WINGNUT STINer ‘models Is best described by the fact that had a 1:48 scale Eduard ‘Aavos n my possession for over titeen years without ever Ctting around te bulding It. The whole subject looked fascinating and Iwas aware ofthe colourful schemes but with no knowledge ‘aout the subject It seemed Ike & steep leaming curve tat INeVer ‘got around to tackling - end those planes were just too small in 1:48 scala! “The arrival of Wingnua Wings changed all hat overnight and it was Immediately obvious that these its were something diferent. 1:32 {and engineered to tha highost quality that are a real ploasure to ‘asvemble, Tho instruction Booklets avo a revolutionary concept, provieing al the information you need to get the most out of your kit and meaning that you can do s0 knowhg absclutely nething | built the Wingnuts LVG .VI When it was frst released in 2009 and | was immeaiately converted and genuinely enjoyed tne wnote ‘experience. | now that many others have done the same and been hacked by the Wingnut Wings experiance teo. We have land a hints and tips section te guide you through some of theless familar aspects of World War One airerani medeting which we hope wil nape and asst you in our projacte or tempt you to ty the Wingrut Wings experience yoursalt| scone | | iW R D | J@itt=r pelleqnr cnet ali = Are Your Looking for the perfect. accessories for aircraft from cg gaia Kode Lele - Lozenge with fabric effects - Interior Lozenge | - Resin accessories Bekele ire Nai telg aan a - All for scales 1:72, 48 and 32 P< www.oldpropeller.com info@oldpropeller.com — Yordland PTT Visit our e-shop > WWW.nordlandmodels.com Specialized shop for the equipment of all eras and aircraft of WWI eat prices and services! lors: Misterkit lard, Avis, Wire, Taurus Model, e-mail: info@nordlandmodels.comConighaly ie concept ortne piane was conceived ina night, although intially the plane would have a biplane configuration, It would eventually Become a monoplane esign, @ revolutionary concept during the Fst wing the monoplane had excellent ging characteristics and making it the first modern German This arciat entered service as a substitute for the W.12medel in maritime patrol duties in the cold waters of the Nerth Sea operating against Oxich ahipe, seaplanes or even submarines. The operating life of ‘he aircraft In combst was short as entered service in the last year of the war but continued in service other foreign Air Forces ko Finland or Norway whore it remained in service until 196 and demonstrates the success of ts design,FLOAT ASSEMBLY With ine coctoit assembled what I did next Is.switch areas and focus on the floats. The floats are mounted very easily and made paint the pieces separately ang ft tem after painting. | chose the frst optin in case there were any issues wath the aecombly which would be easier to fit if ho parts were not already painted. The floats ‘are the onty areas with rigging on the Ki nich | aaded using copper wires. PROPELLER ‘Step 1 Propeter easy toe partes. ‘Step 2 6ase Coat ‘Step 3 mases ‘Step 4 Dane Srase sorayed ‘Step § The est ter te mavkng ‘Step 7 Rea Overy ‘Step 8 GoktSiver Datel Added Popetor ready bePAINTING & WEATHERING {AL this pont, with the main pieces assembles, | closed the Raeiage ane traces of adhesive. Having found no problems with the fi fall he cormponents, "began te painting phase Todo vs stare wet the floats, wich blue grey undersides. The lower areas were subject to soratches from rubbing with the surtaces of the docks where these arcraft were based, These effects were created wth both HE and 28 graphite pencia, erally drawing on the seutts and seratehes, These areratt, ‘rom what | 900 in the photos, did not stayFUSELAGE With the wings complete, what remaine row i the fuselage whichis inished in two coloure, This was masked and | sprayed the cry the upper section was painted using Tamiya XF-83, These grey cclours are perfect for wear andl ait atfects, To co this | started by mixing the base colour (XF-83) wth whita ard applying it over tho upper / pine of te fuselage. Sirntary