Hello from Alistair in Wellington, New Zealand

[ermeio]

Welcome to this forum, Alistair

[aliluke]

Wow - so many responses - what a great place! Just trying to get my plastic modelling skills back up to par - my par that is - so many modelers here are off the planet in terms of skill. So working on my 1:48 Porco Rosso plane - not a legal entry on this site as not WW1 but OK I hope in the intro section. Here is the interior - learning for me - how to make woodwork, how to make seat belts, how to airbrush metallic paints and how to do washes. I hand painted the instrument panel but that is almost impossible to photograph.

When this is finished I now have 4 WNW kits to get into!!!

[andonio64]

Hi Alistair, great work on the porcorosso plane, if you want you can peep into my WIPs, they are in Italian, but maybe the photos speak for themselves:
Savoia S21
Curtiss R3C-0

I also scratchbuilt the DABOHAZE, the pirates plane

Happy modeling!

Antonio

[aliluke]

Hi Antonio
Bravissimo! Grazie. I may post a finish of Porco Rosso's plane here in my intro - also have the Curtis to make. But need to get into the WNW kits soon...

Should add that anyone here who hasn't seen Porco Rosso should do so - the most amazing animation of flight you'll ever see. It is also Peter Jackson's and Richard Taylor's favourite movie.

Cheers
Alistair

[Jim]

Welcome Alistair. Wow, I really admire of the detail you have put into the cannon rigging of your Fly model. I'm sure rigging a biplane will be a cinch for you!

[coyotemagic]

Sorry to be so late to respond, but welcome aboard, Alistair!  I've always had a fascination with wooden ship models, but could never bring myself to spend money or devote the time to a proper model.  When WNW released the Felixstowe, I bought one in lieu of it's wooden ancestors.  I look forward to seeing your models and, by all means, get the Felistowe.  It's a great kit.
Cheers,
Bud