The Mrs. and I also share the table. We sold our house and downsized to a condo unit so space is a premium. She crafts and I model. She bought me the nice Tim Holtz glass platform. I go portable with supplies using stacking, lockable trays. Aprils work bench project is Valom Se5a's.
Where there is will, there is a way
William, Nice setup!
Thanks for the idea. I have a number of those cases that I keep my planes in. Found that movement decks and flight stand fit nice in them.
[QUOTE=Teaticket;526079]Don't really have a dedicated area, just a temporary corner of the kitchen table. Such is life at the moment, but grateful I do get in a little painting now and then.
My wife and I just downsized to 1,200+ square feet, so space is a premium. We also re-purpose the kitchen table and share crafting space. My April project is a Valom Se5.
I also am portable by using a stack of lockable trays.
Slow month for me. To nice out some days. Just wanna get out and get some air and sun. I did manage to get one of my SE5a Repainted. McCudden model with Misc Mini decals.
Nice Dan
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
I finally dragged this out the back of my storage and decided to abandon all hope of my being able to apply lozenge deal to it - as it's a one off I decided to give it my personal 'Patriotic Hun' scheme to get it done.
It's a Fokker D.VI, which I've thought for years used the O deck but now I see is assigned the U deck..? Was it ever O ?? Think I'd prefer the O deck myself.
Had a bit of an issue with the white paint, as you will see, I'll put it down to dodgy Fokker finishing !
Anyway here it is:
For those not familiar with the type it's fast (123mph) and fairly agile, only 59 built, delivered between Apr & Aug 1918 when production ceased; 7 went to A-H but not used in the war it seems. Assigned as a bomber interceptor, relegated to trainer Sep 1918.
I also churned out these chappies for early war - a brace of Morane-Saulnier BB tandem's - served with 1,3 12 & 60 Sqn RFC.
I may be wrong, so please correct me if I am, but it appears that both guns were operated by the gunner - using one or the other as the situation demanded, having to stand to operate the one on the wing - he'd certainly have to reload it if it was operated by the pilot.
Anyway here's the happy pair - ready to be sacrificed on the alter that is OTT .
All are what was WSF from Shapeways - apologies to the creator's but I've had them so long I cannot recall who modelled them but well done they are lovely models
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Really like those Moranes, Dave.
Haven't seen minis of those before.
Lovely paint job on the BBs and D.VI! The D.VI is likely from Kampfflieger and the BB from Columbia Aerodrome.Originally Posted by flash
All are what was WSF from Shapeways - apologies to the creator's but I've had them so long I cannot recall who modelled them but well done they are lovely models
Daryl I have my list of the next few planes I want to order and half are yours. Have to see how things are with Shapeways for my next order.
Nice set of planes Dave. Yes, the Fokker D.VI was hampered with the lower powered 110hp Oberursel UR.II engines since the 165hp Goebel Goe.III engines were not to be produced in any quantity during the war. It also suffered from the lack of quality castor oil, that plagued all German rotaries after 1917. Otherwise, it might have made it's mark in the skies, before being eclipsed by the Fokker D.VII.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Lovely trio there Dave!
I'm pretty certain you're correct about the BB's guns - both fired by the observer, so it's one or the other, not both!
I'm definitely getting withdrawal symptoms from a lack of painting time...…….
I hope to be able to post my latest beasties in the next day or two.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
That is one fine looking SE5a. Like the wheel hub paint scheme (kinda BMW-like).
Aha, a clue on the Morane-Saulnier BBs from Davilla's French Aircraft of the First World War. While Morane-Saulnier never got production orders for the BB from the French they did sell a few to Russia; Spain built a few; and the UK received about eighty.
The Type BBs were usually armed with two 0.303-inch Lewis machine guns. One was fixed at an angle to the top wing to fire upward and was controlled by the pilot; the second gun was on a flexible mount in the observer's cockpit.
I take "upward" to mean "mostly forward, just over the propeller", but perhaps it could be raised to a higher angle as well, like the Foster mount on a SE5a? One picture shows it in a fully-forward angle (or nearly); another has it kind of upward and skewed, as if it's sort of loose in a reloading position.
I think the observer would be doing the reloads in any case.
Masking...
Thanks Daryl, useful info, worth investigating further. Angling slightly upward uses the ballistic trajectory to extend range.
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Thanks! I appreciate the kind comments.
The Bristol Scout did the same thing with its overwing gun.
It was also tried on the Fokker E.IV, but Oswald Boelcke didn't think much of it, and advised that the guns should be returned to a flat trajectory.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
And sometimes the slight-upward angling is done just to make sure the bullets clear the propeller without putting the gun out of reach, e.g. in the Martinsyde S.1:
I don't know if that was the case with the BB, though.
