Re: Squiffy's Kites: RAF F.E2b night bomber,58 Squadron. 1/72 scale

[Squiffy]

Very nice Squiffy!
 BTW, the blue/red Albatross of Beaulieu von Marconnay is Jasta 15 colours, not 19.

Ian

I did think that, Ian but the Eduard instructions say Jasta 19 and I believe Von Beaulieu-Marconnay did command Jasta 19, so I assumed they knew what they were talking about. It all gets a bit complicated with Jastas 15/18 so maybe whoever wrote the instructions got confused in the fog of war and made a typo... 

It being from 15 is all the better because I'll have 3 machines in their colours when I build the yet-to-be-started Fok. D.VII that I've got in the group build.

[IanB]

Both Jastas had blue fuselages, red nose was 15, green nose was 19. (Source: W/S Datafile Fokker D.VII Anthology)

Ian

[Wolf]

You have realy an amazing collection of very nice executed models!

The SSW is may favorite too. But the Strutter is only short behind it.

[RAGIII]

Simply amazing! The speed and quality of your builds are incredible!
RAGIII

[Squiffy]

The Pup is done.


Good God! Your 1 1/2 strutter has had a pup!




Switches off. Switches off. Petrol on. Petrol on. Suck in.... Contact. Contact!

[Thumbs up]

Ha Ha!!!! Brilliant Squiffy!!!

[Epeeman]

Very clever, Squiffy!

Great work on the Airfix kit as well.

Regards

Dave

[RAGIII]

Lovely Pup and the effects are very cool!
RAGIII

[petrov27]

Extremely cool builds and display!

[IanB]

Great job on a terrible kit, and I love the pics! 

Ian

[Squiffy]

Thanks for the nice comments. 

Here is my latest finished build. One of Charles Nungesser's Nieuport 17s, built from an Eduard kit.

[RAGIII]

Well Squiffy,
Another really well done build in record time! You are certainly the most prolific modeler on the site! Love the pilot also!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

Another great build. As Rick has commented you certainly turn them out quickly!

[Squiffy]

Here's another! Revell Albatros D.III. I replaced the kit wheels with a pair of Roden spares and painted it as the mount of Lt. Hermann Frommherz of Jasta Boelcke. The guns are also replacements for the very poor kit parts and I fitted a Roden engine and exhaust (not that you can see them in this photo but I've had camera problems and will get some more in due course...)

[Squiffy]

It's been a learning experience but the Dolphin is finished, save for the mounting of the Lewis guns on the lower wings as per 87 Squadron.




I've been off-work since Tuesday with flu-like symptoms but I had enough of lying in bed yesterday and just after noon I got out of bed and pulled one of my Telford purchases from the pile. The AVRO 504K is an old Airfix kit that dates from 1967 but I think my particular kit was in 1970s packaging.

I started yesterday and finished a couple of hours ago. It kept me occupied and I almost forgot about being ill...

WW1 aircraft modelling - the miracle cure! 


I've added castor oil staining and chips in the paint on the engine cowl that are showing the bare metal through as a bit of weathering.