SPAD V.II Nr.115 Esc.3 Georges Guynemer

[RLWP]

So, I want to model this aeroplane:

 

 

As found on this excellent website: http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escadrille/escadrille003_02.htm

 

and present it like this:

 

 

Also from the same website (highly recommended!)

 

To that end:

 

 

 

 

There are new longerons at the front:

 

 

 

and the empty belt spool got smartened up in my lathe:

 

 

Richard

Edited December 16, 2019 by RLWP

[RLWP]

Just to add confusion, these two pictures were apparently taken on the same day (27th August 1916):

 

  

 

So, the stork is only on one side*! I wonder what colour that dorsal triangle is?

 

Richard

 

Source: http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escadrille/escadrille003_02.htm

 

*MORE: I notice the mirror is missing in the left image, and the windshield appears to be different

Edited December 16, 2019 by RLWP

[Uncarina]

Great start and choice of subject Richard!

 

Cheers,  Tom

[MikeMaben]

What kit is this Richard ??

 

 

[RLWP]

24 minutes ago, MikeMaben said:

What kit is this Richard ??

 

 

 

It's the Roden SPAD VII

 

If you are 'in' to SPAD VIIs it's an interesting kit. There are a lot of parts in it to make different manufacturer's SPADs, a feed drum and ammunition boxes and a variety of engine cowls. Most are labelled 'do not use' in the instructions

 

You'll notice I have avoided the notorious kit problem - the engine won't fit under all the panels - by leaving the panels off

 

Richard

[quang]

Richard,

There were four Spad VII assigned to Guynemer: S115, S132, S254 and S413 between August 27,1916 and June 1917.
The plane on your photos was S115 received on August 27,1916 and destroyed a month later by French artillery (!). The dorsal triangle was black.

All these info come from your source, the albindenis site, very informative indeed.

HTH

Cheers,

Quang

[RLWP]

24 minutes ago, quang said:

Richard,

There were four Spad VII assigned to Guynemer: S115, S132, S254 and S413 between August 27,1916 and June 1917.
The plane on your photos was S115 received on August 27,1916 and destroyed a month later by French artillery (!). The dorsal triangle was black.

All these info come from your source, the albindenis site, very informative indeed.

HTH

Cheers,

Quang

 

Thank you for that, Quang. My schoolboy French is enough to give me a rough idea of what is on that site, not enough to read details correctly. And Google Translate can just be confusing!

 

Richard

[RLWP]

 

Not much to see here. A comparison of the cockpit openings - the etch is thinner, the plastic has the brackets ahead of the instrument panel

 

On the right, I have reprofiled the bulge in the ammunition drum. That bulge covers the rear of the engine including the magnetos. Must have been a pain for the fitters

 

I'm making a new firewall, so I have salvaged the foot bulges

 

Richard

[RLWP]

The empty belt drum in place, with the lower fuselage halves joined together.

 

 

I like this open topped fuselage construction, I did this with my Nieuport X build.

 

Richard

[Gazzas]

Very interesting!  I'm hooked!

 

 

[RLWP]

I have fallen into a photo-etch rabbit hole. I blame PART of Poland

 

 

There's a weird, logical insanity to their designs that looks impossible and just works. Take the magneto - supplied as flat etch, there's probably nine parts in there soldered together.

 

The seat on the other hand is Eduard, I prefer their woven base

 

Richard

[RLWP]

Whoops, looks like I haven't updated this thread for a while!

 

I have been messing around with the instrument panel and cockpit for ages, at last I have some of them fixed in place

 

 

 

The sun shining across my workbench makes for some interesting effects:

 

 

 

 

This image got missed, I'll put it in now:

 

 

Richard

[Brett M]

Very interesting subject and great work. Thanks for sharing the update, looking forward to seeing it progress.

[Out2gtcha]

For sure, looking forward to more on this one, as like Jennings, I'm hoping this may put good WnW Spad vibes out there........

[RLWP]

With the panel and cockpit combing in place, I can get on with the empty belt run:

 

 

 

Richard