Day 21 of captivity and feeling a bit nautical - time to break out a couple of stalled seaplane projects.
A modified Short G Empire Class from HBM and a Sunderland from the TinTin shop in London when they were selling them cheap as they couldn't get rid of them.
And a Short Singapore and a brace of Saro Londons from HBM.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Zeppelin madness in 1:720 struck here, along with some Warhammer figurines. The Zep is P-Class is primed and will be camouflaged...
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Nice one, Andrzej.
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Finally got to the Ares repaint of the 2nd captured Nieuport 11. Gustav Leffers (Jasta 1) - in light blue - shown here with the earlier repaint of Kurt Student (AOK3).
Nice pair of captured types Paul
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
The newly promoted Oblt will fly the blue one. Let's see if he does better than the last two Oblt. Shouldn't be hard to do...Nice pair of captured types Paul
Paul, those are really nice!
Ok, been going nuts but got most of another bit done for a regular (still waiting on missing parts from Warlords for the SdKfz 222 though). Also finished painting another SoL 3 for Black seas but that goes in the lock down thread tomorrow.
Very nice figures and models, Ken. I see the Romanian armoured vehicles for the first time, truly.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Here are some I did a while back including a T34/85 for Soviet allies late war.
Ken, I love the Elf Archer! Very nice painting!
Great stuff as always. Your figures are fantastic.
My finished Zeppelin P-Class in 1:720 scale.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Sort of like the plague Doctor myself, thinking of going into my leather shop and whacking out one of those pointy masks (have patterns on You Tube). Make sure I can wear a N 95 mask under it and take it shopping....
Nice small-scale zeppelin! Who made the original model?
It appears to be a Mark's Models 1/720" scale kit, they have a nice range of kits. I featured them with a thread a few years back . . .
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...t=Staakens+sea
Even smaller, 1/1500"
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David is right. That Czech producer. Good components quality and outstanding decals, but a quite rough assembly instruction. Not for beginners, due to VERY small and delicate parts.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
JASTA 76b "THE BAVARIANS"
I look forward to seeing those, Ezekiel.
Ezekiel, those are looking great! Can't wait to see the finished product!
OK, that is some nice detail work, looking forward to the finished product.
Those look fantastic, Ezekiel!
Very nice paint jobs on all the other models from everyone else!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Nice work so far, Ezekiel. I love the full out Bavarian colour schemes, but I don't have the guts to disassemble an Ares D.Va to do them.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
My attempt at a Hansa Brandenburg W 12. It did not go well. Aviattic naval hex pattern on the upper wing, other naval hex pattern from 1/144 Direct, and numbers are from Fighting Pirannha Graphics. No rear gunner because I cannot find my Shapeways gunners at the moment.
[QUOTE=Willi;526952]We have a similar issue at the Clipper Dome. Years ago Mrs Clipper broke her back and neck in a car wreck and has limited mobility so she asked me to move some of my building activity into the dining room to keep her company. One of our friends gave me a rose wood tool box (from Costco and Harbor Freight), Mrs Clipper ordered a shelf unit with baskets to hold it and the wireless printer, over time a CD storage cabinet has been added, all of which with a 4" x 6" Pine dining table contain and conceal my indoor workshop.Don't really have a dedicated area, just a temporary corner of the kitchen table. Such is life at the moment, but grateful I do get in a little painting now and then.
My wife and I just downsized to 1,200+ square feet, so space is a premium. We also re-purpose the kitchen table and share crafting space. My April project is a Valom Se5.
I also am portable by using a stack of lockable trays.
Documented in another thread, this has been on my workbench of late, 18 new B-24D's . . . . well recieved by their cousins and B-24 Hanger Box.
More amazing planes! Loving all of it!
Nice B-24's but I will be really amazed if he has stands and card decks for them all....at the same time.
Hmm, yea of little faith, even now the mighty Amazon flows towards Arizona, bringing the elves printer ink, card stock and thin Plexiglas, yes it is coming together, maniacal laughter turns to coughing . . . hmmmm what is this, 18 magnetic telescoping stands!
Hmm, yea of little faith, even now the mighty Amazon flows towards Arizona, bringing the elves printer ink, card stock and thin Plexiglas, yes it is coming together, maniacal laughter turns to coughing . . . hmmmm what is this, 18 magnetic telescoping stands!
What I really need is to create this:
Hmmmm . . .
Ploesti raid?...wait, check picture description...yep...got it.
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