aircare84 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Finished my Wingnut Wings Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin in the markings of 79 Sqn. from Mar. 1918. It was the first recorded Dolphin lost to enemy action, possibly the 11th victory of Jasta 5 ace, Ltn. Fritz Rumey. I added Pheon decals for the 'C' & 'C3905', added Taurus spark plugs to the outer cylinder banks and added rigging. All else is OOB. I had problems with the kit roundel decals, will paint next time. Had to paint the fin flash for the same reason. Painted with MRP PC 10 late on top, Xtracolor Ocean grey & Xtracolor RFC Doped Natural Fabric on bottom. Post shaded the ribs & formers. Weathered lightly with pastels. My first WW1 British build, still have to tweak the shading effects. Lots of photos, hope you like. scvrobeson, D.B. Andrus, olgerd83 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Beautiful build! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 nice build jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 That looks great. Did you have trouble with the decals? Mine were terrible and would not lay down at all. I also had trouble fitting the cowl. Otherwise it's a great kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Beautifully done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 4:57 PM, AlbertD said: That looks great. Did you have trouble with the decals? Mine were terrible and would not lay down at all. I also had trouble fitting the cowl. Otherwise it's a great kit. Thanks for the comment. The wing roundels cracked & had to be touched up. The fin flash tore & I had to paint instead. The smaller decals worked well. Had to do a little trimming on the upper engine cowl to get to fit tight as well. AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, aircare84 said: Thanks for the comment. The wing roundels cracked & had to be touched up. The fin flash tore & I had to paint instead. The smaller decals worked well. Had to do a little trimming on the upper engine cowl to get to fit tight as well. Sounds like you had exactly the same issues I did. WnW offered me a new set of decals but I went ahead and fixed the issues like you did. They said they had one batch that were bad but had corrected it. If I run into the same problems with another of their kits I'll just go ahead and paint the roundels and whatever else I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Buckles Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Tip Top Job! Well done! vB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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