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    My H.P. 0/400.


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    Rob.

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    Nice Bloody Paralyser there - Here's a flight of two - wow that front "G" looks crooked in the photo (need to fix that)
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    Nice warbirds Oliver.
    Where did you pick up the info on the Reg Letters from.
    When I did mine I could not find anything.
    Rob.

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    My humble offering another Shapeways plane, crew Peter Pig & Reviresco, decals 1/144 Direct


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    Another very nice rendition Don.
    Where did you get the information on the lettering?
    Rob.

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    The decals are from 1/144 Direct on ebay, the set comes with a small selection of letters.
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    Another very nice rendition Don.
    Where did you get the information on the lettering?
    Rob.

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    Nice work Burt!
    Rob there are some images in Wiki with letter ID on H-P's. Birt & I used some of those.

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    I would be interested as well if anyone can give me info on the markings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    Nice work Burt!
    Rob there are some images in Wiki with letter ID on H-P's. Birt & I used some of those.
    Thanks Barry.
    I may tart mine up a bit.
    Rob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Nice warbirds Oliver.
    Where did you pick up the info on the Reg Letters from.
    When I did mine I could not find anything.
    Rob.
    I didn't find anything historically specific - it was more of a gestalt of all the ones I'd been looking at and just seemed to fit. I'll have to check out the 1/144 Direct since I wanted to do the "lift here" but didn't feel I could do it justice.

    Gully_Raker - they are Skytrex

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    Handley Page 0/400 from Skytrex.

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    /Jörgen
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    For reference here`s a couple of photo`s of one of the planes covered by the FOTG cards.
    No 1 (Australian) squadron based at Haifa.
    Serial no was apparently C9560 and it was the only HP O/400 the squadron had so it didn`t have any id lettering.Click image for larger version. 

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    By the looks of things it was covered overall in PC10 so it should be a fairly easy paint job to do and a couple of the model photo`s already posted are a pretty good match!
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    I've (finally) finished my Shapeways Handley page bomber...

    I'm not entirely satisfied with the result, althoug it looks better "in the flesh" than on the pictures because of reflection of the flash...

    The decals are 1/144 Direct bought on Ebay.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluedevil View Post
    I've (finally) finished my Shapeways Handley page bomber...

    I'm not entirely satisfied with the result, althoug it looks better "in the flesh" than on the pictures because of reflection of the flash...

    The decals are 1/144 Direct bought on Ebay.



    Hi Alex! Mate were you trying for the NUVO Night Camo colour or is the colour darker due to camera lighting?
    Nice job anyway.

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    Looks fine to me except for looking a bit glossy which I guess is down to the photo.
    Now if I can just get a decent photo of my recent Skytrex aquisition.
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    Some slightly better pics I`ve managed to get later.
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    I think that some of the additional strut work round the engines is more visible.

    The base by the way came from LITKO though they seem now to have dicontinued the specific WoW/WoG bases and are currently only doing generic ones.
    It may have something to do with their standard pegs not being strong enough for a heavy model like the Skytrex/Red Eagle O/400 or Staaken though I`ve not had any bother with my `Bloody Paralyser`.
    This may be because I didn`t use the standard peg supplied but adapted the base to take a modified Ares bomber peg!
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    I know...It is glossy...
    It still needs a spray of matt varnish but it is too cold in the garden shed to start spraying now, so I took the pictures anyway...

    To be honest most of my models end up here before the matt varnish...(gives me an excuse for the mistakes )

    About your pictures: if you put your model against a blue or white background it would "jump" out more


    @Barry...That was the plan but it didn't turned out the way I intended and the picture doesn't capture the real color either. It's more like a (very) dark Kakhi ( I mixed it while comparing to pictures of other models I found on the net).
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    Thank s for all the wonderful pics!

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    The Handley Page that was captured by the Germans in January 1917.
    Model by Redeagles miniatures.

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    Nice work, Bernardo; any indication the Germans used it for anything after capturing it?
    Karl

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    Another very well rigged machine Bernardo. It is also great to see it in a different colour scheme.
    Rob.

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    That looks excellent Bernardo.

