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Hello from West Sussex, England.
« on: November 27, 2013, 04:50:12 AM »
Great to be here,  looking forward to getting to know people and expanding my knowledge on some WW1 aircraft.

Got a bit of a thing for Sopwith products, work nearly exclusively in 1/48 although I have bought a WNW RNAS Pup which I'm hoping to get built next year.

That's it for now,  cheers Doug.

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2013, 05:08:44 AM »
Hello Doug,
 Welcome aboard  ;)
Looking forward to seeing some of your builds in the not too distant future.

Cheers,
Bob



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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2013, 05:52:01 AM »
Hi Doug,

Welcome to the forum..

I'm in Sussex too  ;)

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2013, 06:03:50 AM »
Hello Doug and welcome to a very friendly and supportive forum.

Given what you say about all things Sopwith and 1/48 scale, I wonder what you make of  the Eduard F.1 Camel, in particular the ailerons (I've got the Wonga Bonga underway, if stalled at the moment).

Best wishes
Nigel

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2013, 06:20:09 AM »
Hello Doug and welcome to the forum, so nice to have you here, I hope to see some of your work posted soon.

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2013, 07:15:41 AM »
Welcome to the forum Doug.  Good to have you aboard!

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2013, 11:07:24 AM »
Doug,
Welcome aboard my friend. Glad you've joined us here. I'm looking forward to seeing your projects posted here soon.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2013, 11:28:42 AM »
Hi Doug,
 Welcome aboard. I'm originally from South Bucks although I've lived in the US for nearly 16 years.

ian

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2013, 11:50:47 AM »
Hi Doug, welcome to the squad.

I hope to see your Pup going when the time comes.

Cheers

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2013, 12:10:07 PM »
Hi Doug! Welcome!

Lindsay

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2013, 05:21:29 PM »
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Have to admit I don't have any built WW1 kits yet, plenty in the stash though.

The nearest I have so far are some interwar builds, which will hopefully hold me in good stead for my upcoming education! :)





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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2013, 05:45:16 PM »
Nice to see you here, welcome.

Adam.

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2013, 10:35:19 AM »
Welcome aboard Doug. Those are beautiful builds. Are they Silverwing kits for the first 2? Im stumped on the Supermarine though - Marsh?

Steve
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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2013, 04:43:56 PM »
Hi Steve, thanks for the welcome.

The Flycatcher is the old Pyro 1/48 kit. Basic, but can be made into a peach with some love and attention. The Hawker Fury is the 1/48 Airfix kit, recently re-released. Again basic but can be worked on. Both had the benefit of some of Bobs lovely buckles to help with the rigging.
The Schneider Trophy racer looks like a Supermarine S5 but is actually a Gloster VI, the 'Golden Arrow'. It's a multimedia kit in 1/48 made by Wiener Modellbau. In 1929 Gloster made two aircraft, but sadly they never raced as they had a design fault which meant the engine would cut out in high G turns, not a good attribute for a circuit racer! Wonder what they ever did with them afterwards.

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Re: Hello from West Sussex, England.
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2013, 05:58:26 PM »
A warm welcome Doug! Nice to have you with us.

Kind regards
Patrick