Hi all,

This is the resin Airco 1/144 De Havilland DH-2. I was given it as a birthday present by my sadistic brother in law ( a fellow modeller) who demanded that it be fully rigged.






The parts, decals and "instructions":





The "cockpit" was just a round hole drilled into the fuselage, not that there’s much of a fuselage to speak of. I bored and gouged it out to the edge of the resin and fitted a seat, floor compass, pedals and joystick. There was no gun in the kit so I had to scratchbuild one, it's not great but it will do.






Starting the rigging:
I used invisible thread and had a horrendous job getting it to stick to the CA glue.






And the finished item, painted in Tamiya Acrylics:











It's not very big:





I hope you like it. Constructive criticism and comments welcome.

that is stunning!
Im afraid of bi-planes, because of the rigging - that's inspirational!
Ive seen those SRam kits...

You must have the patience of a saint! Stunning work.
I suppose I have no excuse about not rigging bipes now.

Great result! Looks really nice. Now there is a strip-down version for you to try!

Now that looks really interesting! I think it would be absolutely dreadful to build but would look fantastic if done properly.

fantastic, i actually had to get a pot of tamiya out to visulize the size!...

paul

Amazing. Simply amazing. And I complain at times about working in 1/48 scale.
Joel

Thanks all, glad you like it!