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johnbiggles
10-05-2013, 12:16
I couldn't see this thread started anywhere, so here is my Kampfflieger/Shapeways Caudron
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the crew are Reduced aircraft factory
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in order to get the front gunner in, I removed the two front cabin struts, super glued the gunner in place, and replaced the struts with two pieces of brass rod
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like my Strutter, this is ostensibly from RNAS 7 squadron. They had the Caudrons for a brief time, and escorted them with the 2 seat fighter version of the 1 1/2 strutter before replacing the G4 with the single seat bomber version of the strutter

flash
10-05-2013, 13:52
Nice one John !

Flying Officer Kyte
10-07-2013, 01:54
The front gunner is a very nice touch John.
It is good to see a new aircraft take its place on the Showcase.
Rob.

Boney10
10-07-2013, 02:28
Nice John, a first I think , although I think Clipper and his elves may have made a couple of dozen or so

john snelling
10-07-2013, 04:10
Nicely done.

johnbiggles
10-07-2013, 05:27
Nice John, a first I think , although I think Clipper and his elves may have made a couple of dozen or so

I'm sure other people are doing them, I just couldn't see this thread anywhere.
I really love these early types, both the pushers, and the tractors with beam support tails.
lets have more pictures
:salute:

johnbiggles
04-04-2014, 14:33
I have revisited my first Caudron, and added the outer struts (thin brass rod)
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and now a friend for it
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Due to the low weight limit, the bomber version can only carry one gun, so the gunner must dismount it from the front, to defend against rear attack!

johnbiggles
04-04-2014, 14:35
And here they are together
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I think some early war bombing of the knockwurst shop is called for

Mad Charly
04-04-2014, 14:57
Many compliment!
Very nice shot!

Flying Officer Kyte
04-05-2014, 02:08
A very nice addition to your first machine John.
I must invest in some more of these early war machines myself.
Rob.

Prodromoi
10-19-2015, 09:53
Way back in April I first thought about dipping my toes into the pond that is Shapeways and asked for some advice on the forum (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?22089-Thinking-about-trying-Shapeways-advice-please). As a result I ordered a couple of planes as a trial that sat untouched for a while until I had the time, and I finally got them painted last month.

One of the planes I chose was the Caudron G.4 by kampfflieger (in WSFP). The other plane that I'd ordered, the Short Bomber, was printed in WSF and I wanted to compare the two. Ultimately, there's pretty much no difference that I was able to detect! I hadn't realised when I chose this particular plane what sort of can of worms I was opening though! Several different unofficial cards existed for it, with different fire arcs and they even used different sized bases. I got reading and researching and found that different configurations of armament were common - thus I chose one that seemed fairly common and had a couple of surviving examples in museums that gave me some useful photos to which I could refer. I decided on markings that would likely have been representative of 4 Wing, RNAS. Next, I realised that there wasn't actually a flight stand for this base yet - so I set about designing one! (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?22952-Caudron-G-4-Flight-Stand-now-Available!). It was a lot more fiddly than I'd anticipated making this base - but I learned a lot in the process and my next will be better!

My initial hesitance in starting my first Shapeways planes was being unsure of how to best prepare them, as well as sourcing crew figures. I sought the mythical Johnson's Klear polish in vain, so finally plumped for coating them with thinned PVA. Two coats of this and nothing seemed to be happening. The surfaces weren't benefitting from it so I paused and re-thought things. I finished with a couple of coats of thinned gloss varnish which did make a difference; more coats would have made for a smoother finish, but if I'd continued I was worried about losing definition on detail that I wanted. So after a couple I called it quits and got on with things.

I wasn't sure which crew figures I wanted to use, so I ended up buying one sprue of pilots (in FUD) from Shapeways, and Boney10+ and Flying Helmut were kind enough to donate some of different designs and manufacturers. Many thanks again chaps.

I based the colour scheme, markings and armament on a couple of surviving planes, one of which was the Smithsonian NASM example (http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19190008000). The paint scheme wasn't complicated, but the plethora of tiny and hard-to-get-to struts meant for a lot of cursing while painting this up!

Decals were a combination of Dom's Decals and home-made ones. The pilot was initially going to be a ReducedAircraftFactory FUD pilot, but the head snapped off while I was (very gently) checking the fit, so I chose instead for a Peter Pig scarf-wearing flyboy. The observer (another Shapeways one) should probably be firing a Vickers since RFC Caudrons generally seemed to be Vickers-equipped - but I'm fine with the Lewis too, frankly. Their scales don't really match closely, with the pilot seeming a little oversize.

