Knights of the Air

 

Starting the Fokker E.III 

Using tweezer pressure to hold fuselage against wing for adhesion 

Starting assembly 

Undercarriages on Sopwith and D.VII, another coat of paint on the D.VII 

Painted, first time I've mixed a special colour. 

Painted, first time I've mixed a special colour. 

Much more robust now the glue's gone off overnight.  

Drilling for the cotton 'wires'. 

Fiddly!  

52 year old Revell decals working very well! 

Sopwith Camel decals drying. 

Sopwith decals trimmed, complicated decals going on Fokker D.VII. 

Sopwith Camel finished. It's a little bit wonky - but it's from 1963! 

Fokker E.III strung.  

Fokker E.III decals started.  

Lots of colouring in...  

Interesting colour scheme  

Started the S.E.5a 

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.  

Finished the Fokker E.III.  

For scale reference.  

S.E.5a assembly. 

Back to it... First coat on SE5a and start of Dr1 

More modern tooled Dr1 kit nice to make.  

Finished Fokker D VII 

I think I can see a reason the Red Baron was so successful - his Dr.1 is tiny compared with other contemporary planes! 

Dr.1 and SE5a