PlamoSnep Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I plan on building Wingnut Wings Salmson 2-A2 kit as a Kawasaki Army Otsu-1 Reconnaissance Aircraft. This will be my first biplane and my first Wingnut Wings kit, so no promises it will be finished on time. Not looking forward to the rigging. :'3 Japan imported several dozen Salmson 2-A2s after WWI. A few years later Japan started producing their own Salmson 2-A2s, many by Kawasaki, and named them Army Otsu-1 Reconnaissance Aircraft. There is an excellent Otsu replica at the Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum. More pics can be found here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kawasaki_Army_Otsu-1_Reconnaissance_Aircraft_in_the_Kakamigahara_Aerospace_Science_Museum Greif8, ctayfor, Skyraider3D and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Great choice with some unique markings! PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlamoSnep Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Great choice with some unique markings! I was debating between the USAS boxing and this one, but I love the simple scheme of the Otsu and all my other WNW kits will have complex camos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Cool choice. I’ve never seen one PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Very cool and off the beaten path choice! I have built several WNW kits and there have all been very enjoyable builds. If you would like some tips about rigging them you can PM me. I look forward to following your build! Ernest PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 That's alotta louvers ! Skyraider3D and PlamoSnep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlamoSnep Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Greif8 said: Very cool and off the beaten path choice! I have built several WNW kits and there have all been very enjoyable builds. If you would like some tips about rigging them you can PM me. I look forward to following your build! Ernest I'll definitely DM you when I get to the rigging stage. I bought some GasPatch turnbuckles, EZ line, and some thin brass tubing and sheet for the rigging. Greif8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Cool project! Kev PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Good choice! And the rigging's not that bad, compared to others... Tim W. PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 That's something a bit different. Great choice. Cheers, Michael PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlamoSnep Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 17 hours ago, TimW said: Good choice! And the rigging's not that bad, compared to others... Tim W. The rigging on that one single wing plane looked the worst to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 11:03 AM, PlamoSnep said: I'll definitely DM you when I get to the rigging stage. I bought some GasPatch turnbuckles, EZ line, and some thin brass tubing and sheet for the rigging. Glad to help out where I can man! Ernest PlamoSnep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel_tiger Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I had no idea this aircraft existed or that Wingnut had the kit. Fortunately Sprue Brothers still had it in stock. Mine should be here tomorrow. Thanks Tom Out2gtcha and PlamoSnep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlamoSnep Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 7 hours ago, steel_tiger said: I had no idea this aircraft existed or that Wingnut had the kit. Fortunately Sprue Brothers still had it in stock. Mine should be here tomorrow. Thanks Tom That's how I managed to get mine. I was debating between this version and the USAS version, but ultimately decided on this version and picked up the USAS Camel also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel_tiger Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Probably not as nice a kit as my Doyusha Willow but I will give it a shot. It really was just an excuse to buy another Wingnut kit. I had a whole list of ones I was going to buy when SB got in the "last" shipment. But I couldn't justify it, WWI not really my thing, even though I did aquire 3 kit before the demise of Wingnut was announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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