Nice Bloody Paralyser there - Here's a flight of two - wow that front "G" looks crooked in the photo (need to fix that)
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.
Great work Rob & Oliver.
Are they Skytrex models?
Here is my Shapeways WSF. Note no rigging struts on top wing on these.
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Yes Barry, my model is a Skytrex.
Rob.
My humble offering another Shapeways plane, crew Peter Pig & Reviresco, decals 1/144 Direct
Last edited by Burt; 09-16-2012 at 04:36.
Another very nice rendition Don.
Where did you get the information on the lettering?
Rob.
Nice work Burt!
Rob there are some images in Wiki with letter ID on H-P's. Birt & I used some of those.
I would be interested as well if anyone can give me info on the markings.
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
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.
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!
Last edited by Rabbit 3; 12-27-2012 at 04:35.
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.
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.
So far the results have not been good,Attachment 73547
Some slightly better pics I`ve managed to get later.
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!
Last edited by Rabbit 3; 09-22-2013 at 03:47.
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).
Last edited by Bluedevil; 08-27-2014 at 02:50.
Thank s for all the wonderful pics!
Nice work, Bernardo; any indication the Germans used it for anything after capturing it?
Karl
Another very well rigged machine Bernardo. It is also great to see it in a different colour scheme.
Rob.
That looks excellent Bernardo.
Nicely done Bernado, nice looking plane.
Don
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:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww1/b/520/59/0#1
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.
And just for fun, my Handley Page flying
http://youtu.be/cU2XTvUcsG8
Once again the folks in here do great paint jobs. A salute to all for the work they did.
How I love this plane and how well these are painted!
Amazing chaps.
Great work, thanks for sharing !
Lovely bird!
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.
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
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.
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?
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."
Nice one Hayden - they are impressive beasts aren't they
Now why do I now feel I have to rush out and by one......oh dear.
See you on the Dark Side......
Great paint job Eric. Another for my wish list.
See you on the Dark Side......
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."
Thanks Rob.
The decals are a set for HP 0-400 bombers from 1/144 Direct on Ebay.
Eric
Last edited by Sulring; 04-25-2014 at 12:34.
Cheers Eric.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
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