Thought you might be interested in my efforts to take an Airfix F2b and turn it into a Bristol Tourer Seaplane. Not strictly WW1 but since its based on a Bristol Fighter I thought I could get away with it!
It took far too long but has proved that I can take a kit and change it into something else using reasonable scratch building techniques. All of this was originally inspired by The Old Mans excellent WW1 scratch builds, I just thought I'd go half way to start with.
Anyway the history of the Tourer is basically that at the end of WW1 manufacturers like Bristol had to diversify to stay in business and like Avro they looked to the civilian market and their new found fascination with flying. The tourer came in a number of types, two seat, three seat, open passenger compartment, closed in and a seaplane.
There's a part WIP for anyone interested, I'm afraid I lost patience with posting progress; must give up the day job!
http://www.britmodel...bristol +tourer
There is a bit of a mistake which I have to confess, the logo is wrong! I had them specially made based on artwork I found on the internet and overlooked the fact that this is the later Bristol logo used after the late '20's. One day I might correct it but getting white bespoke decals made is not cheap!
