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Mike Daniels
Lot of masking on this one.

Erik Leijdens
Lot of rigging too.. 🙂

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
And following a lot too!😉

Dave Flitton
Watching

Daniel Klink
Very appealing subject and very promising progress 👍

Mike Daniels
Hi every body. Yes a tricky subject. I was tempted by the WnW kit but would need to move house to display it. As they now seem to have gone bust anyway not much chance. Hopefully they will pick up again when the world becomes sane again. Welcome aboard.
Felixstowe F.2a Late (Wingnut Wings 32066, 1:32)

Mike Daniels
Hi Erik. Im gonna cheat a bit on the rigging. I just wrap them around the uprights rather than sticking each one. Tried this awhile back on the little Airfix 1/72 BE2c and it worked well. Its just too fiddly at 1/72 to anchor every line. Mind you I have seen a few that have managed this with superb results. Im just too lazy these days. [img1]

Uwe Kaeding
Got this one in the stash - will definitely be watching for pointers!

Mike Daniels
Hi Uwe. If I find any i'll let you know.

Gordon Sørensen
Very nice job on the masking, Mike! Paint looks great!

Mike Daniels
Thanks Gordan. Looks like a stick of sea side rock. Youd certainly spot it in the ocean pretty easily.

Łukasz Gliński
That looks utterly fascinating 🙂

John Thomas
Very cool

Mike Daniels
Thanks John. Just trying to upload more pics. Not working at the moment.

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
nice

Jan Marciniak
Hi Mike 🙂 Can You tell me something more about building this kit? It's in my field of interest and sooner or later I will get one 🙂 (I'm looking for Roden 019kit with this red-white twisting paintjob😉 )

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Same here!😉

Mike Daniels
Thanks Laurent. Hi Jan and Rene. Yes sure will do. I will caption photos as i go along. Happy to try an answer any questions. So far im enjoying it. My second Roden kit so i'm getting used to their rather vague diagrams. Its all rather imprecise and prone to interpretation - but thats all part of the fun and skill required.

Mike Daniels
Kinda nice the beaching trolley. Comes with the kit.

Mike Daniels
Time for some weathering. Not a lot of surface detail to bring out. Have seen a few reference photos and they did get pretty filthy. Just a wash of dilute black/brown then hard brushed off.

Skyhiker
Ooooh, I want one!

Es-haq Khosravi
Lovely!

David Taylor
front seat,popcorn.

Mike Daniels
Those wings really were huge. You wonder how it ever got off the water. Amazing they could fly for up to five hours. Sub hunting. Quite a few used by RNAS.

Dave Flitton
Awesome build! Please finish

Tim Heimer
Looking good!

Mike Daniels
Yaaaa, finished it!

Skyhiker
Beautiful, just beautiful...

Łukasz Gliński
Incredible job, looks more like 1/48 👍

Tim Heimer
Beautifully detailed!

Pierre Pierre
congrat really amazing ! i like the wing paint job !

Olivier
Thanks for bringing us such an interesting subject.

Michael Phillips
This is sooooooooooo awesome!

Daniel Klink
Fantastic Result Mike...👍

Jan Marciniak
Wonderful and inspiring job Mike 🙂

Neuling
A masterpiece again!

Slavo Hazucha
Spectacular build - excellent colors & all the rigging more complex than on a small sailing ship... 👍

Guy Rump
Good grief, that is truly an amazing model. 🙂

Andrea Brenco
Beautiful!!!

Alec K
Very well done Mike 👍

Thomas Bischoff
Really impressive! I'm waiting for a Curtis H-16 to appear in 1:48 one day ...

Mike Daniels
Wow. You obviously like that one! Thank you all very much for your very kind comments. Yes, a challenging build but turned out alright. Still think the wings droop too much, but couldn't find a decent work around. Next time!! Added a few more pics today. A great kit from Roden.

Spanjaard
amazing job, how did i miss this one before?

Spanjaard
website says that they have suspended activity due to covid. but they plan to resume when situation is normal.... so not busted. or at least not yet.... that will be sad if happens.

Mike Daniels
Yes it is sad about Wingnut. It certainly looks like they have gone for good. Staff have been laid off and absolute silence from Weta. Lets hope somebody buys out the stock and re-establishes the brand. A very ready and willing audience awaits Peter!

Predrag Ivanovic
WOW! Overal amazing build. Spider net rigging is defintely from another world.

Erik Leijdens
Amazing work Mike !!

Mike Daniels
Thanks very much Predrag and Erik. Used EZline for the rigging. Makes it sooo much easier.

