1:32nd scale SE5a (Viper)

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Hi all,
The next model will be the Roden 1:32nd scale SE5a 'Viper' engine.

Duncan William Grinnell-Milne flew three SE5a aircraft and all three were named ‘Schweinhund’.
So called in reference to 2 years in captivity as a German POW.
The most famous of the three was his red painted SE5a thought to be serial number C.1194.
He last flew this particular aircraft on the 23rd of January 1919.
This aircraft was built by the Royal Aircraft Factory as one of a batch of 100 aircraft (C1051—C1150) and was powered by the 200hp Wolseley ‘Viper’ engine.
The aircraft was taken to No.2 Air Issues (Issues Section) from the Reception Park in France on the 17th of October 1918.
From there onto No.56 Squadron (RAF).
After the end of hostilities, the aircraft was transferred to No.1 Squadron (RAF) on the 23rd of January 1919.
Eventually it was sent through the Reception Park back to England on the 5th of February 1919 and then struck off charge.

I have already built the Wingnut Wings SE5a 'Hisso', which is on my web site.
However, at that time I wasn't writing build logs, which I will for this model.
This will be one of a two model build hopefully.
The other model is not WW1 obviously and will not have a build log.

Mike

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Hi all,
I'm being sent a 3D printed conversion set to convert the Wingnut Wings SE5a (Hisso) kit to a Wolseley 'Viper' engined SE5a.
This set has been in development for two years.
I'll be testing it on a Wingnut Wings kit and report back to the creator.
If it goes well we could see a conversion set release in the future.
If not, I'll report any findings in the hope they can be tweaked and I can re-test if necessary.
I can always revert to the Roden kit build if I need to,

Mike