WingNut Wings SE5a

[Nev]

Really nice work fella the moulding of the fabric skin is dope....

[Gary30]

Looking VERY nice!

Knopfler and Pink Floyd, cool taste in music too

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looking VERY nice!

Knopfler and Pink Floyd, cool taste in music too

Gary ,tonight was Abbey Road...haven’t listened to that for a while
Golden Slumbers gets me since I have had kids
So me, the Beetles and Snoopy made some wheels for viper plane #2 using my Dremel ‘lathe’







Bit more messing with it and I will get them right

[Stokesy44]

Looking pretty sharp. Its a bit boggling how you're making all the extra stuff. Great work

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looking pretty sharp. Its a bit boggling how you're making all the extra stuff. Great work

Boggle boggle

Got the wheels pretty much shaped out from Evergreen sheet styrene



Trim the circles together and then cut out the middle of one and re-glue it all


Now working on the cross member support

[Twokidsnosleep]

Gross rainy Sunday. I spent the morning at the office organizing myself for the week and now got to modelling after a soggy dog walk.
More extra parts rough outs.
Bottom to top:
Front lower wing flaps, modifying radiator for the Viper and both rads will get brass tops, landing gear and rear wing assemblies progressing

[digger303]

I'v been watching if not posting. Interesting what your doing there. I'm very curious how you tackle all the up and coming problems.

[Timplastic]

Your doing some great scratch building and making the most of what you have too hand
Now seeing you make the wheels from wood, I’m pretty sure I have seen this done on real aircraft. It was either for moving them around or they had run out of rubber tyres but I’m pretty sure I have seen pics of them on planes. Can’t remember if it was German if allied planes or where I had seen it. So I don’t think I could be any more vague

Any way loving what ya doing

[Twokidsnosleep]

Your doing some great scratch building and making the most of what you have too hand
Now seeing you make the wheels from wood, I’m pretty sure I have seen this done on real aircraft. It was either for moving them around or they had run out of rubber tyres but I’m pretty sure I have seen pics of them on planes. Can’t remember if it was German if allied planes or where I had seen it. So I don’t think I could be any more vague

Any way loving what ya doing

Interesting and not surprising they did i that with wood in WWI...likely run out of everything!
Mine are just styrene and cut on the Dremel at the same time to get them precisely the same size.

[Tomcat64]

Awesome work as always Scott - love the extra detail you've added with the scratch building.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Awesome work as always Scott - love the extra detail you've added with the scratch building.

Neil
The racing truck has pushed this off the bench for a while, but I will get back to it

[pourquoi61]

Always amazed with your problem solving.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Always amazed with your problem solving.

Thank you
I am pretty good at problem making as well

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well my mojo for modelling in general is at an all time low
Work stress has me by the cajoles and I am zapped of energy after a day. My assistant is hurt, I have to go in early and stay late every day to set up and organize for the next day. Basically doing my job and a half and never know who I am getting to assist me day to day. Freaking stressful!!!

Weekends are busy with kids and such, but when I do have spare time just can’t seem to motivate myself to get up into the nerd lab and do some modelling. I need to pick up the airbrush and get some final colour on the main plane, ho-ing tonight. Just do it as they say.
Kinda choked at myself as I had a good few builds over the summer and thought I could get to 10 finished models this year

[Kevthemodeller]

Well my mojo for modelling in general is at an all time low
Work stress has me by the cajoles and I am zapped of energy after a day. My assistant is hurt, I have to go in early and stay late every day to set up and organize for the next day. Basically doing my job and a half and never know who I am getting to assist me day to day. Freaking stressful!!!

Weekends are busy with kids and such, but when I do have spare time just can’t seem to motivate myself to get up into the nerd lab and do some modelling. I need to pick up the airbrush and get some final colour on the main plane, ho-ing tonight. Just do it as they say.
Kinda choked at myself as I had a good few builds over the summer and thought I could get to 10 finished models this year

I know exactly where you're coming from Scott, my work life balance for the last few years is definitely out

I'm sure it will pass and you're be back at the bench again soon

For what it's worth my advice, don't try too hard and set yourself up to fail by trying to ram in the bench time. All you'll get is more peed off and stressed when you can't and so it goes on a vicious circle Just take the time and when the work and other commitments are done the time for the bench will return as will your mojo

Relax take time out the kit will and the rest of us will still be here when you return

[digger303]

Well my mojo for modelling in general is at an all time low
Work stress has me by the cajoles and I am zapped of energy after a day. My assistant is hurt, I have to go in early and stay late every day to set up and organize for the next day. Basically doing my job and a half and never know who I am getting to assist me day to day. Freaking stressful!!!

