Welcome to Papa695's Bi plane GB. Chat thread

[Waspie]

I will admit I will not be participating but I will be following along. Some of these machines are awesome. Way beyond my current skill set.

[Dave Ward]

Way beyond my current skill set.

Doug, you never know until you try - some biplane models aren't that difficult, the Roland CII in 1/72 or 1/48 for example is pretty simple,

The struts are the simplest of any biplane!
Dave
ps Revell reboxed this & you can find it at a very nice price!

[stillp]

The struts are the simplest of any biplane!

Yes, but 12 rigging wires on the wings! Scary.
Pete

[Dave Ward]

Yes, but 12 rigging wires on the wings! Scary.
Pete

Ha! - rigging isn't compulsory!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Doug, you never know until you try - some biplane models aren't that difficult, the Roland CII in 1/72 or 1/48 for example is pretty simple,
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The struts are the simplest of any biplane!
Dave
ps Revell reboxed this & you can find it at a very nice price!

That’s the one in my stash……don’t want to scare Pete, but there are actually 16 rigging wires on the wings LOL…..good looking aircraft though.

[The Smythe Meister]

Doug, you never know until you try - some biplane models aren't that difficult, the Roland CII in 1/72 or 1/48 for example is pretty simple,
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The struts are the simplest of any biplane!
Dave
ps Revell reboxed this & you can find it at a very nice price!

I do like that :thumb2:

[Dave Ward]

Well, there are a few around -

https://www.kingkit.co.uk/product/revell-aircraft-1-48-03965-roland-cii

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196111971505?hash=item2da92f34b1:g:mM0AAOSwZnVlULt6&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4EA6OiaNrnhBJcpJgaJsFh9mMu16cZxb%2BF8AkMAYDBwG5DVHHvDPOPkmn4Dndt8FJ8fItAzjf6CGjuk8W69nGtPmR9fYc2fhUKuh9NDpPd84YKGw%2FmLOy%2BuuuxYObRewvz3OsauQ%2F9ogOEnsBKto2hMU0TNuhPIdEtNdsnBIRhrONGlfBI8Xq7mBDZ%2BSffCcCyiFDSLBpAl5GuktBN0%2BXYguuZwom92L3w%2FZWnKqT3hfGiFt9MmEccOcD2K9%2B0EpkHJC9rgdOUUBWxYNBvDAXoBmHEoph7IvkvcCLr%2FJDBlt%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4jP5OaJYw

I have the Eduard Weekend version in the stash - I've just looked at it & I don't think it needs any PE! The Revell boxing is exactly the same plastic.
Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

Dave,Dave,Dave:astonished:.....
.... you're a bad man, tempting me like that !!!!... There's me trying SO hard to be good,(haven't bought a kit for months),and you go and post that up....Noooooo .... I must resist!

[Dave Ward]

Dave,Dave,Dave:astonished:.....
.... you're a bad man, tempting me like that !!!!... There's me trying SO hard to be good,(haven't bought a kit for months),and you go and post that up....Noooooo .... I must resist!

Oh no! I love helping people spend their money - I hate to think of modellers struggling to find the model they really want to buy.
Dave

[Pancho]

I will follow this GB with great interest.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[stillp]

That’s the one in my stash……don’t want to scare Pete, but there are actually 16 rigging wires on the wings LOL…..good looking aircraft though.

Yep, I'm scared!
Pete

[Steve-the-Duck]

Ha! - rigging isn't compulsory!
Dave

It... It's NOT? I thought that was the point?

Hmm, at least I'VE never rigged a 1/300 Swordfish. I've seen it done

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well now. What DO I do?

This is only a PART of my RAF silver wings stash.

The Horsley is a vacform, so a bit of an outlier for this go. Haven't done a vac in a LONG time.
And I've never actually finished one...

Maybe I should take a vote...

Or go with this


Or, go with the 1/32 CR.32.
Decisions decisions

[Dave Ward]

Well now. What DO I do?
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This is only a PART of my RAF silver wings stash.

The Horsley is a vacform, so a bit of an outlier for this go. Haven't done a vac in a LONG time.
And I've never actually finished one...

Maybe I should take a vote...

Or go with this
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Or, go with the 1/32 CR.32.
Decisions decisions

Wow! - The Contrail Hawker Horsley was one of my more successful vacforms! - sometime in the 80's - the reason I built it was that my mothers' maiden name was Horsley! Vacforms were the only way to make the more obscure aircraft ( short of scratching ), pretty much a dying art.....................
Dave

[Waspie]

Wow! - The Contrail Hawker Horsley was one of my more successful vacforms! - sometime in the 80's - the reason I built it was that my mothers' maiden name was Horsley! Vacforms were the only way to make the more obscure aircraft ( short of scratching ), pretty much a dying art.....................
Dave

Dave, may I ask why you used the word 'Contrail' in reference to the Horsley. :thumb2: Thank you.