Finished the Camel

Cockpit detail? Nope... 

Engine is basic, but not too bad 

the intended colour scheme (I'm not planning to buy new decals, so I'll use the ones from the box combined with a aluminium painted cowling) 

the rigging wire to practice 

Top and bottom have 2 coats of paint, but need a third 

Pilots and ground crew started 

 

1914-1916 crew 

1917-1918 crew 

Prop, cowling and MG's added.
Humbrol 11 silver is really silver !! Not recomended for large surfaces like wings or the fuselage. 

High-tech-custom-made-biplane-stand 

Upper wing added, only glued on lower wing and fuselage. So I can remove the upper wing, touch up the struts and add the rigging, before finaly glueing the upper wing. 

First parts of the rigging in place.

I tried the 0.055 rigging wire, but it doesn't work for me, it's just too thin.
It curls when in contact with the superglue, snaps back, impossible to get even with a tweezer, and than curls even more...

If anyone wants the rigging wire, let me know (specs see photo 4). 

So I used thin stretched sprue, with takes some more dry fitting, but can be placed quite precise 

The sprues from the Spitfire are already black, so no colouring needed 😉 

Rigging of the cabane struts finished 

Rigging of the wing struts, other side 

First decal in place, but not with succes.
Very thick and curly 

Even with lots of decal solution not usable...
I decided to go safe with new decals. Luckily the Australian flew with a simular paint scheme as the British 

Progress on the rigging.
The longer wires are made with 0.091 elastic rigging wire 

Upper and lower aileron connected 

Minor touch-ups, but even small progress is still progress 

Now what? The new decal is at least one millimeter too big both above and below the tail...
Cut to size and lots of softener used to form the decal.

Had some time in between the softener to add some decals to the Mustang too. 

And now I know why the decalsheet came with white copies. The decals are very thin, so the colours don't really stand out to a dark surface colour.

But I think I will paint the red a little to add some colour. I'll just leave the blue as it is.
Let's wait and see how the roundels look. 

This little piece of excess decal has been trimmed after the photo was taken.

The decal on the other side will be added next week, even better cut to shape but also using a lot of softener. 

Touch up of the tail, not a lot of work, and not a huge impact, but still happy with it.

[The colour green is a little shifted by the light... ] 

First Kangaroo decal in place.
Finally found some mojo to continue the Camel 

Landing gear attached 

Rigging of the landing gear (I left out the central wire)
 

On her wheels 

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction of the cover photo