Knights of the Air

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April 8, 2015
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April 12, 2015
Starting the Fokker E.III
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April 12, 2015
Using tweezer pressure to hold fuselage against wing for adhesion
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April 12, 2015
Starting assembly
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April 12, 2015
Undercarriages on Sopwith and D.VII, another coat of paint on the D.VII
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April 12, 2015
Painted, first time I've mixed a special colour.
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April 12, 2015
Painted, first time I've mixed a special colour.
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April 13, 2015
Much more robust now the glue's gone off overnight.
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April 19, 2015
Drilling for the cotton 'wires'.
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April 19, 2015
Fiddly!
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April 19, 2015
52 year old Revell decals working very well!
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April 19, 2015
Sopwith Camel decals drying.
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April 19, 2015
Sopwith decals trimmed, complicated decals going on Fokker D.VII.
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April 19, 2015
Sopwith Camel finished. It's a little bit wonky - but it's from 1963!
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April 19, 2015
Fokker E.III strung.
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April 19, 2015
Fokker E.III decals started.
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April 22, 2015
Lots of colouring in...
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April 22, 2015
Interesting colour scheme
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April 26, 2015
Started the S.E.5a
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April 26, 2015
Most colours have to be mixed for the S.E.5a. Experimenting with a new way to smooth the fuselage join - 240 grit paper, then 1200 grit, then paint. No filler.
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April 26, 2015
Finished the Fokker E.III.
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April 26, 2015
For scale reference.
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April 27, 2015
S.E.5a assembly.
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November 8, 2015
Back to it... First coat on SE5a and start of Dr1
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November 8, 2015
More modern tooled Dr1 kit nice to make.
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November 9, 2015
Finished Fokker D VII
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November 16, 2015
I think I can see a reason the Red Baron was so successful - his Dr.1 is tiny compared with other contemporary planes!
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November 23, 2015
Dr.1 and SE5a
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March 7, 2017

Comments

4 8 April 2015, 21:29

A Casirati
nice job, PJ!

20 April 2015, 10:37

P J
Thank you for the compliment. Yours is the standard I aspire to! 🙂

20 April 2015, 10:46

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

23 April 2015, 00:43

soheil moghisi
nice job.

23 April 2015, 09:01

Hanno Kleinecke
Nice work on these WW1 iconic birds, not an easy job I would say. Is that a template that you used for the lower half of the wings
on the D VII ?

23 April 2015, 09:27

P J
Thanks gents. Hanno: they are decals for the underside of the wings. The decals need trimming, they are oversized, and I used a little paint under any loose edges to 'glue' them down. It's quite time consuming to paint in the colours, but strangely therapeutic! I think it will look great with the second coat and a matt varnish to seal everything.

23 April 2015, 09:37

Hanno Kleinecke
Yes, amongst others, that´s what makes this hobby so recreative, it sometimes almost gets me in an
meditational state... I´m curious on the finals of these " Knights of the air" 🙂

23 April 2015, 09:45

P J
I'm going to rename the album 'Knights of the Air' – I started with two biplanes but somehow a couple of triplanes a monoplane have crept in...!

23 April 2015, 21:16

Hanno Kleinecke
👍, just the right name for this album !😉

24 April 2015, 06:35