Nice kit, but make sure you coat the decals first with some Microscale liquid decal film. The PC10 is Floquil’s “Rail brown” and the CDL is Floquil’s “Antique white”. Rigging is .005 stainless wire “japaned” with a Sharpie. (Japaning is the WWI term for the black gloss lacquer that was applied to protect metals). Trust me, it takes a while to rig this puppy.
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Wow- great looking build. I’m always amazed at the patience it takes to rig one of those old birds. It looks great- nice job on the office.
Very nice. The attention to detail on this one is wonderful, especially the woodgrain. The interior looks nice too, from the pictures.
Very, very nice!
It’s great to see another WWI build here. [:)]
Regards,
Wow! Now, tell me how to rig the double wires. Those Brit bipes with their double wires throw me every time. They are so close together in 1/48, it’s too hard for me to get two distinct holes drilled at either end to thread them through, and the holes tend to run together. And on the real thing, they often have little metal squares attached to the wires at the left and right edges of the square as “separators.” Those would be almost microscopic in scale. How to make them?
Tom
Beautiful bird! The wood grain is outstanding. Very nice work.
Cheers,
Eric
I am glad someone has the patience dto do that kind of rigging. i sure do like to look at he older birds but don’t know if I can hack all that wire[%-)]
Very well done.
Very nicely done mstanley!
I don’t drill holes all the way thru the wings. I just use a needle in a x-acto knife to make small depressions to indicate the position. Then I use dividers to measure and cut .005 stainless wire to length. Then I glue it in with a small drop of super glue. Takes a while, but it winds up looking better (in my opinion than stretched sprue or invisible thread). I haven’t figured out a way to do the little separators you are talking about. I suppose you could use some Testors clear window cement to make them and then paint them after they were dry.
Great looking build! I love the instrument panel. Very convincing. excellent job all the way around.