The Leaves are starting to turn....2006

StephenLawson · 9 September 2006, 01:09 PM

Well folks here we are again. Usually I would wait til September but...the leave are starting to turn. Several years back member PeterLH - stringbags4ever started a thread where we discuss what on the building board for the coming winter months. We have done this every year since then. I'll start it off.

In-progress 1/48 there is of course my two dioramas
1. Issoudon Repair Shop building, 9 Nieu 21 and 1 Nieu. 24 ..so far. (Still working on from last year.)
2. German aircraft turn in depot EOW 14 various kits..so far. (Still working on from last year.)
3. Roden Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. (Still working on from last year.)
4. Roden Two more Roden SE 5a One Viper, one Hispano Suiza.
5. Roden and Part of Poland Bristol Fighter F2.b (still working on this from last year.)
6. Roden and Part of Poland Fokker D.VII think I'll do the early Fokker type this time. (New one.)
7. Eight extra Eduard Fokker D.VII fuselages. See #2.
8. Gavia Pfalz E.I
9. Planet Models Rumpler C.IV

Completed this year.
1. Two Eduard Sopwith 2F.1 ship Camels N5 & N6602.
2. Two Roden Nieu. 28 N6301 & N6144.
3. Four Eduard Fiokker D.VII 4499/18, Jasta 2, Jasta 43 and Jasta 46.
4. One Eduard Fok. E.V 142/18.
5. One Eduard Sopwith F.1 from the Combo kit # 8060.
6. Four more Eduard Nieuport 21 for diorama

Kitboy · 10 September 2006, 10:53 AM

I just started a trio built. Pfalz's operational fighters of ww1; The E1 (Gavia), DIIIa(Eduard) and the DXII (Special Hobby), all 1/48 scale.

Did make a start on the E1. Wanted to start on it earlier but first had to finish Revell's Spirit of St. Louis. Nice new kit without any problems..

Other kits I built this year:

Albatros DVa Eduard
Fokker DVII Roden
Fokker DVII Eduard
Sopwith Camel Eduard
Airco DH 5 Karaya
Fokker DVIII Eduard.

All 1/48 scale

That is nearly a kit a month.

Greetings, Nico

Scimitar · 10 September 2006, 12:02 PM

Finished this year: only one kit: Dragon 1/48th scale Fokker D VII, Belgian version

Actually in progress:

- Fokker E V (Dragon 1/48th scale); Belgian version
- Fokker Dr I (Roden 1/32)

Will start soon:

- Albatros DIII (Eduard 1/48th scale); Voss a/c. That build will be part of a SGB on the (Belgian, French Speaking) Amay Modeles Club forum, where four guys will build Voss'a/c but at different scales: Osterkamp at 1/144th scale; Edmond Thieffry at 1/72 scale; myself (pseudo Draken35 on that forum) at 1/48th scale and Marko at 1/32nd scale. we're just waiting the reception of the Roden 1/32 kit before to start.

Other projects that were begun but are progressing too slowly to be considered as "actually in progress":

- Nieuport 17 (1/48 Eduard)
- Nieuport 11 (1/48 Eduard)
- Nieuport 23 (1/48 Eduard)
- Spad VII Rouleur (1/72 MAC)

Tom L. · 10 September 2006, 06:52 PM

Being off-topic, I won't mention my ship modeling plans for the winter. Ships have also been my only completed models so far this year.

As for aircraft, I'll be finishing Roden's Albatros W.4 (Early) very soon (tonight, with luck

), and then for the rest of the season I'm going to plan for one, and only one aircraft kit.

Roden's Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI.

stringbags4ever2 · 11 September 2006, 05:02 PM

OK, I'm committing so that everyone can see. Don't know how long it will take me, but I'm building the Eduard Profi-pack Nieuport 11 and the Eduard 1/72 Fokker EIV Profipack. I've sat on my modeling butt for far too long, and it's time to get into the fray.....

Pete

John Masters · 11 September 2006, 07:59 PM

...An Ansaldo SVA 5, more DVII's, M-S 'L', a Berg, and a Hansa D.1, maybe some SPAD 7's, and, I hope, an Eindecker. All from Eduard except for the SVA 5 and the Special Hobby and Blue Max SPADs.

I'd like to add the Pup in the there, too, but school cuts into my modeling time.

I'm still working on a 72nd scale Tiger Moth from Airfix as a tribute to my own past...

From the Factory on the hill,
John

stringbags4ever2 · 12 September 2006, 06:12 PM

Hey everyone, when we're all done with our builds, let's not forget to post them here. God knows how much we like the eye candy......

Brad Cancian · 12 September 2006, 07:16 PM

Well, let me see....

Completed this year so far:

1/48 Roden Fok D.VII (Fok Early)
1/48 Eduard Pfalz D.IIIa
1/72 Eduard SPAD X.III

On the bench at the moment:
1/48 Eduard Albatros D.V (Just got the lozenge on it last night....should have this one done in the next few weeks - yay!!)
1/48 Roden F.2b (Long term diorama project)
1/48 BE-12b Aeroclub kit bash (Even longer term project given Roden has released a kit of the BE-12b.... bye bye motivation!)

Plus some other non WW1 stuff which probably doesn't interest anyone here

BC

Tom L. · 13 September 2006, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stringbags4ever2

Hey everyone, when we're all done with our builds, let's not forget to post them here. God knows how much we like the eye candy......

I have simply got to get a camera; not that I'm some super modeler, but I really would like to share...

BTW, I might have to scratch that "Roden R.VI only" idea of mine; test fitting those nacelle parts that I've been dreading showed them to have quite an acceptable fit. Sure, they're going to take some touching-up, but I thought the end-cones were part-thickness too big in diameter.

Add a Toko Hansa-Brandenberg D.I to my "list" if everything goes as smoothly on the R-Plane front as it appears it will. Maybe an Eduard E.III, too?

Roden Albatros W.4 is done, first completed plane model for 2006.

LedZepplane · 13 September 2006, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom L.

I have simply got to get a camera; not that I'm some super modeler, but I really would like to share...

BTW, I might have to scratch that "Roden R.VI only" idea of mine; test fitting those nacelle parts that I've been dreading showed them to have quite an acceptable fit. Sure, they're going to take some touching-up, but I thought the end-cones were part-thickness too big in diameter.

Add a Toko Hansa-Brandenberg D.I to my "list" if everything goes as smoothly on the R-Plane front as it appears it will. Maybe an Eduard E.III, too?

Roden Albatros W.4 is done, first completed plane model for 2006.

Howdy, Tom:

I’m in the same boat as you are, I’ve been promising myself to get a digital camera for the past few years, I guess I’ll just have to quit putting it off and get one real soon… and I’m sure every one here in the forum would very much like to see your models.

Danny