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

[Ryan]

Love it.

[RAGIII]

Might have been difficult but they look so good Rick! Time well spent I'd say.

Thanks Richie! I Hope to get the tips done today.
RAGIII

Love it.

Thanks Ryan!
RAGIII

[Radarman]

RAGIII,
It's good to see there is so much interest in your builds. I have a few of these kits in my stash.
It makes one wonder where the molds have ended up. Thanks for posting your progress.

                                                                                                            Kevin

[RAGIII]

RAGIII,
It's good to see there is so much interest in your builds. I have a few of these kits in my stash.
It makes one wonder where the molds have ended up. Thanks for posting your progress.

                                                                                                            Kevin

I am happy that some like watching My processes  I also wonder about the Molds. This was IMHO, the best of the Hobby Craft 1/32nd WW1 subjects and has Never been released again by anyone!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

I do like the work that you have done on the wingtips Rick.

Stephen.

[jeroen_R90S]

Very nice work -the wing mods look great as well

[RAGIII]

I do like the work that you have done on the wingtips Rick.

Stephen.

Thanks Stephen. I must say I have had some frustration in trying to add ribs to the modified section. I may be getting close to something I can accept
RAGIII

Very nice work -the wing mods look great as well

Thanks. I am progressing. Today I attached the lower wings to the fuselage on all three. Painting is getting closer 
RAGIII

[RAGIII]

Well, I am getting close to painting on two of the three. The Luke and Rickenbacker SPAD just need some final tweaking before paint. The Guynemer bird is lagging a bit behind...More to convert than I had originally thought 
RAGIII

[RLWP]

I'n the wise words of the philosopher Meatloaf - two out of three ain't bad

Richard

[smperry]

Way to go Rick! You have done a great job of keeping them all pretty much together. That old Revell kit has about turned me off on Spads. There are several Spad XIIIs I would like on my display shelf and have been hesitating, but those kits look so much more fun to deal with than Ole Big and Clunky.
I am so waiting to see some color on them. (I'm about out of masking ideas for French camo).
sp

[Borsos]

Just impressive what you are doing with these kits. They look absolutely wonderful.
Andreas

[RAGIII]

I'n the wise words of the philosopher Meatloaf - two out of three ain't bad

Richard

  Thanks Richard, those are wise words! The third will get there, it is just taking more than I thought it would.
RAGIII

Way to go Rick! You have done a great job of keeping them all pretty much together. That old Revell kit has about turned me off on Spads. There are several Spad XIIIs I would like on my display shelf and have been hesitating, but those kits look so much more fun to deal with than Ole Big and Clunky.
I am so waiting to see some color on them. (I'm about out of masking ideas for French camo).
sp

Thanks SP! You will be Amazed at my sophisticated Masking Method 
RAGIII

Just impressive what you are doing with these kits. They look absolutely wonderful.
Andreas

Thanks ANdreas. Greatly Appreciated!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

What I am I now only seeing double?

These look really good Rick. As others have written, what you are doing with these kits is super in every way (x 3 of course!)

I admire your patience to keep working at three models simultaneously - as I have written before, one at a time is enough for me!

Stephen. 

[RAGIII]

What I am I now only seeing double?

These look really good Rick. As others have written, what you are doing with these kits is super in every way (x 3 of course!)

I admire your patience to keep working at three models simultaneously - as I have written before, one at a time is enough for me!

Stephen.

As always, thank you Stephen! I worked on the third one today, still applying ribs to wings and started adding some cut outs in the cowling. I also worked on Varying the control surfaces on two of the upper wings.
RAGIII

[RAGIII]

Number three moving forward....at least I hope  Added the ribs which are rough in places, ok, all places, but I will be taping over some so may work out ! By tomorrow all should be ready for paint.
RAGIII








PS: Looking at the photos I see that My sanding and priming, then sanding really doesn't show much of the ribs...Oh Well, Just as well  I also noticed a chip in the Aileron. This is something I have found pretty easy to fix. Super filler works great to repair thin surfaces!