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Offline Big Sky Modeler

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Luke's Spad XIII
« on: February 10, 2024, 05:48:01 AM »
This is the 1/48 DML kit.  Nice kit, especially for it's age.

















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Offline NigelR

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2024, 05:51:14 AM »
Very nice work, you handled the camo scheme very well and the end result looks great.
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2024, 06:08:30 AM »
Very very nice. How did you do the double wrapped rigging? It looks so real.
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2024, 06:20:10 AM »
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How did you do the double wrapped rigging? It looks so real.

It was a pain.  That's how I handled it.   :)

I used .010" music wire colored with sharpie marker.  The stiffeners are plastic strips 0.10" thick and painted brown.  I glued the wires to the sides of the plastic (that was the pain part) and added the wraps.  The wraps are strips of metal cupcake foil painted tan and glued in place.  Cupcake foil is great for making certain parts because it can be bent (in this case wrapped around) easily and it retains that shape.  They are a bit over scale, but I didn't want to attempt lighter wire and thinner plastic.  Maybe next time. 
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2024, 06:57:03 AM »
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How did you do the double wrapped rigging? It looks so real.

It was a pain.  That's how I handled it.   :)

I used .010" music wire colored with sharpie marker.  The stiffeners are plastic strips 0.10" thick and painted brown.  I glued the wires to the sides of the plastic (that was the pain part) and added the wraps.  The wraps are strips of metal cupcake foil painted tan and glued in place.  Cupcake foil is great for making certain parts because it can be bent (in this case wrapped around) easily and it retains that shape.  They are a bit over scale, but I didn't want to attempt lighter wire and thinner plastic.  Maybe next time.
Thanks for the explanation. Great job!
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2024, 08:35:40 AM »
That's lovely work BSM, thanks so much for sharing. What a gorgeous build.
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2024, 11:56:09 PM »
Wow! This one's a stunner, Jim. Oddly enough the thing that impresses me the most is the X on the engine bearers, visible through the mesh. That's attention to detail, I'd always noticed it from the famous photo of Luke:



Great job all around, and I'm with Przemo, those doubled SPAD wires are brilliant!

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2024, 07:26:28 AM »
Nicely made, looks great.
Very impressive treatment of those awkward bound wires, great result.
Sandy
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2024, 07:40:52 AM »
Beautiful.  A very clean build.  Excellent work

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2024, 10:42:04 AM »
    VERY nice Spad; the finish is really well done and the colors look great! . I've only done the "wrapped double rigging" thing once and can really appreciate what you've accomplished with it here, lovely work.
    You've done a magnificent job on this kit, it's one you can and should be extremely proud of!
Cheers, and thanks for sharing this here!
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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2024, 10:47:44 AM »
Fantastic work on this stalwart kit, well done! It still holds up well today.

I have fond memories of building this one in the 1990s in my teens; this one along with the DML Triplane were real eye openers for me, having never played with photoetch before.

Good stuff!

BC
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Offline lone modeller

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2024, 09:56:26 PM »
An absolutely superb model in every way. A real stunner.

Stephen.
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Offline WD

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2024, 01:40:38 AM »
I really love what you've done here. As others have mentioned, the paint work, the rigging, and the little details really bring this one to life.

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Offline DaveB

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2024, 08:17:17 AM »
A fantastic model Spad XIII with some brilliant details added - wonderful!

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Re: Luke's Spad XIII
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2024, 11:04:49 AM »
Very nice build.  Looks GREAT!

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