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Fantastic set Pablo !! I admire how you build these small things.
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Excuse my polymer
Dear All:
Thank you very much for your kind words, specially from those coming from miniaturists ;-) And thank you very much Lorenzo for finding out the models: Sopwith Pup, D.H.5, S.E.5a, Albatross D.II and Fokker D VIII I was missing the Bristol M. Quote:
Here are the original models, you will notice the imperfections of hand drawn insignias. |
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Having the right documentation
I was very fortunate that my father invested in books so I had access to, what in my humble opinion, are the best references for WW I airplanes.
From these sources, which two of them have all the 3d views in a 1/72 constant scale that I needed, I started to adapt and modify the original six models. Also I fondly remember my fathers Airfix bagged kits and his Auroras planes which also served as references. |
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Little by little getting documentation
Little by little I was gathering documentation wherever I visited: in discount bookstores (gone by the beginning of this century), used books stores (also almost gone and who knows with the pandemia) and ordering via by Amazon. Also I received the very nice book in Spanish by my brother, a good recount of all the fronts (originally in English).
War in the Air has excellent aerial photos of planes, balloons, and dirigibles flying. Nevertheless, my favorite references are in the previous post! ps: now we have internet! Last edited by wireandpaper; 10-30-2020 at 12:09 AM. |
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Wow! so small, incredible work! Ant-Man would have lots of fun!! I like your models.
Jacek |
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Excuse my polymer again
Thank you Jacek for stopping by
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Here are the planes that used the four of the original models, which in some cases only the fuselage of that polymer was preserved. Some of the wings were made of cellulose and the control surface in whatever was available: card, aluminum can foil, or slide show transparencies. As I mentioned before the propellers and wheels were harvested from other models. The families include the Fokkers, Albatross, and Sopwiths and the DH5 served to make a Bristol Scout, a Hanriot HD1, and two Nieuports a 17 and a 28. All of theme were hand painted including the roundels. The only exception was the skull in the Albatross D II. You will notice that I took some licenses in particular with the wings of the float planes. Oh well! ps: Next time no forbidden polymer (except for propellers and wheels). Last edited by wireandpaper; 10-31-2020 at 03:48 PM. |
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unprocessed cellulose as the primary building material
After exhausting the possibilities of modification, I took a dip into scratch building. So I used the marvel polymer found in balsa.
Here are the Allied planes. Half pushers, the other half tractors. |
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Other cellulosic models
Of course, the Axis planes are more colorful that the Allies (please no offence).
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Processed cellulose alternatives
By now we have plenty of processed cellulose alternatives.
There are other alternatives like metal or re$in. But we know that paper is the alternative with no limits in time or space thanks to cyberspace. It also has the advantage that "size doesn't matter" you may print in the scale you want! But you need a decent printer. The dilema is to redo the balsa models that are not perfect and replace them with imperfect paper models, or to do the models that I am missing like the Macchi M.5 or a Short 184 or any multiengine. |
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That's why I love paper, you don't need putty, paints, airbrush, etc. and if you spoil something, print again and voila. You have a well congested airfield there !!!
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