ericg 9,692 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Here is the Williams Bros Gee Bee R.1 Racer as flown by Jimmy Doolittle to first place during the 1932 Thompson Trophy race in Cleveland. Built out of the box apart from : Airscale instrument decals Seatbelts made from masking tape The build: I replaced the kit decals with new ones from Williams Bros as the very old kit ones had perished. Monofilament rigging as provided in the kit was replaced with beading elastic of the same diameter and painted silver. Pitot tube was replaced with brass rod of the same size and shape and all raised detail was restored to make this kit as closley out of the box as possible. I flattened the tyres slightly to represent the weight of the real aircraft. Paint: Red Gunze acrylic over pink primer for the red components of the scheme, which was applied over white primer. Black decal pin striping was sourced from the division lines of Wingnut Wings decal sheets. Sealed with Tamiya acrlic clear which was polished to a highly glossy finish. Edited January 24, 2018 by ericg florin13, LSP_K2, MikeMaben and 21 others 24 Link to post Share on other sites
Hubert Boillot 5,718 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Nice one, Eric (and a timely reminder that I must resume work on my doublet of Gee Bees now that the dust of my move to Portugal has settled).I like your idea of recycling the decal sheet division lines for the pinstripe.Not a criticism of your work, as you clearly wanted it to be « out-of-the-box », but your pics show how the panel lines of these venerable Willimas kits are on the heavy side... Hubert Edited January 24, 2018 by MostlyRacers Shaka HI and MARU5137 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tnarg 1,625 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 What a thing of beauty. Just amazing. The Sparrowhawk is a great companion. Tnarg Link to post Share on other sites
Wolf Buddee 4,387 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 What a beautiful build Eric! I was lucky enough to see Delmar Benjamin fly his GB-R2 replica and it's amazing what he could do with the airplane. Your build is equally amazing. Cheers, Wolf KiwiZac 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgem37 8,491 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Damn, EG. 'Black decal pin striping' Double Damn, EG. Sincerely, Mark Link to post Share on other sites
billwinkes 50 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 A stunning job on a very basic kit. Thanks! Bill Link to post Share on other sites
Warbird 1,089 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Love that! Tristan MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 15,889 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 EXQUISITE model Eric. LOVE IT and the base is SUPER too. Link to post Share on other sites
Trak-Tor 2,224 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Beautiful pictures and lovely model! Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 31,998 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 That really is beautiful, Eric! Kev Link to post Share on other sites
red baron 1,661 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 i love it Link to post Share on other sites
aircare84 591 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Wow! Love the finish. Great build. Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Scarborough 199 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Absolutely Gorgeous! Bravo! Link to post Share on other sites
Simmo.b 1,159 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Came up really nice, love the flattened tyres! Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,725 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 That's really amazing! I love seeing a pristine, highly polished machine now and again. Your masking, painting and marking is truly excellent! Gaz Link to post Share on other sites
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