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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: wrgmr1 on 24 December 2017, 07:03:41 PM
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Hi Gents,
A few aircraft I've been working on.
Three SE5A's in 74th Squadron Livery.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/849x637q90/924/zaX93m.jpg)
Here is an Albatross DVa in Jasta 18, Rabens Ravens livery. This is the first of 7 aircraft I will be doing up in these colors.
Next up a Pfalz DIIIa.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/849x637q90/923/TOixGr.jpg)
The decals are all from Pheon, nice to work with. As with a number of the older kits the decals have deteriorated to a point where they are unusable.
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Lovely work, look forward to seeing more. :)
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Great job
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Very nicely done.
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Nice. I don't understand your comment though. The pheon decals have deteriorated? Or the ones that came with the kits?
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Thanks for your kind comments gents!
aphillathehun - the decals in older kits will deteriorate so much that they just fall apart. Thus I used Pheon decals for these kits, which are new.
Here is another model for use in our WW1 air game Canvas Eagles a Pfalz DIIIa, again in Jasta 18 colors. This kit is from Squadron. Not a particularly good kit, it was rather difficult to put together with some bad fit for the pieces.
I have found the same in a Roden Fokker DVII I am currently building.
http://www.maxeagles.com/eagles_models.html (http://www.maxeagles.com/eagles_models.html)
This Pfalz was flown by Lt. Hans Mueller before he flew a Fokker DVII.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/849x637q90/924/nIlTfO.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/849x637q90/924/5fZKor.jpg)
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they look great
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Thanks for the info. Those Jasta 18 planes, both early and late, look really cool. I've always loved the look of the SE5 also.
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This made me look through the 1/72 catalog again. It seems there is less available now than the last time I thought about getting into these in a big way. I always thought it would be cool to start with early war and go through the war adding the planes as they come online. For the Germans I thought I'd have to start with the Albatros, but now I see that Roden makes an eindecker which is pretty cool. But it looks like it's hard to come by early Nieuports these days. I'm not even sure I can get my hands on the Eduard Nieuport 17 anymore....
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I’ve found kits on EBay, posting here or on Bartertown. The best place is local conventions, as they go cheap.
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I’ve found kits on EBay, posting here or on Bartertown. The best place is local conventions, as they go cheap.
Forum member Dadlamassu has some WW1 aircraft kits in 1/72 amongst the items he is currently selling on behalf of his friend's family;
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=105556.0
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Funny, I was just going to post this. Bought some 1/72 WW1 Aircraft from him. They arrived Friday.
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A couple of pragmatic questions for you:
- looks like you are going pilotless with your planes. I'm not sure whether to put pilots in or not. What were your thoughts on the tradeoff?
- I assume you attach these to flight stands. What do you use for that - REMs? How do you attach those to the plane?
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Pilots or no pilots, a lot of models don’t provide them in kits. I don’t bother to acquire extra ones.
Here is the square hook diagram from the Blue Max Canvas Eagles website.
http://www.maxeagles.com/CE/SQHOOKS.PDF (http://www.maxeagles.com/CE/SQHOOKS.PDF)