a dark arey was used to sprey the shadow areas anc Pan tines, Once all hie had dried ak the Falged details ike covers, ramen. crows, handles, and others were picked outin the gnter grey tone with a brush Final, with ponet t outlined all the paneliines anc ‘edded some seuts and chips tothe paint ef vamish and placement of he bzenge pattem on the fuselage and the German ecals and numbering,“Time for the weapons ard atthough the kt parts are of excellent quality, anc supplied with photeetened gun sieeves, | used the Pollan Master brand turned brass barre! land sleeve sats. Superb qualty with a superb fe both between the turned parts land plastic gun parts and they reaity Now with allparts completed | proceeded {0 the frat assemoy of me arcrart, carolully assembling the pars nthe following order. The frst steps to complete the entire fuselage, placing all the small parts and the rudcer wit the corespending control wes. Soccndly, carotuly ft the fosts and rggng wires to the fuselage, bong caretul rot to amage any of the parts Thirdly and as equally carotly tthe wings and St the remaining small pieces anc instal the propeter,LNG ire EI OTT THE SCOUT EXPERIMENTAL NO. 5 OF THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY APPEARED IN THE SKIES OF THE "GREAT WAR" CURRENT IN APRIL 1917 IN THE 56TH SQUADRON ROYAL FLYING CORPS. Despite some med revews due to some inverent problems with new arcraft, ne most srking being the Unretabitty of the frst engine. The SES was qucl’y Proven in combat combining the qualities of peed, ‘ery good fight characteristics and an excellnt sing platform, Powered initally by « Hispano-Suiza VB 150 hp Ba, i wae quick replaced by @ 200hp version of te sare engine (the SBA) version called "Hisss" cr an adapted \ersion of the English manufacturer Woisiey WA caled. “viper. It wl be one of the most successful ghters of the late war, competing for the te of best fighter witn the Sopwith Camel. was used long after the confict by, @D ritary sna erates.| ib J gs od ay oe | ie? ae —_ we eeCONCLUSIOND.IVA Foner rds 1 MUST ADMIT THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF FIRST WORLD WAR AVIATION! | don't know much about this period and 1 had never though! about building a biplane Nt for various aesthetic ard technical reasons. Sut when | saw pictures of he frst Wingnut Wings Kits, the quality of ‘he moulding of nese models changed my opinion. 1 began, in spite of sot, thinking about ing my hand fat a Werld War One aircraft and the Roland ie he kt met | nose.‘HARRY TATE’CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ‘Me Cockpitet ‘Once | had everything siting pertactly | ‘dsassembied the pleces and proceeded to paint the parte eeparately | had to lita ‘wood grain on allthe pars, rot an easy task on auch small places. | did this with a base of Tamiya XF-59, Burnt Sienna, anc Yellow Ochre ols applied over ths arc ‘eragged with the help of a sponge. The 2-24 and X-28, once the oils had dred. {had to look at tho smatest datas of the Interior, and forthe rudder bar located at the plot's feet | places four plain braso tubes of 0.6!rm, reworked the whing on the Instrument panel with 0.2mm load wire braided dotaling and of course painted the whole panel. To detal the rucder cables | ‘had to simula the tensicn on the cables, rudder. I mado the fiengs with 0.5mm ‘brass tube with two leops of stee! wire in the onda and a total ength of Sm, tho ‘cables are 0.16mm feng ine palnted st00l and attaches to the tensioner with tho id ofa brass tube caps 0.8mm along the fuselage exructure,| had to put savers) ‘Grommets to hol the cables tothe ruler. The next step is the control columa =the ‘oun triggers attached via a cable, ‘enough inorder to reach the machine gun,a \4 a a PH a7ez & _—_— Con the upper wing frst applied XF-55, folowed with a dute layer of XE-58, then finally @ tin ayer of XF-62 wih less emphasis on the ‘comers to simulate where the fabric has more tersion, The ritbing fe Created using 1.6mm masking tape ‘with miture of 80% XF-62 anct XF-10, once the