Hello all,

Here's my finished Copperstate 1/48 Etrich Taube. Enjoy.
















-Mark

Nicely Done! Please tell us about the build!

Wonderful! and please post some pictures of the building process.
I have some Copper State kits but I never find enough courage to order the Taube.

I hope this will be in the next MOM.

You have done a wonderful job on this one. Fantastic.

I must join the others in saying WOW! Nicely done!!
RAGIII

Hello all,

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. This was a very fun build. This was actually my first attempt at rigging a WW1 aircraft. I figured that if I could rig a taube then I could rig anything. The kit is a Copper State resin/white metal/photo-etch kit. I scratchbuilt the wing ladders (under the wing) and the undercarriage from styrene. The rigging is fishing line colored with a Sharpie. I didn't take build pics, I really wish that I had now.

One thing I'm finding that I like about the Grigorovich M-5 build I'm doing is that I can look back and see the progress in pictures. Every build I do from now on will have build pics.

If anyone has any questions I'll be glad to answer them.

Mark

My god...this is a faboulous thing.

And I guess you are right, if you can rig this tender bird you can rig anything.

What a striking difference between the fragile appearance of this early bird with the modern power monsters that I am usually building.

That looks great!
I suggest you enter it in the Model of the Month.

Mark,
Most well done, and it was your first attempt ! Excellent work.
Dwayne