Great work, Paul. Love the shades of PC10.
Great work, Paul. Love the shades of PC10.
Lovely looking birds Paul - I'm looking forward to seeing them in action
Beautiful cards, Mike!
Point of Order, though...
The card back should say "Royal Flying Corps", not "Royal Air Force"
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Very glad to have these joining my hangar. Shapeways Decapod model (BABY MINE) and RAF model (Black Arrow) painted by teaticket. Thanks, Peter, great work!
N6171 Black Arrow, Flt Sub-Lt Edmund Pierce of 3 Naval Sqn. The plane later served with Seaplane Defence Flight
N6179 BABY MINE, Flt Sub-Lts A.W. 'Nick' Carter and J.J. Malone of 3 Naval Sqn, and later L.H. Slatter of Seaplane Defence Flight
Last edited by malachi; 07-03-2022 at 10:36. Reason: updated pics with white elevators
Wow! Those look great!
Hope they serve you well. (But not against me)
Great work Peter!!!
Last edited by Dak21; 06-15-2022 at 19:37.
Wonderful looking! Amazing work!
Oooh, a couple of very pretty Pups there!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Very nice!
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Very pretty pups, are the decals home grown ?
Nice work! From having done the Black Arrow (Pierce) as a 3D print, I know there is a lot more to getting those markings right than meets the eye.
Probably the best looking Pups I've ever seen - aspecially decals are superb. Well done, Chris
Last edited by Dan-Sam; 06-17-2022 at 02:53. Reason: Typos.
Thanks, all. I baptized BABY MINE in OTT yesterday. It has a few holes in it. Coming soon to an AAR near you.
For the fuselage images or custom fonts like Baby Mine i scan a profile then resize the image. Sometimes have to adjust the PC10 color a bit or clean up artifacts between letters or in and around the image to make it pop at scale, but full credit to Peter for color-matching them. They are printed on white decal paper as are the plane numbers, of course.
For printing the tiny tail #'s or things like the Sopwith fin logo (on clear decal paper), Adobe Illustrator is amazing. Tons of fonts to try to get a close match, but most importantly, you can size the font incrementally and they still print crystal clear, a size 2.5 point font, for example.
Also edited my post. BABY MINE is a Decapod model and Black Arrow is a Reduce Aircraft Factory (I have some of each, both are very nice). Decapod has a separate prop (under fuselage at post position) and RAF has the prop at 2:00 - 8:00 o'clock.
Last edited by malachi; 06-17-2022 at 04:58.
Lovely pair of Pups and great decals too.
N6203 'MINA' of 3 Naval Sqn and later Seaplane Defence Flight, LH Slatter. profile = p40 Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1, Osprey. A shapeways Reduced Aircraft Factory model.
A6204 of 46 Sqn RFC, Lt DR Cameron was shot down by Seefrosta Flugmaat Kunstler June or July 1917 and made POW. Based on pic p. 121 Seefrosta, Aeronaut Books, Schmeelke. A shapeways decapod model.
Roundels and "5" decals by miscmini, the rest are homemade.
PC10 = 50/50 mix of AK Interactive PC10 Early and Vallejo model color Brown Violet.
Underside = Vallejo model color Dark Sand.
Struts = Vallejo model color Japanese Uniform WWII.
Engine = Vallejo Game Color black.
Cowling = 2:1 mix of Secret Weapon engine metal and P3 galvanized steel.
Pilot = Vallejo mc German camo black brown, Vallejo Game Color bronze fleshtone.
Cockpit edge = Vallejo mc saddle brown.
Undercarriage struts = Vallejo mc light gray
Tires = Vallejo game color cold gray
tail decal touchup = Vallejo mc flat red, game color night blue, 50/50 mix game color dead white and mc deck tan.
Skid = Vallejo model color wood grain
Prop = Vallejo mc mahogany, edge highlighted with Pro Acryl Golden Brown, overpainted with Citadel skeleton horde contrast paint and Vallejo Air wood.
Last edited by malachi; 07-01-2022 at 23:45.
You have made a nice job of those aircraft and the transfers Chris.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Great job Chris & thanks for the details - just what's required
"He is wise who watches"
Lovely pair of Pups and great use of home made decals.
Nice models, a place on OTT is waiting for them
Great Pups Chris! Lookslike your Seefrosta will have it's hands full now when out on patrol.
Thanks, all. Yes, the pups are thriving and growing up into...Camels?!
On to some Seefrosta Albatros D.IIIs, I think.
Nice job there Chris!
Lovely pair of puppies! (oo-errr missus).
Very nicely done.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
I've updated the pics in post #112 of BABY MINE and Black Arrow since I added white elevators. There doesn't seem to be definitive info available -- they are shown that way in the Osprey book (although profile descriptions indicate conflicting info), but Rogers' Schiffer book has no mention and seems to conflate flight colors between Pups, Triplanes, and Camels for 3 Naval Sqn. A Pheon decal site shows BABY MINE without white elevators but it's also a red cowling version from when it moved to C flight. An photo of Black Arrow on its back seems to indicate white elevators, although admittedly it's hard to tell and open to interpretation. If anyone has better info, please chime in.
Malachi, are you using air brash or is it brush painted? It is nice and smoooth.
Petr, thanks, they are brush painted. I prep the shapeways with clear coat spray can (usually 3 coats), then prime from a spray can. The brush painting is usually from a wet palette which helps for longer working time and to keep the paint diluted. Usually water works fine but for some troublesome thicker paints or to aid a blend that keeps separating I sometimes add a drop of Vallejo glaze medium.
Sopwith Pup 46 Sqn RFC Capt S H Pratt June 1917
Original model by Shapeways
Upper wing, fuselage, tail and rudder- Vallejo US Olive Drab 70.887
Lower wings and underside - Foundry Raw Linen 20c
Engine Cowling and undercarriage- GW Leadbelcher
Propeller - Foundry Musket Stock Brown 72c
Struts - Foundry Spearshaft 13b
Wheelcaps - Foundry Scarlet 38b
Decals - Mismini
That's a dandy Pup, Gary, a classic.
REP gun is jammed
Great Pup Gary. Look forward to seeing it in OTT.
Great looking Pup there Gary
Awesome looking pups!
love the skull and bones on the top wing gary!
Bit late on these, but the Pups above (Chris and Gary) are very lovely.
These paint jobs just make me want some "Official" pups even more.
Last edited by zenlizard; 04-06-2023 at 07:36.
Thanks, all
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