Here are some photos of this paper kit build, with a few plastic details (prop and wheels). I'm not thrilled with the photos I was able to obtain, so I'm approaching this presentation as a walk-around, starting with what you would see if walking up to the aircraft from behind as it sits on the flight line. Here she is:
. . . and a couple of overhead shots:
This was a very enjoyable build, particularly since this genre of modeling was all new to me--everything was both exciting and a bit frightening, but I guess that's true of all modeling to some extent. Maybe a better description is that it was fresh, and I found that I was always highly motivated to press on because of that freshness. Even though it was a WWI aircraft model, it felt a bit like taking a break with a ship, tank or WWII subject in plastic. A change of pace! It also helped that he kit was very well designed--everything fit very well.
I highly recommend trying a paper kit if you have never built one. It's fun, the tools are simple, the kits relatively inexpensive and you can get a variety of interesting types in large scale than will likely never be kitted in plastic (particularly with the recent troubles of WNW). You can check out Dan's (NinetyThirdLiberator) YouTube videos (see the link in his recent Nieuport 24 build) for inspiration and very helpful instruction on the whole paper build process. Give it a try! You might get hooked, and honestly, there's no voodoo or witchcraft involved.
Thanks for looking in.
Best regards,
Bob