Weekends are busy with kids and such, but when I do have spare time just can’t seem to motivate myself to get up into the nerd lab and do some modelling. I need to pick up the airbrush and get some final colour on the main plane, ho-ing tonight. Just do it as they say.
Kinda choked at myself as I had a good few builds over the summer and thought I could get to 10 finished models this year

it happens that mojo loss. Mine is at a low ebb atm too, just feel too knackered after work to even look at it. I'm not going to worry to much....I will get back to it.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well my mojo for modelling in general is at an all time low
Work stress has me by the cajoles and I am zapped of energy after a day. My assistant is hurt, I have to go in early and stay late every day to set up and organize for the next day. Basically doing my job and a half and never know who I am getting to assist me day to day. Freaking stressful!!!

Weekends are busy with kids and such, but when I do have spare time just can’t seem to motivate myself to get up into the nerd lab and do some modelling. I need to pick up the airbrush and get some final colour on the main plane, ho-ing tonight. Just do it as they say.
Kinda choked at myself as I had a good few builds over the summer and thought I could get to 10 finished models this year

it happens that mojo loss. Mine is at a low ebb atm too, just feel too knackered after work to even look at it. I'm not going to worry to much....I will get back to it.

Ya work is sucking at the moment and Nov Dec are typically either slow or crazy months...never in the middle

I managed to prime as many wing and body parts for both planes today, so actually did something and will let that dry a day or two
Then I painted another Koi fish abstract....this is an "Asagi" type that is blue, red and white. Still more to detail on him

[Tomcat64]

Seems like there's a few of us in the same boat at the moment

I was away for work again for part of last week which didn't help but even when I got to the bench on Saturday I spent 30 minutes screwing things up and getting annoyed with myself and just gave it up as a bad job.

Didn't even try yesterday and spent the afternoon with Mrs T getting slowly drunk in front of a couple of movies instead.

Nice work on the Koi art though - would love to see that when you've finished it off.

[digger303]

Well my mojo for modelling in general is at an all time low
Work stress has me by the cajoles and I am zapped of energy after a day. My assistant is hurt, I have to go in early and stay late every day to set up and organize for the next day. Basically doing my job and a half and never know who I am getting to assist me day to day. Freaking stressful!!!

Weekends are busy with kids and such, but when I do have spare time just can’t seem to motivate myself to get up into the nerd lab and do some modelling. I need to pick up the airbrush and get some final colour on the main plane, ho-ing tonight. Just do it as they say.
Kinda choked at myself as I had a good few builds over the summer and thought I could get to 10 finished models this year

it happens that mojo loss. Mine is at a low ebb atm too, just feel too knackered after work to even look at it. I'm not going to worry to much....I will get back to it.

Ya work is sucking at the moment and Nov Dec are typically either slow or crazy months...never in the middle

I managed to prime as many wing and body parts for both planes today, so actually did something and will let that dry a day or two
Then I painted another Koi fish abstract....this is an "Asagi" type that is blue, red and white. Still more to detail on him

Does the wife have a wall spot all picked out for the koi.

[Twokidsnosleep]

@digger303
No mate, I don't force my art upon her . You guys are the only ones I have shown any art to other than my artist daughter.
These art messes just kind of force their way out of me and I make a private pile or put them in my model room

[Twokidsnosleep]

Seems like there's a few of us in the same boat at the moment

I was away for work again for part of last week which didn't help but even when I got to the bench on Saturday I spent 30 minutes screwing things up and getting annoyed with myself and just gave it up as a bad job.

Didn't even try yesterday and spent the afternoon with Mrs T getting slowly drunk in front of a couple of movies instead.

Nice work on the Koi art though - would love to see that when you've finished it off.

I started Saturday with an overall desk tidy, parts organize and set up for priming things on clips and such
When I got done cleaning and organizing , I was ready to actually fire up the airbrush, which spluttered and clogged immediately so I had to grab another...then strip down both
But I got all the parts primed up and feel better about moving the project forward again.
All starts with cleaning and a tidy space seems to motivate me

[digger303]

good to hear that you have found your way through the mojo quagmire

[Twokidsnosleep]

good to hear that you have found your way through the mojo quagmire

I am dealing with it, just dealing with it
More often than I like to admit I think why the hell do I have all these stupid model kit boxes
Been playing a dorky video game instead of modelling ...what a manipulative, mind numbing, WASTE OF TIME and brain cells.
Modelling is a far more creative and positive outlet
You guys help to keep me going

[pourquoi61]

Long nights and short days,dark when I go to work and dark when I return. I think they call it seasonal adjustment disorder(SAD)
I know how you feel about the boxes of plastic "precocious" like gollum they are.
Soon it will be Christmas and more plastic.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Long nights and short days,dark when I go to work and dark when I return. I think they call it seasonal adjustment disorder(SAD)
I know how you feel about the boxes of plastic "precocious" like gollum they are.
Soon it will be Christmas and more plastic.

