This is the old Revell 1/28 Camel, which is still a pretty good kit, for all it's 50+ years of age. This is pretty much from the box, with the exception of correcting the lower wing dihedral (it should be 10mm above horizontal at the drilled location for the wires joining the elevators) and decreasing the gap between the wings (about 6mm off the cabane struts). I added a bit of cockpit detail, including a windscreen and decking, but you can tell from the photos that the interior improvements are pretty hard to spot. The scheme is for F4017 at 204 TDS, Eastchurch, in late 1918 (seen in the Windsock Camel book on p25) - I first came across it in Nigel Julian's build a couple of years back. But Nigel did his in 1/72, and I just don't fancy the masking at that size. This is for the CBK "101 Gems" stand at Telford - 101 classic kits that are still worth building today.
On with the pictures...
It probably seems like a lot of pics, but if anyone else wants to build one, you need to see it from all angles, and I also like the way the different elements of the "camouflage" slot together across different parts of the aircraft...
Build thread is here:
Revell Camel buildbestest,
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