1/72 Spad XIII Madon

[herbarnold99]

Really nice. SPADs are challenging between the wings, but you did the job!

[DaddyO]

Thank you gents 
Reckon having done one I would find the next one easier; possibly a linen coloured VII to keep it company

Paul

[Rip Van Winkle]

 That is really nice.  The rigging on the SPAD can be a challenge.

[Dutch522]

Paul - what a jewel! I'd love to do this scheme one of these days.

Dutch

[DaddyO]

That is really nice.  The rigging on the SPAD can be a challenge.

Rigging is a bit trickier than a Nieuport  RvW  Sorting the cross wires on the cabanes was a bit of a pain, but the rest is okay if you take your time and the model is in a jig of some kind.

Paul - what a jewel! I'd love to do this scheme one of these days.

Dutch

I was tempted by the version with the red fuselage and white cowl, but think that may have used the wing pockets or later wing shape. I'd got a couple of good photo references for this one showing the wing camouflage which I always like to have.

Paul

[enathan]

A good looking SPAD Paul, well done!

[djuggie]

Paul,

A very nice addition to your collection.  Your workmanship is to be commended.

Dennis

[DaddyO]

A good looking SPAD Paul, well done!

Cheers enathan 

Paul,

A very nice addition to your collection.  Your workmanship is to be commended.

Thanks Dennis 

Dennis

[NMLeonov]

Beautifully built! That is a good kit, though I had a little trouble with the dashboard piece not fitting on mine.

[DaddyO]

Beautifully built! That is a good kit, though I had a little trouble with the dashboard piece not fitting on mine.

Cheers 

Yep I needed to clean off the paint and give it a bit of scrape to make sure; took a couple of dry runs till I was happy with it

Paul

[Rick_H]

Lovely work!

I really like the shade of red that you used - not too garish.  What brand and shade was it?

Thanks,
Rick in Seattle

[DaddyO]

Lovely work!

I really like the shade of red that you used - not too garish.  What brand and shade was it?

Thanks,
Rick in Seattle

Hi Rick thanks for that.

The red is a Scalecolor artists tube acrylic. Although primarily aimed at figure painters (which is where I came across them) they are beautiful smooth matt acrylics that spray really well. I've used a few on my models (The underside colour and the light 'fawn' of the camouflage are also Scalecolor paints)
I mix with distilled water and if it's hot I add a couple of drops of Vallejo flow improver to the cup. They seem unfussy and you can spray with high pressure thickly or build up the layers with thin paint. (I normally aim for around 15 -18 psi and use an old Paache single action airbrush that I was given free - so not a particularly complicated set up  )
Give them, a try
Paul

[WD]

Paul,
       A lovely build! One of my favorite subjects too!

A couple of questions:

- Did the GasPatch MG's fit into the Eduard slots ok, or did they need some adjusting?

- Did you not like the kit's struts?

Warren

[DaddyO]

Paul,
       A lovely build! One of my favorite subjects too!

A couple of questions:

- Did the GasPatch MG's fit into the Eduard slots ok, or did they need some adjusting?

- Did you not like the kit's struts?

Warren

Hi Warren glad you like it 

Nope there was quite a lot of fiddling, filing and scraping to get them in place (I had to carve the slots in the cowl wider and shave the bottom of the guns to bring them into line) Probably not worth it in terms of effort 

I always make my struts from filed brass wire or soldered wire and brass strip because I think they look closer to scale than moulded plastic and they are much stronger. You can sand and reshape the plastic, but I've found that by the time I'm happy with the thickness and appearance they are too delicate for me to use. The kit struts are pretty good to be fair apart from the moulded on bands which definitely need removing IMO.

Paul

[WD]

Thanks Paul!  I figured as much regarding the Gas Patch MG's, they do look so great though.

Yes, that is a problem with plastic struts in our scale! I may have to ponder doing this for my Eduard Spads. Hmmmmmm

Warren