tape is removed the ‘whole thing is integrated with XF-62. se uiaSENGINEaka << a= | wre » ove ~ P| =O on Za ,—_ 5 ae sae TosCERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST LOOKING AIRCRAFT OF THE ERA WITH ITS STREAMLINED FUSELAGE AND TAPERED ‘WINGS, AND LIKE ALL DESIGN CLASSICS, IT CONTINUES TO IMPRESS ALMOST A CENTURY LATER. Its nerd rot tobe seduced by the elegant lines of the ‘and alarge choice of dedicated Wingnut Wings decal sheets, there are plenty of potential subjects to choose to.bulld the Albatross is the glorious plywood fuselage ‘ard ite creation in rriniature, With the certainty of Nlawess assembly! was free to focus entirely on getting ‘creative and enjoying mysatt GETTING STARTED Straloht on with tha bulel ancl the eookpst He atthe \Wingrut Wings kits assembles as.a plug in tub ard with excelent detalit simply reeds to be painted. With ‘88 a sories of smaller sub-assombles that need to Be Psnted as you go and then brougnt together in a sal assem,COCKPIT Mr Metal CoourBrase aways provices an utra-realtic brass finish ‘The standard bgnt grey is my own ix based on Litecolor RLIMO2 with ‘some pale grey fo lichten it ‘The Pilot's seat was'airbrushed ina dark brown base and then sighty banter shades were airorushedin te centre of the teat and along the raised edges ‘The seat hamosses are provided in photoetched brass and to help this sag naturally cross the seat | heated the straps several tmesin ¢ gas fame. The tohang Rout ofthe cockot. “The interior wood was at pated using Lteosior H sorjcs. A pale sand base cost was arorusned nd ne phyood gran loose Bash patedin {darter tone. Iced rt take too much care with those pattern as they wal not be wor isle in the flared cockot The contrast between the tho colours was aso srenger than would use ante oxteror tohep the mpression ne Sumy ning stronger cones cious When cry a darko wash ws used t define the b= ‘Alclad Aluminium locks t90 bright - in hindsight wien | had dulled It down eighty more. The boxes were washed with dark Brown os Tehose not & ft any control cabes inthe cockpe simply ‘because they are hardly visible in the completed cockpit.Despite all the afferent rbs and bukneads that make up the Imeror the two halves of the fuselage came together pertocty. No ‘sancing or aduustment jt alte tape to hold the bridge in ont ot ‘he cockpit whilst the glue dries and! had nothing to fl ence it had With the fuselage joined I decides to replace the engi inspection ports and footstep surround with photoetched versions from KGW. ‘The kt parts wore carefully shaved off with a soalpel and te rew parts glued into position. The new porss give a mere separate ‘appearance than the mouded versions and the underbely covers: fon the kt have a jint seam which the new versione elminato, The Inspection ports have tiny etched locking rings bul these would be ‘ied later to prevent their accidental damage. ‘The enghe cowings ae tacked i place and te exposed interior Here the black has been sprayed and the masking removed. There parts are masked off before a base coat of white acrfic is applied to the fuselage. The nose was thon masted in preparation fer spraying the black sections, ‘are small areas where the black has crept under the masks but ‘these were touched in with a Brush, ()| prefer to brush paint the woosarain ppatier on the unfinished parts of the fuselage and | used Lfecclor UA 534 the wooden eectione of the fuselage, ‘Sthtly carker and lighter shades of he ‘base colour were used to brush paint the wood grain workeng panel by panel. is colours 1 create a realistic natural looking patter. ‘One | was happy withthe 100K of the woodgrain | masked of certain panels and airbushed the panel edges with the darker ‘tone that | had used te paint the wood ‘grain using a fairy cuted ransparent mix Coraining and heloed to dete the citerent transparent yellow and orange to oversoray the entire wooden section for a varnished‘The nove panel ines were shaded wit citerent tones of brown over the white areas ‘and grey over the back The pana ines on te