 05, 2019, 11:59:33 PM »
I really like, what I see here! The instruments are looking great, as all the other interior.

Cheers,
Frank

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2019, 09:32:42 AM »
Coming along very well indeed , your interior looks great . Looking forward to seeing some colours on her .


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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2019, 10:55:36 PM »
Nice update and progress!!

Steve

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2019, 02:11:08 AM »
Hi!

Back a t work.
I had to finish a project for my model club, now I'm back on the camel.

I've started to prepare the abse for the wood and a first coat of green on the fuselage and red on the cowling.





Wood made with oils, still needs a final clear coat. Not a great fit of the cockpit coaming...  :(



Usually I  pre-shade the wing structure, but this time I'll try something different.
A PC8 base, then oversprayed with dark green.
You can see some sections only with base, some with a light overspray of green and some finished.
After decals and clear coat I'll add some post-shading with oils.



Finally I've started to add decals.




Now back at work!  ;D

Andrew

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2019, 03:11:40 AM »
Excellent work on the wood and I like the results of the various shades of PC! Wings look great with the markings applied!
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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2019, 06:16:57 AM »
Looks great!  Nice wood!
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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2019, 05:02:34 PM »
Really beautiful, I love it, Andrew!

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Re: WNW Usas Camel
« Reply #29 on: June 01, 2019, 09:50:19 PM »
Excellent work on the wood and I like the results of the various shades of PC! Wings look great with the markings applied!
RAGIII


Second this , wonderful job so far


Terri
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