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One the Aerodrome Accessories base.

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With its custom cards, and the first examples of my own Crew Damage and Engine Damage counters. (More about these to follow!)

Nightbomber
10-19-2015, 10:01
Well done that man! A lovely bird there! :FOK:

Flying Helmut
10-19-2015, 10:45
Super stuff once again Alex!
I must get on with my pair at some point.

Jager
10-19-2015, 11:02
I lovely looking job there, Alex. A wonky looking bird for sure. I wouldn't want to be the observer trying to point out something to the pilot, though. :eek:
Karl

Flying Officer Kyte
10-19-2015, 12:08
Yet another super paint job Alex.
I really must get around to one of those sometime.
Rob.

fast.git
10-19-2015, 14:06
Great looking Caudron, Alex. The new flight stand looks awesome! :thumbsup:

grumpybear
10-19-2015, 15:59
Way back in April I first thought about dipping my toes into the pond that is Shapeways and asked for some advice on the forum (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?22089-Thinking-about-trying-Shapeways-advice-please). As a result I ordered a couple of planes as a trial that sat untouched for a while until I had the time, and I finally got them painted last month.

One of the planes I chose was the Caudron G.4 by kampfflieger (in WSFP). The other plane that I'd ordered, the Short Bomber, was printed in WSF and I wanted to compare the two. Ultimately, there's pretty much no difference that I was able to detect! I hadn't realised when I chose this particular plane what sort of can of worms I was opening though! Several different unofficial cards existed for it, with different fire arcs and they even used different sized bases. I got reading and researching and found that different configurations of armament were common - thus I chose one that seemed fairly common and had a couple of surviving examples in museums that gave me some useful photos to which I could refer. I decided on markings that would likely have been representative of 4 Wing, RNAS. Next, I realised that there wasn't actually a flight stand for this base yet - so I set about designing one! (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?22952-Caudron-G-4-Flight-Stand-now-Available!). It was a lot more fiddly than I'd anticipated making this base - but I learned a lot in the process and my next will be better!

My initial hesitance in starting my first Shapeways planes was being unsure of how to best prepare them, as well as sourcing crew figures. I sought the mythical Johnson's Klear polish in vain, so finally plumped for coating them with thinned PVA. Two coats of this and nothing seemed to be happening. The surfaces weren't benefitting from it so I paused and re-thought things. I finished with a couple of coats of thinned gloss varnish which did make a difference; more coats would have made for a smoother finish, but if I'd continued I was worried about losing definition on detail that I wanted. So after a couple I called it quits and got on with things.

I wasn't sure which crew figures I wanted to use, so I ended up buying one sprue of pilots (in FUD) from Shapeways, and Boney10+ and Flying Helmut were kind enough to donate some of different designs and manufacturers. Many thanks again chaps.

I based the colour scheme, markings and armament on a couple of surviving planes, one of which was the Smithsonian NASM example (http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19190008000). The paint scheme wasn't complicated, but the plethora of tiny and hard-to-get-to struts meant for a lot of cursing while painting this up!

Decals were a combination of Dom's Decals and home-made ones. The pilot was initially going to be a ReducedAircraftFactory FUD pilot, but the head snapped off while I was (very gently) checking the fit, so I chose instead for a Peter Pig scarf-wearing flyboy. The observer (another Shapeways one) should probably be firing a Vickers since RFC Caudrons generally seemed to be Vickers-equipped - but I'm fine with the Lewis too, frankly. Their scales don't really match closely, with the pilot seeming a little oversize.

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One the Aerodrome Accessories base.

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With its custom cards, and the first examples of my own Crew Damage and Engine Damage counters. (More about these to follow!)

Very nice. Where did you get the cards?

matt56
10-19-2015, 16:14
These Caudrons are gorgeous, lads! Well done all around - and inspirational, too! I, too. really like the early stuff, and this plane is a must-have.

Thanks so much for sharing these great shots of your planes...

All the best,
Matt

Stumptonian
10-19-2015, 20:44
...With its custom cards, and the first examples of my own Crew Damage and Engine Damage counters. (More about these to follow!)

I will be interested in seeing those counters.
Absolutely excellent job on a very interesting aircraft.
:thumbsup:

Prodromoi
10-20-2015, 03:06
Very nice. Where did you get the cards?

Get them...? I made them. (And I'll be uploading them later today with various others, having received a few requests.)

