I haven’t posted on aircraft for over a year. Spent over a year doing my 1/72 VIIc, and now that is done, I wanted to do a quickie to get back into the swing of things. I bought this kit on EBay- 1975 and sealed. I built this one when I was a kid in the 70’s, and when I saw it, felt a little nostalgic and had to do it over again. I do remember struggling with it, especially gluing the upper wing onto the supports. I also remember substituting the light green for a pastel blue because the picture on the box looked like light blue, and the fact that I had few paints to work with. This was completely OOB build, and I chose not to add any seatbelts. I did though hollow out the gun barrels and the exhaust pipes.Thanks for looking!
ACES: There was some flash, lots of mold lines and sink marks but not as bad as I was expecting for a kit from the 70’s. I’m sure when I made it the first time, I didn’t scrape any of that excess off.
Thanks! The prop is about the best thing about this build.
John: Is the Sopwith of the same era as the Spad? I think the original moulds of the Spad date back to the 50’s. I don’t know whether they were updated for the 70’s.
Rob: Great job there! Yeah the rigging and the prop are some fine work! I love the ribbing on the bottom of the lower wing- did you highlight it in some way?
I assume you don’t have the kit you did back in the '70s? It would be cool to see a now and then comparison!
I wish I had it. I believe I either shot it with my pellet gun or blew it up with firecrackers, like the rest of my models when I quit the hobby in my early teens. As for the ribs, I painted the lower parts with a lightened version of a doped linen colour, then cut up 2mm strips of Tamiya tape, covered the ribs, painted the surfaces with the regular doped linen colour, accentuated the taped over areas with a little tamiya smoke and stripped of the tape. Saw it on some WW1 site- I guess the ribs had an extra layer of linen that made it look lighter in colour.
I have a Spad “S” kit, H256:198, copyright 1957. It has Eddie Rickenbacker markings , and is pictured below.
Rob, I built the Dr.1 and a friend built the Camel in 1967 when we were finishing A&E school and I thought they were pretty new then. I have a couple boxings that are copyright 1965. The D-7 was a much later model. I do have several Spads, H290:225, Frank Luke markings, that are in similar “White” boxes in comparison to my oldest Camel . I suppose to know for sure about the Camel and Dr.1 a person would have to check the Burns guide.
