Hobby Craft 1/32nd SPAD XIII times Three: plus Aviattic Luke

[lone modeller]

Lovely interiors Rick - pity about the maps being folded though - the pilots would get lost if they had opened them and then they had blown away. You need to make sure that they are folded with the print on the outside - then we can all check if they are of the areas you mention!

Stephen.

[Monty]

Ooh, some really good detailing and neat work, there Rick! These are coming together really well... Regards, Marc.

[Borsos]

Great work on the interiors, Rick, all look wonderful. I never saw so many SPADs being build like these days. I am keen on seeing how these kits look when finished. Will they all be in American colors or are you going to do a French one as well?
Best regards,
Andreas

[RichieW]

Those interiors are fantastic Rick, these little beauties are moving along at quit a tempo!

[RAGIII]

Lovely interiors Rick - pity about the maps being folded though - the pilots would get lost if they had opened them and then they had blown away. You need to make sure that they are folded with the print on the outside - then we can all check if they are of the areas you mention!

Stephen.

Thanks Stephen. Just a single fold so front and back can be read 
RAGIII

Ooh, some really good detailing and neat work, there Rick! These are coming together really well... Regards, Marc.

Thanks Marc. I appreciate the comments!
RAGIII

Great work on the interiors, Rick, all look wonderful. I never saw so many SPADs being build like these days. I am keen on seeing how these kits look when finished. Will they all be in American colors or are you going to do a French one as well?
Best regards,
Andreas

Thanks Andreas. Two Late Models, Rickenbacker ( Bernard built),and Luke (Bleriot built). The third will be an Early XIII as flown by Guynemer.

RAGIII

Those interiors are fantastic Rick, these little beauties are moving along at quit a tempo!

Thanks Richie. I appreciate your comments!
RAGIII

[RAGIII]

All three fuselages are buttoned up. Took a bit longer than I thought it would so still need to start on the seats and instruments.
RAGIII

[rhallinger]

Looks superb Rick.  Careful---you're making this look easy enough that you might inspire some of us to try a multi-build as well!   Nicely done.

Best regards,

Bob

[RLWP]

You need to have a word with your compass man...

Richard

[RAGIII]

Looks superb Rick.  Careful---you're making this look easy enough that you might inspire some of us to try a multi-build as well!   Nicely done.

Best regards,

Bob

Thanks. Like I said earlier the hard part lies ahead with the struts and rigging!
RAGIII

You need to have a word with your compass man...

Richard

There are 4 dierections figured odds were good that one of the three would be correct  Sometimes I am not too good at alignment of these small details.
RAGIII

[kensar]

Damn the COVID, full speed ahead!

Your assembly line is in full swing!

Seeing all three next to each other is really cool.

[RLWP]

You need to have a word with your compass man...

Richard

There are 4 dierections figured odds were good that one of the three would be correct  Sometimes I am not too good at alignment of these small details.
RAGIII

Shouldn't they all be pointing the same way when the fuselages are aligned?

Yes, yes - I know - I'll go and do something useful instead....

Richard

[RAGIII]

Damn the COVID, full speed ahead!

Your assembly line is in full swing!

Seeing all three next to each other is really cool.

Thanks Ken. Hoping to get to work on the seats and belts today. All Virus protocols are in place for the Factory workers 
RAGIII

You need to have a word with your compass man...

Richard

There are 4 dierections figured odds were good that one of the three would be correct  Sometimes I am not too good at alignment of these small details.
RAGIII

Shouldn't they all be pointing the same way when the fuselages are aligned?

Yes, yes - I know - I'll go and do something useful instead....

Richard

Funny thing is Richard, that I actually stopped to think when I applied the decals if the red arrow "Had" to be pointed the same direction on all three 
RAGIII

[Radarman]

RAGIII,
These are really looking nice. I wish I could keep up with your pace.

                                                             Kevin

[RAGIII]

RAGIII,
These are really looking nice. I wish I could keep up with your pace.

                                                             Kevin

Thanks for dropping in and the kind comment Kevin! Things will slow down a bitt when I get to the strut mounting phase 

RAGIII

[RAGIII]

I wasn't planning an update today but I couldn't resist placing the seat and other panels on the model for a photo or two. All of that work and not much will be seen as usual 
RAGIII