1. Only seen on the pilot’s left. (unless you use white painted wiring)
2. Make it easy on your self keep it the same diameter as the front locator hole in the fuselage for the lower wing. (I don’t have the gauge with me right now but I’ll check later.)
3. No worries. If I offer it (like I did in the list above) you can ask about it.
Modelers come here to get help. But I used to get requests like ". . .give me everything you have on . . .fill in the blank. " I have been writing about WWI aviation kits and its real history for years. My website does that, fills in the blanks. By the way the list I posted is just the stuff I did. If your budget doesn’t permit certain things. . . hey you got to eat right?
The downloads are quick and have a few images.
The CD’s have everything I can burn into the Disk about the subject and that includes 40 -60 images.
So far the site pays for itself and a couple of kit purchases for me. Yahoo!
Stephen, I have another question about the DH.2 kit. Eduard provides options for three different instrument panel/deck configurations. As I plan on building DH.2, No. 5998, Capt. J. O. Andrews mount (1916), do you know which configuration I should use? I could scan the instructions and post that section here if that would help. Thanks!
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Here’s a scan of the instructions. I boxed in the step in question. Thanks again!
Got my Dragon Fokker Dr I in the mail today-- GOSH! That thing is small! I was a little worried that I had accidentally gotten a 1/72 kit. The Albatross is almost twice the size. I had no idea it was such a small aircraft!
Eduard had a minor screw up here. Other wise it would be very clear. I’ll explain. In your instructions the headers are 2 A, B & C. These stand for the colour profile schemes provided in the kit. The problem was someone forgot to add “D” to the instrument cluster that has “C”. So “C” should read “C & D.” Your choice is “C” so its the choice on the far right. Both are 5xxx series machines and will have the same instrument cluster.
Thanks Stephen, that makes sense. I thought that might be what it applied to (Eduard kits are generally pretty good in that respect) but the missing ‘D’ is what threw me.
Im up for this group build. I whant to do a Bristol Fighter as one is based just down the road frrom me (airworthy). I also watched all 3 airworthy origional Bristol Fighters flying together. Can someone recommend a good 1:48th scale kit of the Bristol Fighter please.
Heres a photo just to savour the moment:
If people are interested i am able to complete a photo walk around of the following aircraft which i would hapily burn the images to cd and mail it to you at a small cost: (note these aircraft are all origional unless otherwise noted, i even have cockpit photos of a few of them, again these are labelled)
Dr1 (replica) -
Sopwith Pup - cocpit shot included
Sopwith Triplane (late production) - cockpit shot included
Bristol M1C (replica) -
Avro 504k - cockpit shot included
Bristol F2b Fighter - cockpit shot included
SE5A -
Cauldron G3 -
Hanroit Hd1 -
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter -
Sopwith Tabloid (replica) -
Vickers Fb5 (replica i believe) -
Vickers Vimy (replica) -
If you are at all interested in these contact me by private message or by email.
Why Ollie wih my hands unless I turn the light on![:-^] Ok sorry couldn’t resist. The main difference between the Edaurd and Roden kits is buidability. Both are about equal.
The Eduard kit goes together well but has no engine. There are only facades to mount the exhaust pipes to.
The Roden kit has tight fitting parts and a complete engine.
Eduard aims its kits at mainstream modelers. The average Joe or Josephine. 2-3 colour schemes.
Roden aims its kits at detail loving modelers looking for variety. 5-6 colour schemes.
Stephen , that’s why I was so pleasantly suprised with the F.1 Camel…tons of PE and markings for 8 different birds. I still think it’s one of their best releases to date.
Yes I agree the old Profipacks and now the Combo, Limited Edition, Royal even the weekend kit issues have Eduard trying to broaden their outreach to get a bigger slice of the WW (in this case World Wide ) pie.
Here is one of a Combo I built last year and the review.
Nice build! …and a great review too! I bookmarked it. [tup] #8056 is the kit I have. I plan on building one of Barker’s planes, mounting it in a case, and donating it to the Legion Hall up here for display.
I was more drawn to the Roden kit anyway. I plan to finish her as D8096 as the real D8096 is based barely 3 miles from my house. If i can find some decals for it i would not say no to doing one with that Fish scale paint job (serial no escapes me right now).
Thats the one i am talking of. Im going to build her first. i love that colour scheme.
O and the one in those photos is not my local one but it is not far from me being in London. Im fairly lucky in that D8096 is just down the road at Old Warden, there is a static one at Duxford and the one in the photos at Hendon.
I was just going back to catch up on my reading with the postings from this group. I must admit that I am impressed with the amount of traffic thus far. I guess that maybe I should move up the start on my build early. Anyway, I took this week off with the Holiday being a “free” day for me, and spent time today sorting through and rearranging kits. I am not sure when the kits started reproducing, but they have been busy. I did pull down my Dragon Fokker D VII, and in comparing it with my Eduard plane, I am leaning more toward the Fokker. Several years ago I built a Dragon Fokker Dr. I that came with a 1/16 bust of Manfred Von Richthofen, which I built as his plane with a red upper wing and tail, and I planned on building a D VII to match one that his brother flew. I still need to get a bit further on my present build before I start this one, but I think that the D VII will be my plane of choice.
Before I forget, I do have a question for you. How did you get your group badges in the form that they are in on your signature line? I was admiring it as I went through the pages catching up.
I would have to agree with you, the traffic here thus far has been nothing short of amazing! The GB doesn’t start for three more months, but the excitement here is building so much that by the time October 1st rolls around, we are all going to be in a frenzy! Also, I will update the list to reflect your choice.
As for the GB badges in my signature, a friend of mine does them for me as I have no fancy computer skills. About all I can do is send emails and download photos!
