ZachP319 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 This is the old Matchbox kit as boxed by Revell. Markings are No 5 Glider Training School RAF in 1943. I added some wire & tubing bits to the engine to make it more believable so I could display the cowling open. The kit offers a very basic engine but it is a good starting point and generally accurate in shape and look for the Gypsy Major. I added lead foil belts with eduard buckles to the interior and made an upper cushion/headrest from millput. I added some random PE bits to the interior to busy it up a little and some EZ line to show some of the internal rigging. I thinned down the edges of all the cowling pieces so they appeared more in scale. Kit decals were used. They worked fine. It's funny though there are a bunch of DH 82 decals available in 1/48 scale but the only kit I know of is Merit/Smer and it's horrible but the Matchbox kit is pretty nice and their is nothing available in 1/32....go figure right. Fun fact, the yellow is actually decanted Rustoleum spray paint from Home Depot. I was going to use Tamiya yellow but it was no where near orangey enough compared to the decal for the fuselage. I had a can of Sunset Orange paint in the basement from a project int he yard and it seemed a perfect match and the New Hampshire Yankee in me decided that the cheap was THE way to go. It actually worked just fine aside from smelling horrid. Rigging is done with EZ-line. Ok here is the point where I give mad cred to Ernie and the other hardcore bipliners on the boards. I bought some Albion alloys tubing, .6mm diameter/.4mm internal diameter, which is actually a size up from what is recommended and It was my intention to rig with this and monofiliment. I dutifully set my eyes (made from beading wire) and then went to thread my tubing and I NEARLY WENT BLIND.....haha. I could barely thread the mono through once much less double back and thread it again. This was going to be the biplane where I moved away from EZ-line but my sanity was tested and failed trying to use the tube and monofiliment. Clearly I need to work on this more....... sandokan, hamfists nz, mozart and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Well plade sir !.......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Top job! Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Lovely! Great work on the old girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 That is an awesome looking build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Looks great, I almost picked up this kit a few days ago, I wish I would have, but someone else snagged it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 That is lovely! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Very very nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalashnikov-47 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 OUTSTANDING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Superb Tiggie, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 That's actually the first time I've ever seen one of those kits built, and an outstanding job, Too! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 It really is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 That's one of my all time favorite classic kits. You've done it real justice there. Very nice Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 She looks very good Zach, all the struggles rigging were worth it! Isn't it crazy that this important and beautiful little aeroplane is so under represented in both 1/48th and 1/32nd scale? Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Lovely, I think I had a Gypsy Moth kit as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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