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  1. How to: my own bases

    [QUOTE=petitbilbo;149472]Hi there,

    since I find shipment costs (and the ever impending "taxes and duties" doom) too steep for my already very stressed and money-deprived bank account, I had to come up with a way to make my own bases instead of ordering the Orberst's ones.

    I have done quite a lot of them in the past month and I've "perfected" my system enough to show you how:

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  2. Airbrush turntable (easy and at no cost at all)

    [QUOTE=petitbilbo;146968]Hi there,

    I'm still learning how to use my airbrush (daunting task!) and up until now, when applying a base coat or painting details, I used a round cardboard piece to put the object on and turned it between two bursts of paint.
    This was a less than perfect solution for my need to get the object in the right position.

    So I searched at my FLKitS and FLGS and found "professional" airbrushing turntables from a variety of companies. ...
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  3. Building 4 Nieuport 11

    [QUOTE=petitbilbo;92026]Hello everybody.

    The following post will be quite long, so try to bear with me.
    It's meant as a how to, but I wanted also to show what errors NOT to make...

    A good friend asked me to build 4 Nieuport 11 from Reviresco, with all the markings of the "escadrille N.3".

    These are all the pieces, before removal of any excess metal:
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  4. Morane-Saulnier A1

    Hello everybody!

    I just finished two Morane-Saulnier A1 "parasol" planes from Skytrex.

    Here they are:
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    Awaiting your critiques impatiently! :)


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  5. Fokker E.III (with wire braced wings)

    Flyboys and Flygirls,

    In another thread, I wondered if I should finish the three Fokker E.III I was building with or without the wing bracing wires.

    Although it was rather a rhetorical question, several people answered that, yes, I should put the wires in.

    So I did! But only for ONE plane for now...

    Here's the picture if the plane from Reviresco
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    I wasn't going to use ...
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