Excellent work, Louis. I'm enjoying your thread immensely! I can't wait to see what you've got in store next.

Mark

Wow! Louis that is quite a gap there at the bottom. Is this because

1. something inside was too wide

2. or a design flaw (shortcoming)?

It looks like the cowling will be too large if the fuselage bottom is pinched tight together at the nose. I am guessing but it looks like about .030 thou gap?

Hi and thank vou!




I did not glue together both sides of the airframe to be able to adapt them to the capot and to the the underside of the airframe:

unglued :



glued together :



with the underside of the airframe and both side not glued:












You can see the underside "fits well enough" (is ok) when right and left side are not glued. It's a BIG design flaw ?

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Wow that is a nasty design flaw ! it almost seems that Eduard rushed to get this kit out .
I have the dual combo in 72 scale and the moldings are the same now I woundering if that has the same short comings as well .

Louis you have show us expectional skills and my hat is of to you sir , it would seem that the floor is to wide for the fuselage and needs to sanded down as well as the fire wall .
to get a tight fit . I'm going to have to unpack this kit and have a closer look at it . I have made notes from your experience with this build and look forward to more .

Thank you Terri.


I did again the plate:

I have blacken it with a pencil and put over a piece of scotch tape to take a print.







I glued it on a plastic leaf and cut the new plate.



The plane's plate is sanded a little.



And the new plate glued. The scotch tape allows to set it up without making a mistake.







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very nice recovery Louis . I was able to dig out mt kit and do some test fitting and yes nothing lines up on the left side . I have nade notes and placed them in the box for in the future . Of course now I'm waiting to see the lower wing and belly pan in place . Didn't fit to well on my . This is like building a limited run kit with all the bell and whistles of fit issues .

What are you using for your refs ?

I do not dare to imagine building your spad with all that.

If you need I have a french article ("wingmaster magazine") about 1/72 spad building.


First try with "metallic scotch tape":




what is it "refs"? is it "book"?

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Yes louis ( refs ) means what books our articles you use for the build .

Nice trick with the tape , I was not aware that you can get in metallic .

Very nice replacement method.

Thank you.


I'm using windsock N°32 and this site where you can find all you need (200 photo?):

http://memorial.flight.free.fr/index.html

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Thanks for the links Louis . I have the windsock but you can never have enough info when doing a project .

Hi,

the first plate was destroyed when I wanted to fabricate roundness. I did it again four times, glued together four times and sanded glue four times...

Finally I glued it by using plastic band to fabricate tabs (in black "dymo") as wedge.






The sheeting is done again and rivets in the hood are fabricated with a pin and scotch tape for tabs.






The metallic scotch tape must be sanded to become very fine before being cut. Riveting is made before cutting.



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Hi,


I would like to paint wings inferior. She will be an American spad. I read that underside was grey, or without painting nobody seem to know (as always).
I read the article on the 5 French tones:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/camouflage-markings/38912-french-5-color-chips-methune-handbook.html

What is about MisterKit paint ??

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Hi Louis . from what I have read in the wind sockdata files and other refs . It depends on with the manufacture who built the aircraft . The two colours used where either a light grey or a pale yellow . In another ref I have ( Medal of Honor vol 1 Aviators of World War One by Alan E .Durkota ) The under side of American spads where painted ecru ( light yellow ) This is not clear dope line shade , but it is close . Stephen will have more accurate info on this ( He's are guru here and watches over us . )

I have not used Mrkits paints before , they are acrylic paints and are designed for the WW1 modeler . Mike does have a web site ( misterkit usa . com and he has colour chips of these paints . ) Sephen is doing a review of this paints , but I don't know if he has finished it yet . This is still all new to me for I'm learning as well . I do hope that I was able to help in some way and not miss lead you into thinking my answer(s) are corroet ,, I have been know to be wrong before and get things mix up . But I do try !

Hi Terri,

you try very well !!!

Thank you for your help.

Here you can see different colours for the same federal standart reference:


french-5-color

The colours depend of the mark....

I believe I would paint it by using of painting humbrol and by blending them. I'm using this site:


conversion table


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I'm finding Stephen's work about MisterKit WW1 paint:

Here:

MisterKitpaint


Thank you Stephen!

And more here:



http://www.wwi-models.org/misc/Colors/French/humbrol.html

Thanks Louis for the support . For the year on which I've been on this site I have learn a few things , but there is alot of info out there and for me it can be over whelming to learn it all . It's also grea t when I do get the info mixed up on the help from you guys on correcting me , not giving me a hard time . Glad you where able to find what you needed . and thank for the links .

Thank you Terri.

I begin to paint the underside yellow....but witch one??? "clear beige" , "yellow brown", "yellow dirty" , yellow ???

You find a lot of reference: FS 13596 FS 33564 FS33446 FS33522 FS 36415 FS 30318

And more here:

http://www.wwi-models.org/misc/Colors/French/humbrol.html

So I chose the one who pleased me most....


Hu 72 X 1 + HU 94 X1




I clarified lines representing the structure of the wing (on the right) with the same color + hu74+ hu34 and a lot of essence to dilute ("in raised hand ", no scotch tape):






And on more with same color + Hu 34 (white):



the two wings:



To finish, I shade off the different colors with color more clear Hu 72+ hu 94+ hu 74 + hu34 and very dilued. I'm painting all the wing.




I should touch up painting a bit once she will be dry.



My photo are bad, the differences between colors are less marked into reality.

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Please: how can I change my "avatar"?

Hi,

Beige colour is FS 30266, 3x Hu 81 + 2x Hu26 :

This colour is clarified with white to make the bottom 3x Hu 81 + 2x Hu26 + 3x34 (all this part is painted with this one).

The traces of structures are "sunny" with the same shade with more white:





A darker colour than basic shade is applied between nervures.

3x Hu 81 + 2x Hu26 + 1x Hu186:





All the wing is painted with diluted first color 3x Hu 81 + 2x Hu26 and "shading off " (??) the different colours :





It's very difficult to make a photo who show that...shade "change" with light.

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Hi Louis

Don't worry - the subtle highlighting on the ribs shows up beautifully.

All the best

Rowan

Merlin is right , shows up very well , and most impressive !

Hi,

thank you girls and guys ( Can I say that???)

The wing is painted:

Black: is black....

Light green: Hu 90 + 2x Hu 102

Dark green:6x Hu116 + 6x Hu117+ 1x Hu163

Dark brown: 2x Hu29 + 1x Hu60 + 1x Hu33















Dark green is strange...
Light green too ??

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Very nice job, Louis.

Mark

Excellent work Louis. My sincere thanks for showing the work here. Model On please!