Welcome to Papa695's Bi plane GB. Chat thread

[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

 

[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/19611197...DAXoBmHEoph7IvkvcCLr/JDBlt|tkp:Bk9SR4jP5OaJYw
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.....
.... 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.....
.... 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.

 

[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. Thank you.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

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

That's my blurry picture to blame. You can't read 'Contrail', the kit maker, on the box

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

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

KP doing the DH9s was a surprise (AFTER I'd got the Maquette R-1 - harumph), so after I got the Horsley six months ago I thought that an injection or resin one might suddenly materialise

 

[Waspie]

That's my blurry picture to blame. You can't read 'Contrail', the kit maker, on the box

Ahh, ok, thank you Chris. My eyes weren't up to that level of clarity!!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Well now. What DO I do?
View attachment 496915
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
View attachment 496916

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

Well,if you do a vote, put me down for the Hector....
No military reason...I just used to love "Hector's House" as a child!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well,if you do a vote, put me down for the Hector....
No military reason...I just used to love "Hector's House" as a child!!

He’s just a great big wingy old Hector..…..

 

[The Smythe Meister]

He’s just a great big wingy old Hector..…..

Very true Tim,he certainly is!!...
Blimey we're getting OLD!!

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Very true Tim,he certainly is!!...
Blimey we're getting OLD!!

And we fit together about as well as a Frog kit of the same vintage...

Which reminds me, why did Hector's 'sexy' frog neighbour keep climbing the ladder to see what him and the cat were up to?

Aah, forum tangents!

Seriously tho' (ha!) I suppose I COULD start with the Hector and work backwards thru the Hart variants... Still don't have Hardy yet...

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very true Tim,he certainly is!!...
Blimey we're getting OLD!!

Only on the outside buddy, only on the outside

 

[Lee Drennen]

Ian. Nice idea for a GB. Mind if I join maybe? I’ll have to go to the Vintage Vault and look around for my subject tomorrow let you guys know soon if I’ll be joining

 

[Dave Ward]

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

I made quite a few Contrail vacforms last century & the boxes are quite familiar................ a lot of those are now available as injection moulded, but at the time the only models were vacforms. One which eluded me, but is still unique is the Fairey Hendon..................
Dave