wooosn frees were outinedin a dark brown ot paint. (Wl and tuld stahe were ‘brush painted running back Lundomeath the fuselage, ‘with me fuselage almost complete the undercarriage. Itis qute celcate ‘respect is required when handling it. Idecided to ‘Ove the whee! covers a worn look using the ‘haipray technique. | sprayed a base cost of Ihairapray. The top cost of white aeryle ie hen applied and when warm water is applied & wit setton the halrspray an inthe great ehvpped paint eect, | used the same technique on the spinner. {also adcod ol! stains to the undercarriage ‘aero ae It ts Under the engine inepection ports,: = ~~ (i=Peried petures sow the exhaust a pale colowed metal soT sprayed mine in Alclad alurnnium wen burnt metal and a hin of blue tones on the outlet pipes Te tarnish the pipes | used sponge to slpple Masking fuld over {them betere overspraying with Lifecolor Tenscerom White Oxide, Biaok pionents wore used to add woot stains to te oullet which ‘was drilled out before panting began. ‘wheels and the wings ushg several ones of arown, 10 unity the finish ‘The tal Sad roceved the samo veatment “The missing snatbelt was fitted and draped over the aia of the cokTec pprae, pros savanna ik iindiie\ice choo menteeeo) \ACRYLIC WOOD? For wood painting | decided to avoid oll paints, All| use! was Tamiya and Valijo fonflee. Wood painting starts by spraying & light base coat colour ike Tamiya Desert ‘Yollow XF-59, Next stop is to create the ‘wood grain by painting thn wavy/ines wiry fafine ti brush, | used Valolo Mahogany Brown 199, Dark Flew 019 and Light Flesh (006. As 20n as the wood grain tines are ‘ry | sprayed highly dusted (99% thinner = 10% colour coloL fits of various Tamiya scrylos (Flat Earth XF-52, Dark Yellow XF- 60, Brown X-6, NATO Brown XF-69, Fee Brown XF-64, Flat Red XF-7, Flat Yellow XF-3). The titers soften the starkress of the brush pantes wooa grain nes ana merge them ito the base colour The latter aso becomes darker and iveler with the ‘muttiie layer colour play. At tis singe | ‘tart ight sanding with 3200 Miero-Meah Cloth. The sanding process results in ppartialy removing colour layers and grain line andl ereating a more intricate wood colour mix and appearance. Once that's finshed | repeated the wood grain ane ‘e00ur iter teennique 2-3 times wath more ‘sanding In between, until the wood effect looks realistic to the eye. The fa step is 0 ‘seal everything with a Tamiya semi-gloss ‘The overal process may sound complicated but as acrylic colours dry fast faster time wige than waitina for ols te drvi. ie : a df an sCONCLUSION “The overall bulld tookme about 6 months. 1 ais excited to experiment with now ppainthg techniques, aarn about WW planes and rigging and appreciate tho Bigger arietic canvas that a 1:02 mode! [Provides you with I'm already working on ‘another WWI biplane and purchased ‘several more to bulld down the road. ‘guess we do need tolisten to our wives, ‘occasionally, REFERENCES + "From the seas... tothe skioe” The Naval Au Force Chrenicle 1918-1014, View ‘Adria (ret) Ioannis Palouble H.N, + "2" Greely Gquedron ANA, Brice Robertson, Air Pictorial, February 1988 + Royal Naval Ar Service 1912-1918, Brac King, Hikoki PublicationssT MODEL IN THE E, THETHE COCKPIT Cracking open the big box work begins ‘Immediately with cleaning of the pin marks from ‘he insides cf the fusolage using a Micro Chisel to scrape tem off. The marks are quite slight ¢o this not aitiout to do, \With all the parts cleaned up and test fted whore required ita ie to start painting before ‘assembly, which s so much easer than painting with everything sssembled, DARK WOOD ‘The dark wood fish of me interior was all reated, fn the same way using some simple techniques in sequence which wil run through here. STAGE 1 ‘base coat of brown Is sprayed over allthe ‘wooden parts. Each panel s treated individually land the woodgrain pattern ie panted with a shisot ‘shaped brush using a darker tone of brown. STAGE 2 darker tone is used to enhance soected evens ‘of the woodgrain pattern, Don't wory it the