Prodromoi
10-20-2015, 03:06
I will be interested in seeing those counters.
Absolutely excellent job on a very interesting aircraft.
:thumbsup:

Thank you kindly. I'll put something up about it in a day or two about the counters. I need to to a bit more work on them, then will update you.

Lt. S.Kafloc
10-20-2015, 08:06
John nice paint job on both. Was going to order one of these...now why didn't I?

Oh well Christmas is coming!

Prodromoi
10-20-2015, 09:41
For those who've been asking, I've just uploaded my custom plane cards (including the Caudron) here:

Entente planes (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3528) and Central Powers planes (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3529)

Stumptonian
10-20-2015, 19:35
For those who've been asking, I've just uploaded my custom plane cards (including the Caudron) here:

Entente planes (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3528) and Central Powers planes (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3529)

Thanks for posting. Might take advantage of some of those.
:thumbsup:

johnbiggles
10-21-2015, 04:43
Great job on painting your G4 there.
I do like the cards and bases, I have now bought two of the bases from Keith's emporium; I will be downloading the cards you made as soon as my tinterwobble is back up.
Work gets funny about downloads on their system

Prodromoi
10-24-2015, 10:21
I will be interested in seeing those counters.

I've just posted about them here (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?23488-Bomber-damage-tokens-and-other-accessories-now-designed-and-available-from-Shapeways). Hope you like!

Teaticket
03-04-2017, 11:39
A Shapeways Caudron G.4. The diagonal braces at the end of the wings added as the model doesn't come with them.

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Teaticket
03-04-2017, 11:42
A 2nd G.4 again for an upcoming Verdun game. Tought part was getting the rear gun mounted over the pilot's head!

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Stumptonian
03-04-2017, 11:43
Really nice work, Peter.
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johnbiggles
03-04-2017, 12:44
Very nice, superb paint job.

Flying Helmut
03-04-2017, 13:14
You've made a grand of of that Peter! :clap::clap:

Teaticket
03-04-2017, 13:27
Thanks guys. It will be fun seeing these in the air. I'm sure there will be groans coming out of the pilots of these when I hand them their XC maneuver deck!

matt56
03-04-2017, 16:20
These are beautiful specimens of French engineering, Peter - I look forward to seeing them at Origins, perhaps?!;)

All the best,
Matt

Teaticket
03-04-2017, 17:17
These are beautiful specimens of French engineering, Peter - I look forward to seeing them at Origins, perhaps?!;)

All the best,
Matt

I submitted a Verdun game to Ken that will have the Caudron G.4s flying. I haven't yet heard anything about the three games I sent in but am hoping to run them all.

Naharaht
03-04-2017, 19:18
Great work, John, Alex and Peter! :thumbsup:

flash
03-05-2017, 00:32
Thanks guys. It will be fun seeing these in the air. I'm sure there will be groans coming out of the pilots of these when I hand them their XC maneuver deck!

Great looking paint job Peter, at least the scouts might be able to catch it !

milcoll73
03-05-2017, 01:17
very nice pete!

BobP
03-05-2017, 14:57
As always outstanding work Peter.

Walarik
07-13-2022, 23:44
Hello, here is my first one (second one is still on the workbench). Finally something to shoot at with Eindeckers and to be defended by Moranes. :) However, I would like to ask, if anybody can give he some advise where to get larger bomber base, similat to one like Caproni or Gotha? Aerodrome accesories is out of business and I was not able to find any STL file available for 3D printer on the internet. Has anyone any source? Last hope is Litko, but that one is not in EU. Thanks for any kind of advice.

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flash
07-14-2022, 02:21
Nice job, Georg :thumbsup:
The Caudron falls between the wingspans that denote the base size, being too small for the smaller bomber base but bigger than most tandems, so it can use either or an unofficial one in between.

