1/32 Roden Spad XIII early

[DaveB]

Dear all,

My latest finished project - Roden's Spad XIII kit.

A good kit although I was surprised by the heavy seems, some flash and sinks marks for a new tooled kit.   It went together reasonably well but I found this one quite a demanding build.  It was certainly an enjoyable though!

Pleased with the outcome although I would have liked to have made the rigging a bit neater.  Built mostly OOB with some minor additions as follows:

seat cushion made from Milliput;
seat harness from a spare Eduard French seat belt PE part;
Filed off the port side panel not appropriate for the early version;
enhanced the look of the kit Vickers MG's;
Scratch built windscreen as this part was missing from my kit

RAGIII's build of this kit was a great source of information for my build so thanks Rick!

Completed in the Italian markings of 91a Squadriglia flown by Capt. Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, Italy, Summer 1918.

























Regards

Dave

[Rob Hart]

Lovely Spad! The Italian markings set it off.

[Big Sky Modeler]

Very nice.  A beautiful build!

[gedmundson]

Well built, Dave. Worth the effort to tackle the Roden kit and come up with a lovely looking model.
Cheers,
Gary

[Tim Mixon]

Well done Dave. I find Spads very difficult to model. You have definitely tamed this one!

[pepperman42]

I'm with Tim on this one. Twin bays are tough and you've done a great job.

Steve

[Borsos]

That’s really a great model.
Andreas

[lone modeller]

That looks first class Dave. The Italian markings really add some colour to the model and the rigging is just outstanding. Looking forward to seeing this one soon.

Stephen.

[DaveB]

Thank you all kindly, folks!

Regards

Dave

[FAf]

Great build and paint job!
There are so many colourful aircraft from WWI, but this is so differently colourful and different is good!
/F

[RichieW]

It  might have been a demanding kit but it certainly looks to have received your full attention. That's a beautiful model Dave. I can't see anything wrong with the rigging, I'd be chuffed with that result!

Richie

[RAGIII]

Beautiful Clean build! You have done a Fantastic job and show just how nice this kit can look with a bit of Love  Also thanks for the compliment on My build being helpful but you have gone way past My efforts!
RAGIII

[DaveB]

/F, Richie and Rick - thank you!

Beautiful Clean build! You have done a Fantastic job and show just how nice this kit can look with a bit of Love  Also thanks for the compliment on My build being helpful but you have gone way past My efforts!
RAGIII

Rick - I beg to differ mate - your work is brilliant and your build log on this one was really helpful and a great guide - I would never have known (for example) that the panel on the port side fuselage was incorrect for this variant.

Regards

Dave