pattern looks quite contasty at this stage as it ‘will be more muted whon finshed. STAGE 3 ‘A dark brown shade is arbrushed over the parts {0 faty define the panels and alvo to shade, around tne edges and recesser, ‘On the page opposite you can see the same stag9e applied tothe Inedes oF Ne kusolage. STAGE 4 To oN the wooden parts a varnished took al the parts were sorayed with a mix of Tamiya transparent yellow and orange. This warms the colours without loosing any of the woodgrain patter anc dies with a sheen, Loversernyed all the parts wit satin vamish to complete the look.bel $3 Xd $9Photo 1.The main cockpit components seen here after the application of the transparent colours but before the eatin varnish, Photo 2 The bukheads are glued in postion on the foor withthe edging strips fished with Mir Metal Color Aluminium’ Note the rudder bar is also in postion. ‘The same wood grain techniques were used here along withthe excellent xt decals for the Photo 4 The assembly sequence forthe cockpit 100%. The spare MG ammuntion canisters Wore {ll pre-painted bofore being fited ino the racks ‘Tne photoetched seatbelts wera all annealed In a ‘908 Name to goften them and then wore bent into and shading to define the texture and sttching helps to bering thom to ie,Photo 5 Another view of the cockoit foor and the assembled bulkheads and bomb racks, feiding the seat betta in citeront ways on each seat gives afar more realiste took w ‘cockpit using tne brass rod which was J} thon painted a dar orey. j Photo 6 The internal bracha wires wore faced to the framing on both sides of he rebated tne rear of ne rames 19 accept the wires and prevert them makna the fame Photo 7 Two views of the cockpit withthe instrument stand proud from the cockpit wall The ~ pane! installed just before the fuselage was closed tolerances for the fi of the kit are very exact Note the bracing wires across the pilots side window.aay as = Lil | — eee = ee .,V4 Tobogin the painting process all the wing undersides were sprayed witn Materkit Acryle ‘Gotha Daylight Bombing Blue! {6C22. Once dry the undersides were masked in preparation for te painting of the top surfaces. Photo 16 Of fe four coloura that make up the lozenge scheme eolded to atert vith the Bive.| selected Valle colour that wore tho closest that | could get to those inthe ilusration. These wore then indivualy mixed to get a perfect match, 16 7 16 1 Grow up the Iazenge pattorn on computer and used this t ext a stenell from Frisk maskirg film, Here the fim is being Femovedto show the pink lazenge pattem, ‘Photo 17 The wings and tiseinge wore easy rhask but tho nacelles and the fuselage gun tunnel ware more complex, Srralor ‘ections of hexagon mask were cut to Work into those arvas. 18 Fes" SS v “T8 The two other colours were apolied inthe same way. ‘Any sight gape were touched in and some creativity wasreq.ired to get the patterns to work around the necells. Photo 18 The markings were adapted fom those supplied inthe: kit The ’SSW’ was not provided so this was hand painted. 20 Ss 21 20 Sips of Mashing tape ware used to Mask ofthe rib tapes on the undersides of the wings in preparation for some shading, Zi The same process was caiedoulon the upper surfaces 100 | also rrasked oft the walkway strips on elther side of thewe jolbs 50-37 When cameo fon te Wwo upper Wigs will Tie Ccontral pig section I reaged that | was going to have to il, sand ‘and repant the underside. It was much easier to hare the two ‘emailer wing halves than one massive piece and the central jlntis a e . a Tobat so 7 ‘working wl the two halves as | is til probably the best choice. The central Joh area afta it has been repainted, some sight cifferences but fortunately the underside ent very visible. 