This is a repaint of a Nexus Bishop SE5a to (I hope) Frank Ormond Sodens SE5a in 41 Sqn RAF
Full details are in my album here
This is a repaint of a Nexus Bishop SE5a to (I hope) Frank Ormond Sodens SE5a in 41 Sqn RAF
Full details are in my album here
Last edited by flash; 12-25-2022 at 01:27.
After seeing these pics I touched in the bare patches I'd missed !!
Michal, is your kit sturdy enough for gaming? It is a lovely model, but will/can it stand up to handling? Lloyd
Very nice Ian.
That also fills in the details on the couple of aircraft for which I did not have the reg No or Letter.
Thanks
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
These repaints are great. I love seeing the differnt paint schemes.
My SE5a
Leighton 56 Sqn
Mccudden 56 Sqn
Learoyd 40
Last edited by Boney10; 10-07-2012 at 10:25.
Very nice Chris. I could have done with those to help me out yesterday!
Rob.
Very nice! Excellent work! The elves are all clapping too!
Eventually all my planes will have pilots too, lol! I have some ordered from Shapeways, awaiting their arrival so I can crew these birds!
Nice looking Se5's I have 2 red eagle ones to repaint. I now have some inspiration.
Good looking birds, Eric. Which decals did you use?
You have made a really good job of those Eric. they would grace anyone's games table.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Great looking SE5s! And well-chosen, too.
They look like factory product. I would never be able to tell they were Shapeways. Amazing job!
Great looking SE5! Was that a Bishop?
You have made a neat job of that Tim.
The system for mounting your magnet is interesting.
Mrs Kyte's remark that it was certainly not a WWI AWAC cracked me up. I didn't even know she knew what an AWAC was.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Looks like Kelly's (Captain Chum) solution using Litko peg-toppers: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...light=mounting
A very tasty piece of work James.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Thank you, I really need to get some "Proper" acrylics as Im using Citadel paints and having to mix colours to match.
I'm not so sure about "proper" paints. Mixing basic tones to obtain the desired colour is faster and easier than searching through hundreds of references from this or that manufacturer. With practice, you will easily get the same colour from batch to batch. In the long run, it's cheaper too...
James a suggestion if I may. Vallejo Model Colour Brown Violet is a very close match for British PC 10.
Funny you should say that! But I picked up one of their colours today - USA Olive Drab though and these are MUCH cheaper in Japan than citadel paints.... almost half the cost!
Some very nice aircraft gents, great job.
Great job James.
Definitely something R.N.A.S. about that paint scheme.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Excellent paint scheme, James. Did you use white decals or paint and masking tape for the white areas?
I used masking tape - I use 3 layers of white acrylic primer and then a light wash of pure white. Then leave over night to fully dry, then mask up all the areas that I want to remain white. Then again once dried over night I remove the mask and reapply for the second colour, this time blue.
Once all coats are dried I then apply washes to create more shadow followed by some dry brushing to show the edges - finally followed by the varnish.
The aircraft above still needs some touch up and washes on the underside as well as some weathering. For the record I took a 20 year break from painting miniatures and the Wings of War and X-wings miniatures are the first in a very long time!
Superb job there James. When you come onto your shapeways you'll have no problems.
See you on the Dark Side......
Excellent work, James. I like the scheme and personalization very much.
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