OFFICIAL: Canvas Falcons III: 1916-17
MichaelSatin
Campaigns AdministratorColorado, United States
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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 07:31 PM UTC
Martin,
The Encore/Roden kit is a very nice one, so that should help. I'm still trying to come to grips with the best way to do the streaky paint job. Do you have a plan yet?
Michael
On the bench:
Sorta depends on your definition of "on the bench"...
MichaelSatin
Campaigns Administrator Colorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 05:12 AM UTC
Well, can't say this one was a huge success, but congrats to those who finished! Ribbons have been awarded so if you didn't get one let me know. For those who didn't finish, there's always
The Canvas Falcons III!
Michael
On the bench:
Sorta depends on your definition of "on the bench"...
Ontario, Canada
Joined: February 04, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 07:03 AM UTC
" The Die Hards"
43rd MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
MACHINE GUN CORPS
XXX CORP
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
- Amelia Earhart
MichaelSatin
Campaigns Administrator Colorado, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:06 AM UTC
On the bench:
Sorta depends on your definition of "on the bench"...
England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: May 11, 2007
KitMaker: 210 posts
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 02:29 AM UTC
Hi Michael,
yep thinned olive drab and as far as I can remember painted diagonally on the wings rather than just strait front to back.
several tin coats should do the trick I think. We shall see.
Cheers
Martin
Gdańsk, Poland
Joined: February 18, 2016
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:19 PM UTC
Hi guys,
Holy guacamole! You started big, boys
Let me join with ongoing (lately not going) build of Fokker E.IV 163/16, flown by Kurt Student. When finished, what I hope to happen during holiday season, I will add one more build - not decided yet.
Link to current work:
http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/250394&page=1 Gdańsk, Poland
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:24 PM UTC
Martin - thanks for enetering with this big bad girl. I was really looking for a build of the Gotha. Please finish it ;P
Gdańsk, Poland
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:26 PM UTC
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Count me in.
Not sure what I'll build yet but I'm bound to have a few different kits that will fit.
And I will try to complete this one.
Seems that we have the same problem
let us know with your selection soon
Gdańsk, Poland
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:28 PM UTC
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I hope to break my fear of rigging with this one!
I will start the build at this end of the campaign instead of the last few weeks at the end!
This is going to be nice one!
U sure it will fit in the garage tho?
Gdańsk, Poland
Joined: February 18, 2016
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:32 PM UTC
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HiGuys
Like some of you I missed Falcons II but I'm in for this one with an Encore Fokker Dr 1 in Werner Voss's colours together with Model Cellar figure of the man himself. Looking forward to an interesting campaign. Happy thanksgiving to you guys on the other side of the pond.
Cheers
Martin
Wow! This is a very nice selection - will follow for sure.
Have nice one!
Bart
Uusimaa, Finland
Joined: October 01, 2016
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 - 11:23 PM UTC
First sub assembly (Clerget 130hp 9b) of Triplane completed:
I did add copper wiring as per instructions. It looks bit thick on photos but is quite fine in person.
Next I'll try to tackle cockpit. Instruction's photos of Shuttleworth Collection's Triplane cockpit look tremendously useful (colours, etc), and there's quite lot of interior rigging "required". But not in hurry with this model...
Bangkok, Thailand / ไทย
Joined: September 17, 2013
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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 08:11 PM UTC
My progress so far for this campaign.
Started with a Fokker Dr. 1.
Albatros Dr.1. Started way back in Holland 4 years ago. Cleaned it and rebuild the kit.
Third one came in last week. Together with a lot of more fun to come. But for this campaign 3 will be enough I think.
Started the very nice and big CSM Salmson Moineaux. Scratch building the inside from plans. It is a start, but I'm confident with the way it goes.
That's it for now. I really enjoy this and found my way back to the workbench (hurray hurrays can't wait for the holidays).
Have a nice day, for what is left of it.
Kind regards,
Robert Jan
Uusimaa, Finland
Joined: October 01, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 11:10 PM UTC
Cockpit is pretty much done:
I took a shortcut with bracing and glued them on outsides of cockpit framing. There are two levels: the large stand-alone frames and small hatch-like framing molded on cockpit sides. The diagonal bracing is between those two, and fit was quite tight. Hopefully it doesn't cause any issues with engine cowling.
I'm working on fuselage top, and initially fitting it between wing spars seems to be interesting task. Not much room.
Wisconsin, United States
Joined: March 17, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 11:26 AM UTC
Hi all-
Having just finished a different campaign, and having missed Canvas Falcons II, I thought I'd get in with the build I originally wanted to do for CFII - a Wingnuts Fokker E.II. I may be pushing the specific time period for CFIII, but wanted to try a monoplane with rigging as my next step in 1/32 WWI aircraft (previously did a WNW Fokker D.VII and a Pup).
I started some cockpit painting and assembly here over the holidays - I'll get some close-ups once progress moves ahead, but wanted to at least show the start.
Regards-
Tom
On the workbench:
WNW 1/32 Fokker E.II for Canvas Falcons III
Trumpeter 1/32 MiG-21F-13 for 2nd Gen Jets Campaign
MichaelSatin
Campaigns Administrator Colorado, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 08:43 PM UTC
Nice work so far everyone and welcome Tom! The years are a guideline more than a requirement, so have at it.
