monthebiff 5,995 Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) Thought I should throw my hat in to the ring on this group build, rather than diving straight in with a Luftwaffe machine andafter looking at my stash I decided on this one which is the Wingnut SE.5a with Pheon's nightfighter decal set. Also need to move my G-4 conversion along as well now as I have had no chance to do any real modelling for the last month so cant wait to get cracking again. Regards. Andy Edited April 26 by monthebiff 9 Alain Gadbois, Alburymodeler, Tnarg and 6 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BradG 4,101 Posted June 6, 2018 Cool colour scheme on this one. Makes a change from the usual olive drab ones! 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dukie99 2,222 Posted June 6, 2018 Very attractive scheme, looking forward to your build. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M 9,355 Posted June 6, 2018 nice choice in scheme and subject 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mozart 9,154 Posted June 6, 2018 Good to see something different with a WWI build Andy, I'm sure it'll be your usual high standard! 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Owens 221 Posted June 7, 2018 Museum Quality choice, but if anyone would like a less involved & expensive WWI night fighter, the 1/32 Hobby Craft 1693 Camel "Le Rhone" offers markings for No 50 Sq Home Defense. 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 6,748 Posted June 7, 2018 Nice! 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 5,995 Posted June 9, 2018 Made a start on the SE.5 today, with this being a very early release from them there a a few area's that are a little basic in detail such as the internal fuselage halves. Lots of sink marks that I want to fill, so the easiest option was to remove the moulded detail, fill any sink marks and make some replacement frame work from plastic stock. and a quick test fit. Think this should look a lot better and less 2D than the basic kit parts. Regards. Andy 9 KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin, Jeff and 6 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alain Gadbois 1,772 Posted June 10, 2018 Nice start! This is an interesting paint scheme! Alain 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 5,995 Posted June 11, 2018 Thanks Alain, By making new interior frame work I can paint and rig these seperately before glueing them in to place over the complted and painted fuselage interiors which will so much tidier when complete. Regards. Andy 1 Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 5,995 Posted June 26, 2018 Some progress on the cockpit/ fuselage, first up the interior was painted with wood tones and the fabric area painted white and Tamiya Smoke misted over with the frame work in place. Followed by Aviattic CDL on clear decal paper. I have also painted and rigged the cockpit frme work with Easy-line and 2mm micro tube from Bobs Buckles. and then fiited to the fuselage interior side walls A definate improvement over the original kit part, here you see the spare unmodified fuselage half next to the re worked kit part. Need to complete the rest of the interior detail painting and then I can get the fuselage all closed up. Regards. Andy 8 williamj, kkarlsen, LSP_Kevin and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mozart 9,154 Posted June 27, 2018 A lot of fiddly work there Andy, though after your rivetting on the Hurricane it's probably 5 minutes work! 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 5,995 Posted July 28, 2018 On 6/27/2018 at 8:40 AM, mozart said: A lot of fiddly work there Andy, though after your rivetting on the Hurricane it's probably 5 minutes work! Still one of my favourite LSP projects that one turned out to be Max! Still have the rag wing to do at some point also. Regards. Andy 1 1 Kagemusha and mozart reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 5,995 Posted July 28, 2018 Finally made a little progress on the SE.5a and managed to get the cockpit painted and fuseage halves buttoned up. Next up is to get the lower wing fitted and move on to getting the upper fuselage closed up. Regards. Andy 11 MikeC, BradG, Trak-Tor and 8 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M 9,355 Posted July 31, 2018 interior work looks great 1 monthebiff reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