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    Nicely done Bernado, nice looking plane.
    Don

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    Thanks
    I did not find any image except one that show me the plane after he was captured.
    I also know that this plane crashed a few timer later because of a maintenance error made by the Germans


    Serial: s/n.1463
    Britain made a present of one of the first Handley Pages to Germany. O/100, No.1463 flown by the RNAS on 1st January 1917 en route to Paris, landed on the first airstrip seen after breaking cloud. It was at Laon... 12 miles behind enemy lines. Among the German evaluation pilots was famous Manfred von Richthofen.

    Artist: unknown
    Source: "Great Aircraft of the World", Book Editor: Len Cacutt Publishers: Marshall Cavendish Books Ltd. 58 Old Compton Street, London W1V 5PA
    Source: "War Machine". Volume 12, Issue 133. Orbis Publishing Ltd. (c) Aerospace Publishing Ltd 1986 Colour profiles, diagrams and cutaway drawings (c) Pilot Press Ltd.


    The information cames fromage here:
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    Just watched "Today We Live" a 1933 movie.

    After obtaining General Douglas MacArthur's help in reserving March Field in California, individual aerial sequences were shot although footage from Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930) including the bomber mission, the "dogfight" sequence complete with the head-on collision of two aircraft, was merged into the final production print.

    It showed the co-pilot go to the forward gun. Interesting.

    Great models nicely painted.

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    And just for fun, my Handley Page flying

    http://youtu.be/cU2XTvUcsG8

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    Once again the folks in here do great paint jobs. A salute to all for the work they did.

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    How I love this plane and how well these are painted!
    Amazing chaps.

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    My Red Eagle HP - I had an annoying varnish malfunction (some paint crazed) which I haven't yet decided how to deal with

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archidamus View Post
    My Red Eagle HP - I had an annoying varnish malfunction (some paint crazed) which I haven't yet decided how to deal with

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    You can always say the fabric streched & wrinkled due to service wear & tear!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    You can always say the fabric streched & wrinkled due to service wear & tear!
    Now that's what I call a brilliant solution

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    Great work, thanks for sharing !

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    They're all awesome, I love the movie. In regards to going heavy on the varnish, I here very controlled use of a hairdryer works, although I've never had to try the method myself. You could just go with gully's answer, it works for me.

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    I have some questions.

    Where to find some crew for the shapeways model? Which are best fit etc.

    Decals wise, can anyone identify C9707, C9709 & C9711?

    Some nice paint jobs here! Great work

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    Since last summer I've been using 1:150 scale model train figures. I bought a pack of 100 from some supplier on ebay for about $4.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbmacek View Post
    Since last summer I've been using 1:150 scale model train figures. I bought a pack of 100 from some supplier on ebay for about $4.
    That's brilliant!

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    Quote Originally Posted by HTRAINo View Post
    Where to find some crew for the shapeways model? Which are best fit etc.
    I don't know about best fit Hayden, but I am using Peter Pig's 1:144 pilots & observers with Lewis MG for my Shapeways FE2b, Gunbus and 1 1/2 Strutters, and they fit OK

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    Thanks for the tips! Looks like a perusal for mini men will be in full swing soon.

    Any clues on the numbers? Trying to go all historical on this one.
    Anyone fitted out the ventral hatch?

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    My offering, even though the aircraft no may well be incorrect...

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    Hope you like it.

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    All offerings gladly accepted Hayden.
    Looks fine to me.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Nice one Hayden - they are impressive beasts aren't they

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    Now why do I now feel I have to rush out and by one......oh dear.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archidamus View Post
    I don't know about best fit Hayden, but I am using Peter Pig's 1:144 pilots & observers with Lewis MG for my Shapeways FE2b, Gunbus and 1 1/2 Strutters, and they fit OK
    Just placed an order for these... will studiously ignore the need for one of those, Hayden. Ignore. Ignore. Ignore.

    Nice looking H-P, btw!

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    My offering, even though the aircraft no may well be incorrect...

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    Here's my new baby:
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    Shapeways FUD plane, pilot and observers with Lewis machineguns.
    I just added the overwing suspension struts to the model.

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    Great paint job Eric. Another for my wish list.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Very nice Eric.
    Where did you get the handling? decals from?
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Thanks Rob.
    The decals are a set for HP 0-400 bombers from 1/144 Direct on Ebay.

    Eric
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    Cheers Eric.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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