These are the pertinent points from Andrea:
Wingspan is what determines the base size of planes (number of engines is not a factor).
The huge planes with wingspans of 29 metres and upwards (Staaken, Felixstowe, HP O/400, etc) have the biggest base (8cm x 11cm approx).
The big planes with wingspans of 22.2 to 24 metres (Caproni Ca.3, Gotha G.V, Friedrichshafen G.III, etc) have the medium size base (6.8cm x 8.8cm, exactly twice the width of a 'normal' fighter card).
Planes with a smaller wingspan up to an undefined maximum, a bit larger than the 14.36m span Bregeut 14 (including the 14.55m FE2 and the 15.24m AEG N.I) use the 'normal' fighter base. The exact maximum has not been defined.
Furthermore Andrea mentions the potential of a fourth base size (one and a half 'normal' cards wide) for those planes with a wingspan of approximately 17-18m (such as the Farman F.40 and the Caudron G.4), but since this base size was declined by Ares it's likely that such planes will have to go down to the 'normal' fighter size base or up to the medium (Gotha etc) size base, although which is not yet decided upon.
* Zoe suggests as a rule of thumb - Go by wingspan but in boundary cases (smaller than Gotha, larger than Br14), 2 seaters go smaller, 3+ seaters go larger.
Seems to make sense and as good a compromise as any to break the deadlock.
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?23601-AEG-N-I-night-bomber-stats

camelbeagle
07-14-2022, 05:51
Wonderful looking plane!

malachi
07-14-2022, 07:14
Very nice Caudron, Georg!

I don't know of a source for bases unfortunately (some of us are trying to make our own but mine are a bit rough). As Dave describes, the G4 would have a base of the standard 68mm length x 66mm width if you want to go with an unofficial size (which I prefer for planes between 17 - 22 meters wingspan; I use: wingsoflinen wiki (https://linen.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) to check stats), or given its stats of 15 damage points and slow XC deck I think a standard size base is fine.

CrashCraig
11-21-2022, 08:23
My Caudron G.4 inspired by the example in the Musee des Freres Caudron, (Museum of the Caudron Brothers) in Rue (Somme, France) as posted by “Drome member Fox.

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Shapeways Reduced Aircraft Factory Caudron G.4
Wings: Base coat Testors Yellow Matte/ top coat DecoArt Gloss Enamels Bright Yellow Acrylic
Struts, Propeller: Testors Leather Enamel Matte
Fuselage Booms and Struts: Testors Leather Enamel Matte
Landing Gear: Humbrol Prussian Blue
Engine & Guns: Citadel Leadbelcher, Humbrol Copper
Engine Cowling: Humbrol Linen
Rudders: Same as fuselage
Rudder Tricolor Insignia: Testors Red, White & Blue Enamel Matte
Sealant: Windsor & Newton Satin Varnish
Decals: Miscmini

Hu Rhu
11-22-2022, 09:16
Lovely painting on that Caudron, Craig. :clap:

milcoll73
11-28-2022, 10:58
nice work craig!

CrashCraig
11-28-2022, 11:46
Thanks guys. Appreciate it!

Flying Helmut
11-29-2022, 02:37
Really nice Caudron, Craig! :clap:

CrashCraig
04-16-2023, 09:28
Another Caudron G.4 (it can be habit forming)

Shapeways Reduced Aircraft Factory Caudron G.4


Drawing of Caudron G.4 Escadrile C.66 found in French Aircraft of the First World War by Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan, page 49.
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Wings: Base coat Testors Yellow Matte/ top coat DecoArt Gloss Enamels Bright Yellow Acrylic
Struts, Propeller: Testors Leather Enamel Matte
Fuselage Booms and Struts: Testors Leather Enamel Matte
Landing Gear: Testors Enamel Matte Red
Engine & Guns: Citadel Leadbelcher, Humbrol Gunmetal
Engine Cowling: Humbrol Linen
Rudders: Same as fuselage
Rudder Tricolor Insignia: Testors Red, White & Blue Enamel Matte
Sealant: Windsor & Newton Satin Varnish
French Roundel Decals: Miscmini
Red Checkered Decals: Homemade paper

malachi
04-16-2023, 09:30
Looks great, Craig! :minis::thumbsup:

Paukenschlager
04-16-2023, 09:47
That looks awesome Craig, I have two left hands for arts&crafts so my respect for people capable of producing these pieces of art is soooo very high!

Teaticket
04-16-2023, 10:18
Sweet! Have to love the Caudron G.4s!

Guntruck
04-16-2023, 11:23
Very nice Craig.

Flingueur-Phil
04-16-2023, 11:59
Nice decoration, it tempts me a lot!
Very nice job

camelbeagle
04-16-2023, 14:12
Those are pretty darn awesome Craig! Great job!

mikeemagnus
04-17-2023, 03:09
Nice work on those Caidrons Craig :sAprvd:

Hu Rhu
04-19-2023, 03:48
Lovely work Craig. :clap:

milcoll73
04-26-2023, 04:14
nice work!

Flying Helmut
04-26-2023, 10:24
Very nice!