kkarlsen Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 So Gent's I'm getting ready to join this Wingnut Wings Group Build... And this will be the theme of my entry... This nice photo of a squadron of S.e.5a fighters, is the inspiration for my project. Lets see how far I get... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 18, 2016 Administrators Share Posted June 18, 2016 Looking forward to this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Gonna need yer wet mud skills! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarEast Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 after seeing your last GB diorama I can't wait to see what you do with this one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 'I'll try my best'! The 'Training during combat' diorama was inspired by Joseph Heller and the Catch-22 movie (1970), which I saw, for the first time, 40 years ago. It's almost the same story with this diorama, watching the movie 'Aces High' from 1976, also did make a lasting impression on me, at the time. I think it catches the atmosphere of the RFC in WWI! Although the 'Aces High' movie is showing it's age today! P.S: Found some nice 'moving' footage of an Australian Squadron, trawling IWM/AWM pages... That's a nice addition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Basis for this diorama, will be the Crossley RFC tender + trailer with a crashed S.e.5a... The plan is to build three more S.e.5a's to get the feel of a Squadron... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 That broken prop looks great. How did you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Propeller blades are made from a bamboo skeewer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Ah, nice idea. It gives a very realistic effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 Ok, so I've finally got around to doing the final details on Crossley/S.e.5a combo. This is the photo that was the inspiration for this project. Upper wing on the S.e.5a is mounted, incl. the Lewis machine gun installation and the fuel lines were replaced by brass ones. The Crossley tender had some added decals and some minor detail additions... Next up is to mass produce a few S.e.5a's... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Fran Posted October 12, 2016 Administrators Share Posted October 12, 2016 WOOOW!!!! I love it... everything!! The Crossley, The Hisso, the trailer.... wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Time for a little update... Massproduction of S.E.5a's has begun... A lot of wings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Excellent progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 So after finishing the Mosquito project, it's time to get back on the S.e.5a project... For some time I have been practicing doing WWI instrument panels using different techniques and with various results. Still a lot to learn. Now i think I will move on, bringing these 'oldtimers' together. Added new frames and wires into the fuselages... It's good practice, having to do many at a time... The wings are primed and ready for assembly... (Replaced the kit fuellines with brass wire) Instrument panels... Experiment using real wood for the panel + Eduard instruments, a scratch build magneto, copper wire, brass tube and a scratch build Creagh-Osborne compass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 10, 2017 Administrators Share Posted March 10, 2017 Love this project soo much. A plane without wings. My kind of style! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thanks Jeroen, this time I do plan to put wings on the three planes... So, I decided to scratch some early british Sutton Harness seatbelts, I do not know if it's correct but maybe they would have been in use late 1918? Using tape, sheet styrene and lead wire for the seatbelts... Also reworked the control colums... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Assembly of the fuselages and tails... Top wings masked for some shading... Bottom wings ditto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 Some shots of the interiors, before closing them up... A lot of work about to disappeare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelscarborough Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Just catching up here.....this is really wonderful work! So many times when people try to do BIG projects the quality suffers. That is sure not the case here! Super work on the interiors and the truck and cart are wonderful. I look forward to seeing more! Cheers from NYC, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 An update on the build. Finally done with the airbrush work. Allmost went crazy with all the masking tape for the ribs, but thats now a thing of the past... I did order some authentic colors from Misterkit, PC-12 and Clear Doped Linen RFC/RAF, but I wasn't happy with the nuances, So I ended up doing my own mix as usual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelscarborough Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Very neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 The three Wolseley Viper engines... The three Wolseley Viper engines with their converted cowlings... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted April 5, 2017 Administrators Share Posted April 5, 2017 Oh dang sweet!!! Three on a row! Lovely work on the upper wing shading.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 5/4/2017 at 7:16 PM, JeroenPeters said: Oh dang sweet!!! Three on a row! Lovely work on the upper wing shading.. Thanks Jeroen, appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelscarborough Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 This is indeed looking fine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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