10t0 32 Before assembling the wings the struts need to be ‘re-raged. Tho cables run from Inside tho train edges of the ‘ruts making them cificut to install. used a serail el bit to open ier Photo 88 Tre ton whg Is dropped onto the eiruls a procedure, that | was not locking forward to. infact everything lined up Portectly and with the struts ali correctly seatod and glued the ‘whole structure was remarkably soll 34 ‘The strutsare all then fitted tothe lower ‘that they can only be fitted the comect sway roune whieh is perfect for someone 1 § telat [Photo 84 The cross bracing between the sints was then sexured ith RE Productions tumouckles for the lower wing fixingell ia 5 pr | A vi ——s ze a — im = ny 4 Pa ww a‘Photo 30 The tals akd was fnishod veing the same techniques but wh lighter colours - here the skidis seen haif way through the painting sequence after the woodon parts have been finished and with some oll wash deta Al Photo 38 The propotore wore painted with a mid brown baa» coat {and then oll paint was dragged over this o give the wood grain, fish, The Gotha blades do ro appear to have the obvious laminated frish of other blades. A cat of eatin varnish finished the blades and the hubs were pleked out in Mr Metal Color Stainess. Photo 40 The undercarriage was assembled dry using the location Photo 41 The bomb racks were etaled by ariling out te Jugs in the nscelles to aon everything and then fxed, removed moulded webs in he rames, tsa time-consuming and fidcly from the nacelles and the rigging wires intalied which iemmuch _-_PFOS858 But tre opened frames really Improve te OOK OF Mo tecleTownecewere achat Hunbrl72 "ody inom, fake ko decled rake ow oven hele bombs‘moulted on hanging straps endl any joint gaps were fled. After paintng the base colours te chipped and scraped paint was ‘sdded using torn sponge and a fie brush to paint the chips in ‘shades of grey. They were weathered witn a wash of ol colours, ‘Photo 48 The bombe wre Wied ts fe rack and tw cuape glued ‘down and the excess material vimmed. Remember to work in the direction of the straps to avoid hiaing the areas yeu need to tk the straps. Photo 44 The fiihod rack with the bombe loaded. Photo 48 The soparalo a¥aps and the ariled outbrackots have really proved the fook of the bomb racks, 46 Photo 46 Tho nceo and rear fuselage racks are a diferent design ‘but again wanted the separate straps adding. The kit bomb racks ‘needed @ pat of horizontal rode adding to each side of the mount Photo 47 The bombs are ited and the evaps socured and al the aoks fited Under the fuselage bow.cARIGGING EE pa ‘a 4A ‘Allthe Wingnut Wings kts have been designed to bbe eaty to assemble and this cares rght through tothe rigging. Athough the modeler is eft to choose and provige his own rigging materal the kets all provide recessed location points for the aging. The loa by help in frsty makng sure thet yOu don't miss any rigging points! There are several possible approaches to rigging your model. You ‘could carefully measure the datarces for each ‘igging ine and glue them into these locaton holes but obtainng a corect tension in the ines canbe icky. i I preter tobe able to tension the raging lines which means ftung ene end and puting the ine noun ‘ the wing. Once you try this method | think you wall find ita simple and effecthe method. RIGGING MATERIAL CHOICE Ihave tried soveralctterant materials for ‘oaina with startn with fishing Ine or Invieble tread. This type of nylon ling wit Stetch tean be Ueetul in adding structural ‘Strength to your model just ita onthe real Gera. itis also hardy for those stuations linere you need a litte more cortrol than You get with an elaste lire, EZ Line isthe material | use mosty for my Figging. Ihave beth Heavy ana Fine sizes ith the Fine being best for most Faqurements. 