Superb repaint - I must try that one myself!
Superb repaint - I must try that one myself!
That's a great looking Kissenberth! *sigh* Makes me wish Ares had gone ahead with their original plans and given us his Camel...
And then there was more!
I have the decals and the planes, but have not done my B Flight yet Darell. I just hope they look as good as yours.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Amazing Camels guys!! They all look great, I cant mention one in special.
Thanks
Nick
I finally got Donald Maclaren done.....top camel ace. He arguably should have been in the set.
Sopwith Camel F2137.
This was a Barker repaint. I repainted the green with Humbrol 75 ( a tip from Nightbomber). I painted around the roundels so they are still original Ares decals. Also the bottom of wings, machine guns and wheels/supports are original Ares. The tail wing is also an Ares original with a little touch up of the red.
The rest of the decals (fuselage, letter "U" upper and lower and top of fuselage) I made. I did make a decal sheet including the upper and lower roundels and tail but did not need them.
With that said, using the Barker plane made this a fairly easy repaint. Since I make my own decals most of the time, that was where most of the hours were spent on this repaint.
I used mirco set for the first time when applying the decals and really liked the results.
Even got a custom bio card done. Now if I can twist Mike's (OldGuy59) arm to make me a plane card it will be complete.
That looks great! I should do up one of those as it would match my last name... Upton
I have 3-4 Belgian Camels awaiting repaint. This could be a possible for one of them, thanks for posting.
See you on the Dark Side......
Nice work Kelly.
What method do you use to obtain the white decals for the letters?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Nice work Kelly. It reminds me of my laptop background:
Ian
Thank you Ian.....appreciate the rep points.
Rob, to answer your question I use white decal paper and "invert" so to speak the letter.
What I do is pick a color (using the paint program on your OS) and fill it in around the letter or image that is white. In this case I picked a color that was very close to the paint color. Once the decal is printed and ready to use, I trim out the white letter/image as close as I can.
After applying the decal/dries, I touch up over the decal and around the lettering.
Like I mentioned in my post above, I used the mirco set for the first time. This has made a big difference in my method. Before some of the decals I would touch up using this method would still show the line or layer of the decal. The micro set looks to have solved that problem for me.
Anyone interested in painting up Maclaren's plane and print or want to try to print out your own decals, I uploaded the decal sheet I made up and used on this plane.
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/dow...o=file&id=2120
I have downloaded it for future use.
Thank you very much Kelly.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Downloaded it too - many thanks!
Super paint job, and I'm really liking your pilot cards!
You know how it is...
You wake up in the morning feeling decidedly under the weather
even if it is self induced from a previous night in the Mess!
Feeling a little down, soar head and possibly black and blue.....
So with SWMBO out shopping with step daughter...
yes I know it Sunday dear,....but never the less.....
I took a while to peruse some of the other forums on the
Aerodrome site and came across unique 'aircraft cards'
and well, it just had to be done........
With this one and Maverick..
If I keep on like this very soon the Squadron
will be totally Multi Coloured !
Can't wait to see how they cope against the Hun
the Hun will be stuck as to which (Maverick or Blue)
to shoot at first!
Hope you enjoy the colour scheme....
Maverick
True blue Simon.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Splendid show Carlo.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Nice work again Carlo especially the Kissenberg crate.
Nice plane Alex. A nice attempt on the eagle......heck some folks are terrified of hand painting and just use decals so hats off to ya mate!
Nice one Alex!
Last edited by Schlonz; 07-28-2015 at 09:10.
Yet another very nice rendition Alex.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Very nice pair of Camels there, Alex!
A very unique one and authentic.
K.M.Murray's personal plane. One and only Camel in Polish Air Forces in the war of 1920.
Chequers pattern on the upper wing is original and strange a bit, but a photo taken after the crash reveals it clearly.
Only idividual number code is missing on repaint, but who could have such small decals.
Special thanks go to Zoe Brain, who provided me with excellent "Kościuszko" Sqn. insignia.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Another cracking job Andy.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Super Camel Andrzej!
Wow Eric that is a masterpiece - well done sir.
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Excellent job, Andrzej!
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
You might find a suggested answer here Andy - http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...es-serials-RFC
"He is wise who watches"
Thanks Dave!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Nice Camel repaint my friend.
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Sopwith Camel of Ken Unger:
My Unger repaint was inspired not only that he was a US flyer (flying for the British) but the couple of scrapes he had with Fokker Dr.I Ace Josef Jacobs; who is one of my favorite pilots.
Above is a nice painting from O'neil Avaition Art of their dogfight. Their is a neat little story that goes with the painting.
http://www.michaelonealaviationart.com/madison_ace.html
Ungers plane is a repaint of a Barker Camel which is the choice of Camel repaints. After prepping the airplane, repainted it with Humbrol acrylic #75 ..painted around the wing roundels and tail marking.
Did not paint the underside, but did touch up under the upper wing at the wing struts with Humbrol acrylic #103.
Repainted the machine guns with aprx. a 3 part Vallejo white and 1 part Model Master gun metal. Repainted the prop with some mysterious brown I had mixed from another project. So wheels, struts and underside of plane are original paint. So, overall a fairly easy repaint.
Created a decal sheet which I have uploaded in the Hobby section. The decal sheet has all the decals needed including the roundels (upper & lower). I did not use all of them, as like I mentioned above I painted around the roundels and tail marking but for those that may not want to paint that close, I included them in the sheet.
For the white circle, I took a 3 ring paper punch and Punched out a circle of the white decal paper. It is the same size as the decal I created on the sheet. After applying the decal, and sealing it I noticed that the green bleed through in spots. Instead of trying to remove it at this point since I sealed it with the bonder, I put a coat of the Vallejo white on it, sealed it and applied another white circle decal over the top of it and resealed again. My fear was a build up would occur but it seemed to turn out good. I also use Mirco Set on all my decals now so that is a big help. If I had to do it all over again, I would have used the paper punch on some sticky label paper, took the label paper with the hole in it and used it as a stencil and just painted on the dot.
Overall, I liked how it turned out.
Some custom cards:
Thanks for the story and posting the repaint hopw to. Well done, Kelly!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Super job Kelly! You must be proud of that one.
Nice job, Kelly. Been waiting to see how this turned out.
Thanks guys!
I also forgot to mention that the roundel on the fuselage and the wing struts are factory finish.
Another thing was during the prepping; I used a sanding pencil and lightly went over The white bands that were on the fuselage to smooth them out a bit.
Thanks guys!
I also forgot to mention that the roundel on the fuselage and the wing struts are factory finish.
Another thing was during the prepping; I used a sanding pencil and lightly went over The white bands that were on the fuselage to smooth them out a bit.
Good job Kelly, and the potted biography added a lot to the interest factor.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Thought I'd put these in here already...
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Nice, like these, good to see some Belgians
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