I started this a few weeks ago and I am taking my time with it as the pieces are so tiny.
I bought this 20 years or so ago and lost the decals somewhere along the way. So, all the roundels and insignia will be painted on instead of decals. It is already painted. I found a plane flown by a Captain D’Urban Victor Armstrong, no 151 Squadron RAF. He survived WWI, but passed 2 days after the armistice in 1918 in an aerial acrobatics accident.
It didn’t come with instructions, but I found some on
scalemates.com.
The first and third instructions are done in the two previous pictures.
The fuselage is together with the LeRhone engine attached. I believe that I have all the holes drilled for the rigging. I used a.035 micro drill bit to drill those out. I will be using some fine copper wire that I salvaged from an old extension cord. I will update more when I get more done.
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Ahoy Mageckman. Great start on your tiny Camel. Painting the markings is a bold move and I salute you.
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Thank you Strongeagle. I am finding out that it’s not as hard as I first thought that it would be. I just have to plan everything out.
Getting things taped off and ready for paint is one of the most time consuming parts of this build. The roundels are cut out with a circle cutter, which works so much better than trying to use a template and an x-acto knife. The center dot was made with a hole punch.
Getting paint on and waiting for it to dry.
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Gonna be watching this one bud. That’s a good looking circular cutting tool and I may have to check into that one.
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I got mine at trains.com.
Trying to get all the roundels and insignia painted on before I finish assembling it. I think that it’s easier to work with that way.
I have most of the roundels painted. After the wings are finished, I just need to do the roundels on the fuselage along with the pilot number.
I am doing the insignia in paint and coming back in with ink pens and doing the touch-ups.
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It’s shocking how little a 1/72 WWI bird is! Yours is looking great – I must say I’m surprised at how well the masked and brush-painted roundels look. 
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Yeah, it is. I kept looking at my 1/72 WW2 fighter planes and thinking that they were small. These are even more so. I have an F-16 in 1/72 as well, and I am tempted to build that one next and display this one with that one along with one of the WW2 fighter planes that I have to show the size difference as time goes on.
I am happy that they are coming out good. All of the markings are hand done. It shows how well stencils can work if you use them right
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