1re heavy version nas @ stint fat sirp orotle which may suit the Brieh aerodymamie Hogg wires but UWoUI! need! tobe twee, The dark Greyblack colour means you can aveld Painting the ino too. For ine Brush aerodynamic aggng wires RB Productions has a range of afferent thickness photoetched fiat wires. These are cf ceurse a raid wire that has to be cut fengih but when cut ractonaly oversize wil et into the moulded wing loeston holes TURNBUCKLES: “Tumpucties are a visible feature of acrart rigging at this scale and are used to {onsion tho cables oF wiras on the real raft Fortunataly ere are now a Yano of aftermarket sclutons on offer to help te ‘odbllor ade thie tall wityrolaive ouce, ‘excellent and each set provides 39 of the {iy turnbucklos. They are perfect miniatures ofthe real things but the ‘downside is mat mey are quite expensive. ‘wan. gaspatcrmedels.com hotoetched solution with ther product RB-P92023. This brass fret provides ro less ‘han 80 sets of tunbuekies. Those ave, haif etched bodies than have to be toed Inopposte drectone to give the fattor Central tube effect. This Isa ite fay due to thelr size but you cuicley oet the feel for {eiding them. They are stong and the brass finish means that you can leave the bodyELASTIC THREAD Photo TT aMaya work From the top wing down oo that the top ‘urfac0s of the wings are unmarked. Give one end of the EZ ine Into the hole provided with CA gl. 3 Photo & Having judged the length of our line when fis tensioned you can attach your chosen turnbuckle eystom = here | am usha. the RB Precluctions photoetched examples. Leop the Ine through the turnbuckle and secure with a dab of CA gue, 1010 Nex I feed « small lngih of pre-panted nyon Ine ‘through the ether and of the tumbuckia, Hold the two open ance of the nylon line together as shown. “4 Feed the two ends ina the crilled out location hele in the loner wing: 6 {010 8 Pulth ine fvough the wing ard the EZ Lire afould ator to become tensioned. The ine wil need to be slightly uncersized 180 that it wl sraich to ML No need to overdo thie ae just a smal ‘amount of stretch wit Keep everything looking taught hote @ You can yal gue te nylon Ine info posiion oF for added ‘securty use the Gived tip of weoektal tick to wedge into the exit hole unclor the wing. e s 1010 7 Leave the sick n place for he glue to harden and then (C®Iine sick anc excess nylon line can be trimmed of. done carefully ‘you con'tneed to fll he holes on the wing underside. ‘A dab of PVA glue ie good way to seal your anchor points forthe figging and wil dry trneparert.ANS TE | (IO : | J \ 7 | os y | —_ = sePAINTING‘A Selection ofthe aiflerent products and materias for replicating wood eects, Pant options include tne dedicated 6 colour boxed servic ee eet trol paints Flat ahieal tot riches ara hall ee ‘Arange of decal systems are also available with HGW ofering solid and transparent versions along with full paneling options. Uschi van ‘or Fosten have teamed up with Wingnut Wings artist Ronnie Bar to produce weadorain decals in cfferent shades based on Flonnie’s DRAGGED OILS ‘even a novice can get good resus with ‘end find its ideal fer fishing the cockeit ‘are the norm, Working with ols Is ute forgiving and i ital goes wrong you can laacvantage forthe impatient modeller | ko me le that you need to allow time for the ole te dry but working over an woryo ‘awe layer doos seam to speed this up 8 ‘hat parts can be handled carehily ator 24 ‘Beginning vith a base colour ofifecolor 2 A pec 30 18 dragged over tho ot hours ‘wood tone a yer of undliuted oll colour is paint to party remove the paint and avo & 3 4, 3.Ushg a flalbrish you can Ift more paint 4 Using afine brush end a darker colour of | Once the masking is removed the ftom selective areas and entiance the (pant small kret details are added finished wood panel is revealed having ‘wood grain patter, workng in°V' shapes taken less than 10 minutes to produce.@ Q Q)WOODGRAIN DECALS.AFTER MARKE Oa et) FIGURES Wings Cockpit Figures A growng range of 1:32 resin figures with designed to work with tre Wingnut Wings ‘Aso avalablo from Model Dasign Construction Model Cot World War One Piet gures sunjects wwwa:Mode(Coliar.com Aigo avaliable in the UK trom REFERENCES ‘An extensive range of dedieated World War (One publications provicing superb alrratt wuw.windsockdatatespecials.co.0k RIGGING RD Productions Radu Brinzan is your man fora the streamined flat rigging wires, tunibuckio Gas Patoh Models High quaulty wnte mete tumbucktes, eyelets anc late type RAF anchors www gaspatchmocels.comlaccassories! 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