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Offline DaveB

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Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« on: August 04, 2021, 01:53:20 AM »
Dear all,

Just finished building the last of the great little Valom kits.   Very straightforward (if a bit fiddly in places) enjoyable builds that make for a real change of pace.

The kits are a mixture of plastic, metal and some feature some resin bits.  I was very dubious of the PE struts before building.  However, pleased to report once all in place the setup is surprisingly strong. 

The trio is made up of the Camel, SE5a and DR1.



Individually in detail -

Sopwith Camel built completly OOB:







Fokker DR1 - added the missing support strut for the tailplane and used stretched sprue (instead of the PE which was just to small) for the tail skid:











RAF SE5a - stratched a replacement foster mount for the PE overwing Lewis; Windscreen and frame and Aldis sight:







To give you an idea of scale size - picture with £1 British coin and 1/72 Roden SE5a:





Altogether again:





For the sake of my eyes, fingers and sanity, kept rigging basic! 

The great thing is you get two of each aircraft kits in the box - so therefore have the others to build in the future with different markings.

Regards

Dave



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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2021, 01:55:57 AM »
Missing picture of SE5a against coin:



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Dave
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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2021, 02:04:48 AM »
Lovely work! Little gems aren't they?
And you have my total admiration and respect for successfully rigging them, the SE especially!

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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2021, 02:08:23 AM »
That is crazy!! They are beautiful - but crazy!
You are mad - but you have my undying respect.
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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2021, 03:49:36 AM »
Haha, I agree with Sandy but your wonderful enthusiasm for these lovely little kits is highly contagious. I am sorely tempted to have a bash at microscopic scale. Seeing these 3 exquisite models in the flesh today was great fun, they are even better than the photos suggest and they look awesome in the photos!


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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2021, 04:52:57 AM »
Excellent weeeee group of WarBirds, Dave  :o
Well done!

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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2021, 06:11:39 AM »
As Richie has commented, these look even better in reality than in photographs. To rig these you must have the patience of a saint and the eyes of a cat, not to mention a steady hand! They really are superb models and great value for money. Best of all they take up so little space - a squadron of these in the space of 1 x 1/32 scale single seater!

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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2021, 06:04:47 PM »
I admire your resolution to work on such tiny things... And your skills to get so amazing results. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2021, 12:03:09 AM »
What an Amazing Tiny Trio Dave! Beautiful results!!
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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2021, 01:55:50 AM »
Thank you all very kindly, gents -

They really are great little kits and worth having a crack at

Regards

Dave
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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2021, 09:28:04 PM »
Sneaking in builds are we ?!!!! ::)

Awesome job Dave , really like how the Camel turned out !


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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2021, 01:33:29 AM »
Wonderful trio !!

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Re: Valom 1/144 WW1 Trio
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2021, 02:00:11 AM »
Thanks, Ed and Alexis -

Glad you liked them!

Regards

Dave
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