Hi Mike,
yes, that sure would be a nice side-effect
Any chance of you making a card for the plane ?
I can supply you with a picture of Petra "Chérie" De Karlovitz for the back ...
cheers,
Guus
Hi Mike,
yes, that sure would be a nice side-effect
Any chance of you making a card for the plane ?
I can supply you with a picture of Petra "Chérie" De Karlovitz for the back ...
cheers,
Guus
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
I'm hoping someone on the forum can answer something that is bugging me.
Looking back at my post, showing the RNAS 9 "B" flight paint conversion: Cross & Cockade printed the design I have tried to copy (a cross made up of white, light blue and dark blue bands), but they do say that interpreting the "colours" from black and white photos is very difficult.
I see elsewhere on the forum, a very similar design, but with a central red stripe in the cross, rather than blue. Can anyone tell me a) are they two seperate aircraft, both from "B" flight and if not which is correct? b) Where can I obtain information on the aircraft with the "red" cross, if they are the same aircraft and the blue cross is incorrect?
That's a question better asked in its own thread in the main Hobby Room Mike...
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
I saw some photos of a model entitled "Ship's Camel" on the Web and liked the paint scheme so I duplicated it. I stripped the model first of all paint and airbrushed and brush painted it.
Lovely work on the repaint, Jim - it's neat to see the Camel 'broken' into its constituent parts! And it looks splendid sitting next to your redone Fokker DVII
All the best,
Matt
Jim, excellent work there! How did you take it apart without breaking/cracking the wings?
I soak them in 91% isopropel alcohol for at least 24 hours to get the decals and paint off. Then I ever so gently give the parts a wiggle to break the glue bond. I work the fuselage bottoms with an exacto knife like a pry bar, very slowly and evenly. The parts eventually pop off. I have had one that was stubborn and broke, but that was one out of about 15 I have done and was easily glued back together. I am now working on a DR1...
Tyhat pair are more than impressive Jim. Excellent work.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Great looking pair of planes Jim. I have never tried to disassemble a Wings plane.
I have only removed the upper wing and undercart on a single Wings Pfalz D.III, use the freeze/boil method. The wing popped off quite easily.
The lower wing and tail refused to budge, so I left them in place for the repainting process.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Wow Jim, that's a beauty !!
And REP for describing the method to get rid of paint and decals and the short tutorial on disassembling the plane itself
cheers,
Guus
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
Yours looks cleaner than mine Eric. I didn't strip mine. Perhaps I should seriously think about stripping them prior to repainting.
Adding to the "Captured" Bird theme of things... My version of Otto Kesselberth's captured Sopwith Camel
Now, one thing that I have always wondered about... Did the Pilots have the guns swapped out for German Spandau's???
I've fixed the side fuselage decal since this photo was taken. Just haven't had the opportunity to re-photograph it yet.
My first repaint: Lt Emile J Lussier No73 Sqn RAF from a nexus Barker. Most successful American camel pilot for RAF.
Also my first ever decals. From miscmini.com and homemade (what font does everyone use for plane #? I went with Stencil and seems ok).
I messed up the port side "D" but will let it live in infamy. The tail is a bit wonky on this one but not as noticeable in person, let's call it battle damage.
And there is always some random piece of lint that shows up in camera lol.
Big thanks to Teaticket (Peter) for sending scans of C deck alt cards - they turned out great and I appreciate it!
Osprey A/C of the Aces #42, American Aces of WW1
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Nice 1st repaint. We rarely hear about the Americans in RFC/RAF units.
Really nice! I love the stripping. Tried to a nieuport with some white stripes and I ended up with a disaster!
I can't take credit for the striping, Dan. That's why I chose Barker lol - just painted over the rear 3 stripes with vallejo german camo dark green 70.979.
Very nice result!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Really, really nice first go! Impressive
Fictional Belgian Camel, to be a wingman for Olieslagers....
'Nexus' Sopwith Camel "Olieslagers"), bought ready repainted from ebay as a German captured plane.