Gary Kitchen
Wow Mike. Certainly not one for a beginner! This looks complex and challenging but ultimately amazing. Hats off, sir.

Spanjaard
i really wanted to get one of those WnW kits... but i was hesitant due to the price... now that they are "collector" item, a quick search made really clear that the prices out there have gone through the roof.... and the few with "cheap" prices, are obvious internet scam shops (be careful with those).... c'est la vie.

Mike Daniels
Thanks a lot Gary. A little experience certainly helps with Roden kits. They are a bit different from other makes with a lot of balancing/wiggling required. I think a jig might help, especially on this one with those enormous wings.

Mike Daniels
Didnt know that Spanjaard. But I guess a lot of former Wingnut customers are probably buying them all up. Thats great for Roden as I understand they are now going to start producing more WW1 kits. I got mine on eBay and if anything this is less than i paid for it. Snap one up!
https://ebay.co.uk/i/1844698..qOPR9gSikE7zqUxoCkYQQAvD_BwE

Spanjaard
excuse my ignorance, is Roden as good as WnW?

Mike Daniels
I would say yes. But the Roden is 1/72 whereas the Wingnut is 1/32. Hence the rather large difference in price. Wingnut kits are/were just amazing.

gorby
Wow, what a stunner! At first I thought it was the WNW kit.

Spanjaard
thanks for the info Mike!

Spanjaard
and congratulations again for a stunning model. hard to believe it is 1/72!

Bas Tonn
What.a.project.
Great work !!

Alex Rodionov
I have no words. 👍👍👍

Rui S
How yeah and yeah &yeah. Beautiful work 👍

Mike Daniels
Thank you. A tough build. Really wish i had strengthened the main wing joints. I could not get them level. Next time!

Mark K
Absolutely delightful!

Bernd Grün
Amazing!!! Phantastic build.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Great! Very colourful! And all that rigging... 👍

John F
Very well-done build Mike. I have this kit in my stash and as always seeing a beautiful build such as this gives me motivation.

Curatorm
Exquisite-awesome-incredible. All my respect!

Kyle DeHart
All I can say on this one is wow! Impressive stuff

Diego DH
eye catching

Ben M
Beautiful! What a great subject as well.

Pietro De Angelis
Awesome!

Oliver Zwiener
State of the art !!!

Landlubber Mike
Wow Mike, amazing model!

Guy Rump
Excellent modelling. 👍

Doubtingmango
That engine looks amazing

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks, it took some head scratching...

Merry Christmas,
Angel

Olivier
Ah ha... This photographer seems to spend too much time ogling the young lady. The real beauty here is under the boot...

Michael Kohl
I like to follow another scratch building and super detailing session of yours.

Joerg R.
And here we have another Gem of Angel👍 keep going on my friend, I will follow

Neuling
Joining ......

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Michael, Joerg and Neuling!

And yes, Olly!
He is far too young to have learned discerning between perishable and eternal beauty...

Bogicevic Vladimir
Hi Angel. Realy nice work. Where do you find nerves for so many details?

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Bogi!
I don't know, I somehow manage to...

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Cheers,
Angel

Bogicevic Vladimir
Thank Angel, same to you and your family. Good luck with your project.

Alec K
Taking a belated seat for another scratchbuilt beauty 👍

Angel Yovtshev
Well, it's never too late Alec K.

The Carro Veloce is on hold now- I ordered 2 sets of PE grills for the radiator compartment with a modeling buddy of mine and wait for their arrival.

Cheers,
Angel

Angel Yovtshev
Well, my buddy seems to be quite busy, so I went for another solution for the radiator grills- I have been given an IBG's Lancia 3RO PE fret a year ago and found that the radiator part matched the patern of Ansaldo's radiator grills perfectly .So I made a short session of measuring, cutting and soldering.

Pepe
Looking

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Trez Mackenzie
Any progress?

Angel Yovtshev
I've been busy with 2 scratchbuild projects lately...
Besides finishing 2 other shelf queens.So not much time for the Ansaldo...
I think I'll come back to it in the comming winter.

Cheers,
Angel

Rod -
This kit is more than 50 years old and amazingly good. The original tires in my kit had decomposed to mush so I got some Tamiya RC tires, machined some rims and 3d printed some centres.
The kit comes with a motor, lights and wiring. Motor hidden in engine block, 4x AA in the fuel tank. It even has little uni joints on the tail shaft.

Rod -
I've spent a bit of time trying to get the stance right. Out of box it sits quite high.

Ben M
Those rims are amazing, did you use a hobby lathe?

Andrew P
Beautiful build! Placing the tail decals must have been a chore.