WnW RE.8 and Roland D.VIa

[lcarroll]

Spectacular thus far Gary; the work on the upper cowling is really effective and your detailing is absolutely superb. Are the metal fittings on the engine bearers painted or are they PE additions ....... they are incredibly well done?
Looking forward to seeing this one in it's "altogether" next year!
Cheers,
Lance

[gedmundson]

Thanks to all for the great comments (all greatly appreciated!) - and I'll try and answer a couple of questions...

PrzemoL - yes, I will add all the cowlings to this and button up the engine since I like the final model to look as flight-worthy as possible. This is one of the most awkward looking aircraft, but in an interesting way. If you know what I mean :-)

The grey colour I've used for the cowlings is my own mixture of Tamiya paints which I made a batch for when I did the F2b this past year. I can't even remember what I mixed up, but it will look entirely different after I've weathered it. I've also bought some of those photo-etched "splatter masks" to experiment with making the cowlings look quite mucked-up.

Lance - you're right - I painted those engine bearers very carefully using that microscope I was telling you about. Glad you approve! Finally got to use that circle cutter I bought in Calgary last June and painted the roundels on the lower wing. The ones on the top wing may be tricky with that thin white outline though....

Cheers,
Gary

[gedmundson]

A bit more progress on the Harry Tate with some markings applied to the sub-assemblies. I used a Flex-I-File circle cutter to make masks for the upper and lower roundels which I airbrushed on. I pre-rigged some of the fuselage cables, noting that there were variances for the cross-bracing directly ahead facing the pilot. Some a/c had double wires (TVAL), some had single (Duxford).

Cheers,
Gary

[PrzemoL]

Very fine progress, Gary. Keeping on watching with great interest.

[RAGIII]

Superb painting and detailing. The roundels look awesome!
RAGIII

[Robin]

Superb painting and detailing. The roundels look awesome!
RAGIII

I totally agree with this.
Very subtle weathering/ageing/fading.
Sir...I envy your skills and techniques.

-a deep respectful bow-

Robin 

[Juan]

Wow, simply gorgeous Gary.  Very impressive.

[Alexis]

Most impressive indeed 



Terri

[AlbertD]

That RE8 is coming along beautifully.

[Manni]

Very good work, Gary. The roundels are terrific. Can you please tell me which colour you have used for them? Tamiya  or have you mixes them by yourself? i totally messed up my roundels on my camel and have to paint them new.
Bye,
Manni

[FAf]

I agree with the others - beautiful build! I really like the fuselage colour and the way you've managed to get some life into it!

Manni: Gary will of course have to answer your question himself, but I find that Tamiya XF7 and XF8 straight from the bottle work fine for these bright coloured RFC/RAF roundels.

/Fredrik

[gedmundson]

Thanks everybody for your kind comments.

Manni - this would be the first time I've tried painting the roundels on, and as Fredrik suggested the paints I used were the Tamiya XF-7 and XF-X. The only thing I modified was adding a drop of dark brown to the XF-7 Red to tone it down a bit. I also used an off-white for the base white colour by adding a touch of buff or deck tan to the X2 white.

I cemented the bottom wing in place last night, so fingers crossed as I add the upper wing today 

Cheers,
Gary

[lone modeller]

This really is a terrific build - the roundels are excellent (I usually hand paint mine but yours are much better), and the subtle weathering tones add a realistic look.

Stephen.

[kensar]

Looking good, Gary.  The painted roundels look great.

[gedmundson]

Hi Folks - it took me days to glue on the top wing of the RE.8...indecisiveness, not happy with the fit...bending things slightly to line up just before struts would "snap!" (luckily nothing broke) but it's on and the rigging has started. Using both EZline and the thinner Uschi stuff. Had to add small sections of 0.4mm brass tube to channel the control cable across the top wing. And also am adding small sections of this tubing to act as attachment points for the rigging lines, where they go into the small copper eyelets I made. Lots of patience necessary here.
Cheers,
Gary