Here the brave comrade pilot listens to the comely comrade female cossack.


The female cossack is from the Marc Copplestone series. The male pilot is a modified Jaguar item from the Mike Good series....WWII Italian pilot.

News is that Hi-Tech is bringing out some figures in various scales. Here are the various scale Capt Albert Ball heads.

Sorry folks images no longer available.

Here are the Manfred von Richthofen heads.
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Here is an instructor's Nieuport 24 of the 31st Aero at Issoudon 1918.


The figure is a Jaguar body with a head sculpted by Justin of the old Jager models in Glasgow. Though he has gone out of business these may be available from Copper State Models.

What's in the making at S. T. Lawson & A. Fokker Co. nowadays O' Knightly One...?
Awesome work as always!

I believe this round is mine......here you go, Extra Cold Guinness.

Greetings and philiciations yond grand Scot!

Being its my day off er uh tonight! On the desk tonight is a sumptuous fare of 1/48 delicacies;

1.Gavia Pfalz E.I I'll be doing a bit of painting.

2. Eduard Nieuport 17 destined for the Flyboys markings. hopefully will close up the fuselage tonight. Images shot today.

3. Roden Bristol Fighter adding some bits and pieces to the interior.

3. Part of Poland Fokker D.VII for a small diorama.

4. If I have time there are a couple of SE 5a types, I want to do some cockpit work to.

Next round is on me. Try a Parkbraü pilsner not the export thank you.

In the local basement cinema we will be showing "Sleepy Hollow", "The Blue Max" and for a midnight showing we have scheduled "Young Frankenstein."
The snack bar will be stocked.

I see that the diligence is shining strong in your works my fellow aviator...
I hope that you get a chance to a nice early morning flight in your creations, all while the sun is rising above the horizon. just be careful while you fly so that you don't get too philosophical and travel to far over the lines....

The boys of Jasta 38DD are caught in a quiet moment in a candid conversation. Hptm Ritter (Dipl Ing) Karl Otto Titzlinger at left nudges Rittm Viktor Wszjnski "the Eagle of Dzerkov and says... "Dude did you get a load of that fem-cossack a few posts back? (Rough translation.)



Figures are Copper State Models items.

The noted ace Charles Nungesser waits while his mount undergoes repairs.


The CMK French pilot figure with Eduard's 1/48 Profipack Nieuport 17 and aftermarket pieces.

Here is a Nieuport 17 from Naval Escadrille N.312 with the twin Lewis arrangement.


The figure is a modified Mike Good's Jaguar item from the WWII Italian figure set. I did some streamlining of the flight suit down to a WWI configuration. This figure has a great "personality that comes through in the facial expression. My nit pick about my own build here is that I should have stayed closer to the factory aluminum doped rather than a Naval grey look.

The story of Nieuport N2779 is a unique one. Flown by Lt. Rene Carre' of Escadrille N.112 and brought down by the German pilot Ltn. Pfifer. N2779 was later test flown by Ltn. Pfifer and the wings were seen to fold back in flight. Ltn Pfifer was killed in the crash flying the aircraft he brought down in the first place.




The kits is the Eduard 1/48 Nieuport 17 and the figure is the French pilot offered in the Eduard Nieu. 11 kit.

Ltn. Walter Göttsch commander of Jasta 19 with one of the early production SSW D.III 8346/17. Göttsch was KIA before he could finish his eval of the machine.




Here is the same Jaguar figure from the Sopwith triplane image with a different head. The kit is the old OOP Eduard early issue withsome back dating to the prototype standard.

For you larger scale guys Model Cellar has a great lineup of WW1 figures as well.This one is 1/16th scale.
Cheers! John.

Here a pilot from Fld Flg Abt. 9b does a walk around his Pfalz A.I before flying black ops over the Alps.



The figure is an Altee / Rosemont Russian pilot modified to a German version. The Aircraft is an Eduard Morane Saulnier "L" modified to a licence built Pfalz A.I.

Ltn Stark of Jasta 35b and his mid production Fokker D.VII (OAW) 4523/18.



Though this 1/48 Jager kit and figure that came with it are out of production it is a memorable piece and worthy of inclusion here.

The intrepid birdmen



Here is another set of the OOP Jager resin figures from his Alb. C.X kit. (From his old website.)

Here Staff Officer Col. Richard Camelhill confronts Sgt. Pepper during an inspection at 7 TDS at Netheravon. Incredulous the Col was heard to respond, "He ordered you to paint it like that !!?"



The Eduard Sopwith Pup in the Blue Rider decals for C242. The figures are modified railroad "O" gauge white metal items.

Here the commander of the 185th Aero Sqdn walks to his mount for the first AEF night interceptor mission Oct. 9, 1918.


This is a Jager "British walking pilot" with a Jaguar Italian pilot head. The Camel is the basic Eduard kit with some photoetch and basic night ops equipment. Holt flares and signal beacon.

Here is a two gunned sopwith. N533 was used for a short time by R. Collishaw and was named "Black Maria"



Jager's "British walking pilot" unmodified with the Eduard Sop. Tripe from kit #8020.

A free download from my site to the first person who can accurately tell me the origin of the name (1917-1918) "Black Maria."

Hi Steve,

If memory serves, "Black Maria" ( Mari-ah) was a term coined in the first half of the 19th c. for criminal-transport wagons (paddy-wagons).

Augie

Greetings Augie,
You are very close but... a "paddy wagon" was the term used for a motorized prisoner transport van. There is some thought that "Black Maria" it first originated in Boston Mass 1830's. With New Scotland Yard in the early 1900's used the term to describe a heavily armoured Q-car (carriage.) The Metroploitan Police originated in 1829 and their first vehicle of any kind was, acquired in 1858. This is the earliest known use for the term "Black Mariah" in relationship to a vehicle.

The key is what kind of carriage?

Then for the fun of it ask yourself how does that relate to a Sopwith Triplane?

An instructor plots a course with his charge.


The Mike Copplestone white metal pilot figures with the Eduard Camel dressed in Blue Rider decals.

Augie, you are the only one to try, so let me know which download you want.

The answer is:
'Black Maria' was the nickname for secure police vans with separate locked cubicles, used for the transportation of prisoners...The Met's first vehicle of any kind was a Black Maria drawn by two dray horses, acquired in 1858.