Chris's 1/72 Revell SE5A.

[Steve-the-Duck]

So, the cockpit parts are painted...


I did think about drilling out the instruments, but a few shiny paint blobs suffice
And the sidewalls done

with just a little shading

And then the halves together

And, of course, all that can be seen is the top of the joystick. We all knew this would happen

[Steve-the-Duck]

So, the wings have lots of tiny holes drilled ready

Plus, I pushed in the top of the stand to fill the hole in the lower wing, and smoothed it off

Then, I noticed in the reference picture I'm using, the 'plane didn't have the long exhausts, so off they're carved

As the struts have a spreader top and bottom, I can fit the rigging there before even attaching them. Dry-fitting the lower wing, it's a very tight fit, thanks to the age of this p[articular issue

[Steve-the-Duck]

Why is my progress so slow? Too much work on the cockpit!

And while the varnish is drying on the Hector, before I have to try and fit the coaming properly, here we are...

Lower wing, tail-surfaces and undercarriage legs on.
Had to fill some of the tiny holes for the rigging on the tailplanes as they looked in the wrong place. Tiny elevator horn from plasti strip.
So, while working on the undercarriage, one of the legs vanished completely off the table. Having cleared everything and searched to no avail, I finally noticed it against a cupboard base more than a meter away. Didn't even see it go...

Time to rig the interplane struts. And then do something about those sink marks on the wing. They're more obvious in the photos than the actual piece

[Steve-the-Duck]

What you can do with 0.3 and 0.5 mm micro drills and 0.2 mm rod.

Both 'frames' are now in place, and now all it needs is a little sanding stick work before paint! Yay

[rtfoe]

Good effort on the cockpit details Steve, it's crazy isn't it in 1/72 scale. I had my fair share of cockpit detailing on my RE8 as the Airfix figures weren't salvageable plus there is the passenger seat with his little toy in the back. Click on this to see what I mean.

The tube of glue reminds me of the Airfix tube cement...the smell was sublime. Always tempted to taste it and got the tongue burnt because of my bad habit of biting my fingernails then.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Steve-the-Duck]

Every time I see that RE8, Richard, I marvel at the work done on it. I went to town as much on my Brisfit

We do the work that please us!

[scottie3158]

Chris,
Coming on nicely.

[Steve-the-Duck]

So, first spray of silver overall is on

Which did show up even more the ejector marks on top of the lower wing, despite the filling. Also need a bit of work where the gun position was filled on the cowling, as expected
The cowling will get a Chrome Silver overspray for the polished surface

[Lee Drennen]

Okay, so, the Hector is stalled for a while, much air-brush practice to ensue, so this was going to be next afterwards but I may just make a start now-ish[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1216602[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1216603[/ATTACH]
I WILL be putting in cockpit detail, thanks to Wingnut references. Intention is a post-war RAE display aircraft in silver, which I can rattle-can
BTW, when I got this, CHEAP, off eBay, this was in the box too
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Brings back memories. I think all my Matchbox kits in the 'seventies were stuck with this

But not this one, not this time.
Now I just need to wait for some new drill-bits to arrive for the rigging holes.

Nice Classic I have all of these old 1/72 Revell kits including the ones molded across the pond which have a somewhat different Boxart to them

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, we're progressing more. With the usual problems

All the main paint done, with the cowling oversprayed in Chrome for 'polished metal.' Soon for the upper wing and then the rigging
However...

So, I tried lettering with Letraset overpainted, but theletters just would not come off without, too much, scratching. I should have left them as a guide and overpainted white. Only once has this every properly worked for me, and that was putting Verlinden rub-down numbers on a 1/35th BMP-1, THIRTY YEARS ago!

[Steve-the-Duck]

Upper wing filled and marked up. I've used Xtradecal Pre-WW2 Roundels, or so it says they are

They're nicely thin, and robust, and VERY shiny, but they needed a lot of decal solution to get them to bed down properly. There'll be a satin varnish overspray before attachment, after I've added the control wires to the horns
However, PT umpteen

Comparing them to the (kit) roundels on my Sopwith Snipe, the blue looks more wartime dark
I can live with that, though. Like I said, the kit transfers were just too yellowed to use

[scottie3158]

Chris, coming on nicely.

[papa 695]

Just caught up Chris, some cracking work it’s coming along very nicely.

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, THAT's a bit better, even with the slightly out-of-focus pic

Undercarriage and wheels now on, and rigged, but too late for pictures
Progress!

[papa 695]

Loads better Chris, nice work.