As well as running the Forum, holding down a day job, running a Group Build competition and recovering from two eye cataract surgeries in a month, I also make the occasional model!
So here's the latest lurching off the workbench- Wingnuts' beautiful Junkers D.1 brought to life with Copper State's outstanding ground crew figure. The build was greatly assisted by Ray Rimell's excellent Building the Wingnut Wings Junkers D.1 Windsock Modelling Special.
Rather than use the kit supplied machine guns I replaced them with GasPatch Spandau 08/15s which are breathtakingly good enhancements of an excellent kit. They are essential to this model given how visible the guns are on the finished airframe.
As with all of my builds the model is brush painted using home mixed acrylic combos of Vallejo, Humbrol and Citadel paints.
The Copper State Models' growing range of pilot and ground crew figures in their imaginative poses really bring a model to life. In this case the crewman is tending to a machine just off the production line in 1918 so minimum weathering.
Next off the bench will be a Copper State Models 1/35 Lanchester armoured car, an absolute joy to make and a lesson to other manufacturers on how to produce top quality WW1 armoured vehicles.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
