Okay… Interesting, thanks for the info…
That is actually quite an original idea! 
The navy always keeps its people busy…
Was the steering wheel completely from brass?
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Possibly modellers license there, but it would have the be non-magnetic, it is near the compass!
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True, but I thought steering wheels would be made of wood…
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Beautiful build, Andrew! Are you going to weather it or keep it clean?
PS. beautiful garden as well 
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Some absolutely beautiful builds here team, love it!
@Amegan that Jackal is awesome, really nice work and subject I knew nothing about.
@hudson29 cool MG Carrier, neat build and great weathering!
@Tank_1812 nice progress, such a rugged looking unit and a perfect base for weathering!
@steviecee nice little water base and great job on the G-39. I would go crazy working in 1/700!
Quick update on my ancient hangar queen Camel, not part of this group build, just wanted to share 
Paint and major assembly is done, just finishing touches then going to jump in the deep end with my first attempt at rigging 
Full build log is here if anybody wants to check out the shenanigans Sopwith Camel (Revell 1/28th Scale) - Aircraft / WWI & Interwar - KitMaker Network
Cheers, D
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Really nice. I’m kind of amazed how they made striking looking planes even when brown all over.
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Thanks D. I am enjoying your progress, the Camel is looking great.
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Keeping it clean, intending it as just pre-war, she would only be 18 months old and paint and Brasso would still be plentiful
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I wanted a break from Jackal and I found a builders plan online, so spent a few nights drawing a hull This as I mentioned a week or so back is a Towed Aircraft Lighter, a tiny (58ft) unpowered craft that could be towed at 30 knots behind a destroyer. These lighters could carry a Felixstowe flying boat in the well or a 2F1 Camel on a built up deck over the well. The lighter could ballast down to release or recover a flying boat but the Camel was flown off the platform and ditched next to the lighter where it could be recovered using a derrick
In this way Lt Stuart Culley shot down a Zeppelin L 53 on 10th August 1918 from lighter H21 towed by HMS Redoubt
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Another site with some interesting pictures:
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I have seen those sites, this is what the fully converted lighter looked like, I am designing the flying off deck now
The Derrick must stow somehow below the deck but I can’t work out how at the moment. The downward slope was needed because the bow rose at speed, levelling the deck.
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Interesting, compare the deck with the one I posted first?
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The one you posted first was the first try. The aircraft was fitted with skids and that and the uphill slope made the takeoff too hazardous. The later one that I posted used the standard Camel undercarriage, the aircraft being held back by a lanyard clipped to the bomb release to stop the aircraft moving forward. To take off the pilot applied full throttle and pulled the bomb release. The aircraft was off the deck in about 5 feet with a 30knot tow speed plus wind
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Nice extra info! Thanks for that! Quite a large vessel it is too!
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Some days ago there was a series about the Royal Flying Corps and the Naval Air Service in WW1 before the Royal Air Force was founded on german TV. Very interesting, all the heavy losses, from the " Focker-Plague " to the Air-Battles against Richthofens " Flying Circus ". That must have been brave men, no parachutes, they must have known that a terrible death is possible every day.
Now I have a Sopwith Camel on my list, looking for a nice one in 1/32
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First look at the Towed Lighter and Camel together. Still quite a bit of work to do to both, including rigging the Camel. The kit is a b**tard to assemble, probably the second most difficult biplane I have done (the Roden BE2c beats it by a small margin). Not sure whether to repaint the green, the Airfix instructions show Light Olive, this is Tamiya Olive Drab. Need to print two Lewis guns, Airfix only supply one.
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Is this the future? Ordered this Crossley Tender on line. Delivered as a set of about 20 .stl files from Trenchworx to a native scale of 1/56. I printed in two scales 1/72 and 1/48. 1/72 fits into the tank of my Creality easily, Needs 2 prints at 1/48. Assembly is simple and I think looks ok, could do with a hood but not bad. This model shown is 1/72
Now to throw some paint at it.
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Hi Everyone,
Lots of really interesting builds going on here! After a lot of consideration, and what I had on hand, I decided to go and do Eduard’s Fokker EII. Made some pretty good progress on it too! Then there was a bit of a break, a bench and area clean up and a kit consolidation. I went get to work on it again, and for the life of me there’s a sprue tree missing! I’m optimistic that it will show up at some point in another box located somewhere in the stash. My search and rescue efforts to date have sadly turned up nothing other than the multitude of cool builds that are in the stash.
That said, I’m shifting gears and will be doing Dragon’s SPAD XIII from their “Knights of the Skies” series, circa 1992, which includes a 1/12 bust of Eddie Rickenbacker. Looks like a straight forward kit and includes PE to help with the rigging!
Work starts off on the interior, and I got to practice a bit more on my oil staining technique to make plastic look more like wood!
I really like how the cockpit floor and stringers turned out. The interior of the cockpit assembles nicely, however the PE that’s included is extremely thick and difficult to separate from the PE sprue(?). It’ll look alright once everything is closed up, and definitely gives the appearance of seat belts.
The fuselage will be closed soon, and then getting the airframe complete for the rigging process,. Till then, be safe and have fun!
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