My 1/72 scale aircraft

[Dean62]

Finished the Camel 1-1/2 Strutter.



There is a lot of nice detail that just can’t be photographed well with my IPhone, so these pictures will have to do.

Whats next on the assembly line?

 

[Bill-R]

Your Strutter turned out great. I have always liked that color scheme.

Bill

 

[Dean62]

I am now at 83 aircraft models built in 1/72 scale!
16 jets on wall shelves
14 WW1/biplane on top shelves
53 WW2 on the rest of the shelves


The new addition on top shelf with WW1 British and French aircraft.


See ya next time with my next build.
Hint - it’s a WW2 aircraft this time.

 

[Dean62]

Your Strutter turned out great. I have always liked that color scheme.

Bill

Thanks Bill! It was the better of the two options the kit provided decals for.
Also I have a Sopwith Camel F1 that will be all green. That’s why I did the Comic grey and the 1-1/2 Strutter in this scheme. Always thinking ahead…lol. And why I did my Nieuports different, one in silver and one camouflage, even though they are different versions…27 and 24bis. I don’t want the aircraft to be too much alike from one version to another.

 

[Corsair]

That looks great Dean ! I especially like the way the surface looks like it's covered in fabric !

Here is one of mine. Like many, it was damaged in my move from Colorado. I've fixed it as good as it's going to get. I wanted to do rigging on it, but I thought the thread was too thick. I ended up using hair out of my wife's hairbrush.

 

[g8rfan99]

Very nice addition to the squadron Dean. 83 aircraft is amazing. Wondering what #100 will be?

 

[Dean62]

That looks great Dean ! I especially like the way the surface looks like it's covered in fabric !

Here is one of mine. Like many, it was damaged in my move from Colorado. I've fixed it as good as it's going to get. I wanted to do rigging on it, but I thought the thread was too thick. I ended up using hair out of my wife's hairbrush.

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Thanks Jeff. That looks nice. You can try EZline for the rigging. They make different diameters.

 

[Dean62]

Very nice addition to the squadron Dean. 83 aircraft is amazing. Wondering what #100 will be?

Thank you!
I have 132 kits at this point and I bounce around from one category to another in my collection. So either WW1, WW2 or Jets.
So number 100 will have to be special.

 

[dockattner]

So number 100 will have to be special.

The tribute plane to your mom...

 

[Dean62]

The tribute plane to your mom...

That one is definitely special…however…it’s 1:16 scale and I don’t even have room for it…sigh! Maybe I buy a 1/72 and do the same! Hmmm…great idea Paul.

 

[Dean62]

Next up from WW2…


I started with the initial assembly…next I will start painting the interior.


See ya next time…

 

[Peter Voogt]

Finished the Camel 1-1/2 Strutter.
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There is a lot of nice detail that just can’t be photographed well with my IPhone, so these pictures will have to do.

Whats next on the assembly line?

Again very nice rigging on the plane, Dean.
Regards, Peter

 

[Dean62]

Again very nice rigging on the plane, Dean.
Regards, Peter

Thank you Peter.

 

[Bill-R]

Very nice choice Dean. The early Yaks had very nice lines.

Bill

 

[ERSRich]

Just found this thread. Fabulous! At this point how long does it take to knock out one of these?

-Rich

 

[Dean62]

Just found this thread. Fabulous! At this point how long does it take to knock out one of these?

-Rich

Thank you! My average time is about 1-2 weeks. I have built so many I’ve become more efficient. So now’s it’s a matter of how many parts and how much detail.

 

[Dean62]

Cockpit finished. No decals were provided for the instrument panel and it was molded flat. So I chose to find some spare decals I had and add the gages.


Now it’s time for putty and sanding prior to painting the outside.

See ya next time…