Undersurfaces repainted with a 50/50 mix of 'Vallejo' "Orange Brown" and "Pale Flesh Tone"
Upper surfaces 'Vallejo' "German Camo Dark Green"
Personal scheme triangles "Ochre Brown"/"White"
All other colours 'Vallejo'.........
engine "Oily Steel", inked "Black", highlighted "Silver"
prop "Dark Earth" with "Dark Sea Grey" tips
struts "Leather Brown"
tyres "Cold Grey"
pilot "Leather Brown"
Decals - "Games Workshop" zig-zags already in place on model
'1/144 Direct' roundels and tail stripes.
tail stripe decals went on crooked (!) so I overpainted them with 'Vallejo' "Black", "Moon Yellow" and "Vermillion".
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I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
It's so good I can smell the Castor Oil from here Tim.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Beautiful
Awesome job, I love the triangle details on the wing and engine cowl!
Yet another awesome paint job Tim - Love it Have some rep.
A surefire bullet magnet for FC when it happens Tim !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Looks great, Dan! Love the look of those. I just acquired a 2nd Olie yesterday after seeing Tim's so am looking for ideas Enjoy
Nice work Dan. The Belgians don't get enough attention. Tim and now you are making up for it.
Very nice Camel!
Glad it turned out so well for you.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Here is my very first attempt at repainting Ares planes. All were transformed from Kissenberth Camels. RNAS 9 Sopwith Camels captured my imagination from the first one I saw.
B7202 Pilot: Unknown
B3905 “Muryel” Pilot: Flight Lieutenant Charles Anstey Narbeth
B6327 “Maude II” Pilot: Flight Sub-Lieutenant Harold Francis Stackard
B6381 “Daphne” Pilot: Flight Sub-Lieutenant Merrill Samuel Taylor
B3884 “Dorothy” Pilot: Flight Sub-Lieutenant Arthur William Wood
B3898 “Doris” Pilot: Flight Commander Joseph Stewart Temple Fall
Decals by Larry Gill
I learned so much on this forum to guide me in my first ARES repaints…
• Teaticket’s sharing of his painting techniques and general encouragement
• ReducedAirFact’s PC10 color guide that informed me that RNAS Camels were a bit greener than the rest
• Flying Helmut’s recipe for applying decals AND for listing out the paints used on his awe inspiring creations – I no longer fear any decal and my order for Vallejo Brown Violet is in
• Mikeemagnus for early help in research – I now have a subscription to Cross & Cockade International because of their 23 page article on RNAS 9
• Oberst Hajj for the spinning props which go on Camels like… stink on a camel
And in the process of all this… I made another new friend. Special thanks to Larry Gill for working with me on development of an incredible decal sheet to match my interpretations of RNAS 9. The level of detail and perfection from Larry was so over the top - down to different fonts for the aircraft names that match the actual photos. He made two versions of the “X” on the fuselage for B3905 “Muryel” because he noticed the angles in one photo were different than another – so he did both! He even threw in bonus colors for some aircraft markings where the photographs made us doubt – is it red rather than blue? He threw in an additional non-RNAS 9 marking just because he thought I might like to try it.
And yes he plans to sell these decals as soon as he gets his printer repaired. I'm why he can't have anything nice!
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Great looking camels, I look forward to seeing the decals from Larry.
Those are awesome Camels, Jeff! Very nicely done. Now Larry can devote more time to my Seefrosta project
He mentions his “other” projects and I can almost always deduce who he is working with!
Oh, you're making those for Chris or Peter or …. Catches him by surprise each time.
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Those look awesome, Jeff.
I might be looking for some of those decals myself.
(I really don't need 5 Brown and 4 Barker.)
Really nice work Jeff!
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
You have done a sterling job on those aircraft Jeff. Rep worthy.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Excellent work Jeff. A flight anyone would be very proud of. Thanks to working with Larry to make RNAS 9 decals. Look forward to getting some when Larry can produce more.
Magnificent Camels!
Rep!
I must get in touch with Larry about my next fiendish project...
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
really good job with those decals! Look great! The Vallejo Brown Violet is the color to use for Camels!!!
lovely flock of camels jeff! who says entente aircraft arent colorful? well, other than me lol.
Those are beautiful. Kudos on the excellent work.
Very nice looking camels, the decals are perfect and you've made a top job applying them.
Just seeing these today. Probably the most colorful camels I've seen thus far, and thank gawd for Larry Gill! Just beautiful mate.........
A bit late to see this one, but what a great job on 9 Sqdn RNAS. Congrats Jeff.
Very nice Chris. Why don't you also put them on the workbench too?
lol, the September one I started or the August one that keeps getting used in September?
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