Hello all! I am Kevin H. Y. L. and come form Hong Kong, a very small city in the Asia. Am I the only Asian in this place? (Sorry for my poor grammar, I have never written so many English before.)
I built a Revell 1:72 Sopwith Triplane painfully. This kit is my first WWI aircraft kit. It is badly molded and there are so many ejector/injector pin markings, deformed engine and a pilot with a drill hole on its stomach! I was going to give up, but I kept telling myself to complete this model plane. It is almost finish now and I find myself in love with WWI aircraft at the same time: It is not easy to begin, but the structure becomes very attractive once almost finish.
The rigging part remains. The rigging details in the leaflet is a mess so I was looking for tips from internet and then I find this place. Thanks a lot !
There is not much information of WWI in Hong Kong because most hobbyists prefer Gundams/Cars/WWII things. The rigging they done was the radio line in WWII aircraft or battle ships but never more than that. They tend to stay away from WWI and think that WWI aircraft doesn't have many choices in models or too difficult. I can now prove them it is wrong.
After I bought my first Roden 1:72 Sopwith F.1/3 Comic cheaply (HK$38 -> about US$5) from a "clearance sale" corner in a model shop, I can't held but start to collect Roden WWI planes. They are rare in my place now since the shops don't import Rodens for more than 10 years.
Where can I find the Roden models now?
The biggest WWI aircraft kits I collected, is the 1:72 Roden(055) Zeppelin Staaken R.VI. (Where can I get a display case to fit its 59 cm wings and 31cm body?)
My Sopwith triplane (not rigged yet) :
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/kl122002/DSC00322_zpsb8dc66cb.jpgThe decal was lost so I painted part of them by myself:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/kl122002/DSC00329_zps440cca73.jpghttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/kl122002/DSC00327_zpsd40368b8.jpg