I've an idea forming in my head for this one. I just finished the Hobbycraft 1/32 Sea Fury for the Cold War campaign:
The Sea Fury was Hawker's and the Royal Navy's last piston engined ship born fighter.
Now, as I'm sure everyone here knows, Hawker was the successor company to Sopwith (both owned largely by T.O.M. Sopwith). So, as a companion to the Sea Fury, how about Sopwith's and the Royal Navy's FIRST piston engined ship born fighter:
Even the paint schemes are similar!
What do you think: a good idea or hopelessly convoluted (as many of these ideas of mine are)?
Michael
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Gdańsk, Poland
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Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 10:25 PM UTC
Hi Michael,
Cool stuff
And I think You might have stumbled on a kinda groovy Campaign subject - Naval Aviation
Might be divided into 3 or 4 consecutive eras (early - WWII - cold war - modern).
Bart
Wisconsin, United States
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 08:53 PM UTC
Michael- I like the Royal Navy "bookend" idea! A book end campaign would also be a good idea - other than the pesky part where I usually struggle to complete ONE build, much less two!
I made some progress on my WNW Fokker E.II:
(hey - where'd that hair come from?!?!)
I used HGW fabric belts for the first time - and I am SOLD. Yes, it took a bit of time to assemble, but it was so much easier to get them placed on the seat and I think they look more natural. Feedback welcome!
Test fitting shows that I may have similar problems to my WNW Fokker D.VII - the fuselage doesn't want to neatly close around the cockpit assembly. Kit tolerances are VERY tight. I may have to sand some things down.
Onward-
Tom D
On the workbench:
WNW 1/32 Fokker E.II for Canvas Falcons III
Trumpeter 1/32 MiG-21F-13 for 2nd Gen Jets Campaign
MichaelSatin
Campaigns Administrator Colorado, United States
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 09:40 PM UTC
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Michael- I like the Royal Navy "bookend" idea! A book end campaign would also be a good idea - other than the pesky part where I usually struggle to complete ONE build, much less two!
Test fitting shows that I may have similar problems to my WNW Fokker D.VII - the fuselage doesn't want to neatly close around the cockpit assembly. Kit tolerances are VERY tight. I may have to sand some things down.
Onward-
Tom D
Tom,
Nice work! WNW has a reputation for very tight engineering, a coat of paint can screw things up. I know people who have measured where interior framework will go and mask it off before painting the insides of the fuselage!
I did a campaign sort of like bookends a couple of years ago called Then and Now. People seemed to like it but getting two kits done to the same theme was tough, even though it went for a year. Had the same issue with the Duel campaigns. So I understand completely.
Michael
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2017 - 01:45 AM UTC
Cracking build so far Thomas, I look forward to seeing the rest.
Martin
Dublin, Ireland
Joined: August 14, 2016
KitMaker: 148 posts
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Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2017 - 06:40 PM UTC
Hi
I'd like to join with a very simple pure OOB build of von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.1 in 1:72 scale by Revell that I recently found in my late dad's stash. I'm new and not very skilled (yet), so I think this will be challenging enough for me.
I've actually started on it on Friday already, because somehow I did not notice the new edition on the Canvas Falcons campaign, otherwise I would have signed up first. I only got about 15 minutes on it so far anyway. Now the problem is that this is my lunch break project in my office, I don't have a lot of tools here and can only spend about 20 minutes a day on this. I'm afraid the end result might be rather bad. If I'm not happy with my model, I will not apply for the ribbon, I treat this purely as an opportunity to learn something new. Another problem is that I might have trouble taking pictures, as I don't have a camera at work and my phone is an ancient indestructible pre-smartphone-era Nokia piece that is only good for ringing and texting. It has a camera, but I think washing machine would take better pictures. I will try to take a photo of what I have on my desk but will only be able to upload it when I get home.
Currently in the workshop:
1:72 Spitfire Mark 1A by Airfix
Gdańsk, Poland
Joined: February 18, 2016
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2017 - 07:10 PM UTC
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I made some progress on my WNW Fokker E.II:
Tom D
Hey Tom that's a remarkable work
keep us posted..
Bart
Gdańsk, Poland
Joined: February 18, 2016
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2017 - 07:13 PM UTC
California, United States
Joined: October 10, 2012
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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 - 12:24 PM UTC
Needed something to hold me over while I got things together for the Pearl Harbor campaign and until the Airfix IV starts and remembers I had this Pfalz DIIa that I picked up a while ago so figured now is a good a time as any to build it. Its going to be another out of the box build, or rather out of the bag, but if the fit on the wings are better then the last biplane I built might try some rigging.
California, United States
Joined: October 10, 2012
KitMaker: 204 posts
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 02:54 AM UTC
was able to get most of the Mercedes D.III engine built and painted. I deviated from the instructions a bit as they would have you just paint it in the aluminum and gun metal but looking at pictures show some of the engines with copper and brass components unpainted and I feel makes the engine a little more striking. The fit for it was alright but didn't line up on some of the details but as they will not really be seen once the engine is added to the nose I didn't worry to much.
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: March 21, 2016
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 11:07 AM UTC
I have never built a biplane so this is going to be an experience.
