Bobs Buckles

My thoughts are with all the staff @ WNW and the Vintage Aviator group. 
Truly gutted.
 
vB 

My thoughts are with all the staff @ WNW and the Vintage Aviator group. 
Truly gutted.
 
vB 

My thoughts are with all the staff @ WNW and the Vintage Aviator group. 
Truly gutted.
 
vB 

My thoughts are with all the staff @ WNW and the Vintage Aviator group. 
Truly gutted.
 
vB 

This is my scratchbuilt Hanriot HD.2 I built for a group build on WW1aircraftmodels.com.  The only commercially made parts are the engine (WNW), machine guns (Eduard), and instrument face decals (Airscale).  Enjoy!
 








 
 

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Wingnut Wings Fokker D.VII (Alb) converted to an OAW built plane 1.D.357 which flew as part of the Finnish Airforce with Ilmailuosasto 1, Utti airfield, November 1923. Decals are from AML while the skis are scratchbuilt along with the new panel where the guns are normally fitted..  Brass tipped prop is from the spares box with a new screen fashioned from acrylic sheet, radiator grill from RB Productions and the plane was painted with acrylics and weathered with oils and enamels.
 
 
Gary

Started putting the wash on the smaller bits.
 

 
I've also come across a problem: the propellor I used (Heine) doesn't fit inside the prop hub. I'm not sure if I'm going to carve the hub until it fits or display it disassembled.
 

This is tempting me to pull the Noop out of the stash.
Thanks for tempting me!
 
Excellent!
 
von B 

Love the finish on this bird, 
Thanks for sharing.
 
vB 

Thanks Bob!
Thanks Jeff! About to start a new WIP, hopefully it turns out this well.
Thanks Thunderbolt, truly appreciate it!
 
Brett

Looks ready for operations.
Superb finish 
 
von B

One word...incredible!
 
vB

Truly outstanding build and finish.
Excellent!
 
von B

Here is my finished 1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair "Birdcage" as "Relucant Dragon". Beautiful kit and a joy to behold when complete with all of the detail that Tamiya sticks in it. Of course, I added more! I wasn't able to find any images of the actual aircraft, instead only finding artist interpretations of what it could have looked like. This plane was flown by 1st LT Alonzo Treffer of VMF-213, based in Guadalcanal from what I can find. 
 
https://www.aviationillustration.com/hikashop-menu-for-categories-listing/product/7467-13-f4u-1-corsair-buno-17675-no-1-reluctant-dragon-flown-by-1-lt-alonzo-b-treffer
 
https://vmf-213.com/
The men of VMF-213
 
 
 
1. Vector resin cowling
2. Barracuda resin wheels and tires
3. HGW Fabric and photoetch harness
4. Barracuda cockpit stencils
5. Montex Masks and decals
7. HGW Wet Transfer Stencils
 
Paints are a mix of MRP and AK Real Colors, with Tamiya Acrylics thrown in here and there.
 
The build can be found here:
 
 
The wings are permanently attached, which may prove troublesome later for space and transport. I also wish I had used the closed canopy spine pieces so I could have the canopy closed to prevent dust. 20/20 hindsight! 
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 

Hi all,
 
Just finished up this one, Wingnut Wings FE.2b (Late), its taken a long time to complete, I started it in 2016, and put it on the back burner until resuming work on it around September last year.
 
Its unbelievable how a company can kit a model like this, and lay out all the direction you need to build it.Kits like this are great value for money, with the time it takes to put one together.
 
I dont know if James Fahey is a member here, but I would like to thank him for his reference pics, I couldn't have rigged this without them, they are a gold mine of reference.
 
I know the British aircraft used the flat type rigging wires on their aircraft, but that was going to be too much trying to install that type of rigging on this build, so I just used normal thread, ...I used Bob's Buckles eyelets and brass tube for rigging, plus some Gaspatch turnbuckles.

For some reason the wood grain on my pics always looks darker and more reddish tone than it does in person, must be my camera or lens, dont know why it does it, ....you can see it looks a bit lighter on the in progress pics I took with my Iphone
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
All comments and critiques welcome.
 
Thanks for looking,
Cheer's,
Jeff.

Hello all!
'Working from home' is just great...
Got some more done on the old girl;
 
My Photoetch arrived today and I am really impressed in terms of etching quality with what arrived;
 

 
Got the set, both Nickel and Brass from https://ppdltd.com/ 
Great service too!
 
So;
Underside of the Cockpit Floor;
 

 
The Bearing housings below are 3D Printed
 
I found a Design Modification Schedule of  August 1944  instructing  the procedure of strengthening the Cannon Bearing Transverse Beams due to stresses in flight.
I Replicated this procedure here with the bolted filament strips;
 

 
More on the below as I progress but this is a copy of what I found in the De Havilland Museum.
This includes 'feathering of the Armour Plating as it looks as though it was beaten flat from a roll of steel.
 
There are 'poppers' on the leather chain in front of the stick to allow access to the Torque Bar underneath and I have replicated that here.
Also blended in the part of the leather cover that allows the gun cables to disappear.
 
I also 'quietened down' the contours of the leather cover as these kit mould is too sharp...
 

 
The beginnings of the Bomb Bay;

 
Now to the Pilot's Seat...
Bit of a proportional issue here;
 
The Seat Pan is thicker than the armour plating.
The Armrests and arms are thinner than the seat pan
The Seat Adjustment is thinner than all of it!
 
So I decided to start from scratch pretty much;
 

 

 

 
Thanks for looking!
Cheers
Steve
 
 
 

For as long as possible, should.
I remain virus free
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von B

For as long as possible, should.
I remain virus free
Supply chain unbroken  8)
Postal service operates.
The Buckler is here to serve.
Be safe my friends.
von B

For as long as possible, should.
I remain virus free
Supply chain unbroken  8)
Postal service operates.
The Buckler is here to serve.
Be safe my friends.
von B

For as long as possible, should.
I remain virus free
Supply chain unbroken  8)
Postal service operates.
The Buckler is here to serve.
Be safe my friends.
von B

For as long as possible, should.
I remain virus free
Supply chain unbroken  8)
Postal service operates.
The Buckler is here to serve.
Be safe my friends.
von B

For as long as possible, should.
I remain virus free
Supply chain unbroken  8)
Postal service operates.
The Buckler is here to serve.
Be safe my friends.
von B