So true on all of your points
Pretty low end Christmas but looking forward to a short ski trip to frollock with the dog in the snow

[Twokidsnosleep]

I took some photos of the all primed main build...I guess there is a bit of progress
Having trouble deciding if I go greener or browner with the paint. The second fuselage is very olive green, so maybe green/brown

[Kevthemodeller]

Now that's good and well on the way to getting there

The colour your looking for is PC10 as you know, WNW give this as Tamiya XF62 x2 & XF10 x1. Having done some research for my own planned builds take a look at Vallejo 887 Brown Violet think is now called US Olive Drab or which I'm leaning towards mainly because I've not used their paint MRP, PC-10 Early (WWI R.A.F.) MRP-252 and PC-10 Late (WWI R.A.F.) MRP-253.

I've got several British WNW kits to build that are both early and late, I've heard nothing but good things about this paint, does anyone know different?

[digger303]

A high standard indeed and about half way there. The finish is in sight.

[Tomcat64]

Nice to see it all primed up - you're definitely making progress.

Don't know if it helps or not but here's an SE5 from the Great War Display team


I've seen them a couple of times now and they definitely look greener rather than browner to the eye - they are replicas rather than restorations but I would suspect they've done their homework. More info on their aircraft here if it's useful.

Edit: Did some more interwebbing and here's a link to the Shuttleworth Collection's SE5 as well here

From the digging about I was doing it looks like PC10 was a formula sent to the operational units to mix up in the field so there were wide variations depending on the quantities of Eye of Newt and Wing of Bat added on any particular day.

@Kevthemodeller I think @Quax was experimenting with MRP paints on his bomber build earlier this year but I might have got that wrong. I've only seen good things about them too - the only thing putting me off at the moment is that I think they're lacquer based.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cool Neil, will have a good look through that stuff after work

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well she got a bit browner than I anticipated, but now that I see Neil’s picture it is not too far off
Ya, that’s the ticket, I meant to do that...

[digger303]

Nice colouring in a real camo clour. Particularly like your work on the under carriage

[Twokidsnosleep]

Nice colouring in a real camo clour. Particularly like your work on the under carriage

Oh that one is stolen from my #2 fuselage as I forgot to spray the kit’s undercarriage.
Hmm, maybe I will do it in wood grain as well

[Tomcat64]

Nice work Scott - colour looks great to me.

[darrengreenwood]

Excellent work.

She's looking gorgeous.

[Kevthemodeller]

It's all coming along nicely Scott the colour looks spot on to me

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well gents, she is a bit stalled at the moment





I took those photos last weekend and just uploaded them now.
After cleaning off the desk, haven’t been back in the modelling room the past week. Perhaps a bit of time away will re-stoke my fires.
Nothing at all wrong with the kit, just my mental attitude.
Work kinda has me off the rails for a while yet still.

[Kevthemodeller]

Work kinda has me off the rails for a while yet still.

Yep, I know just what you mean Scott I'm really struggling at the moment too I've not managed more than a few hours over the last couple weeks When I do get home I just look at the bench and walk away it's all too much effort it's just work load

I've managed some today but this kit and it's fit issues are getting on my wick, that doesn't help either

So it's a few beers this evening and I'm going to set aside a good few hours tomorrow. It will return don't rush it mate keep checking in here and all will be well

[Twokidsnosleep]

Work kinda has me off the rails for a while yet still.

Yep, I know just what you mean Scott I'm really struggling at the moment too I've not managed more than a few hours over the last couple weeks When I do get home I just look at the bench and walk away it's all too much effort it's just work load

I've managed some today but this kit and it's fit issues are getting on my wick, that doesn't help either

So it's a few beers this evening and I'm going to set aside a good few hours tomorrow. It will return don't rush it mate keep checking in here and all will be well

Yep ditto mate...Home from work, kids chauffeured, chores, dog, computer surf, dead tired, bed. No workbench in there at all
I did manage to watch “ Rush” last night with my wife...Ron Howard's Movie about Hunt vs Lauda. Good movie, a bit over dramatic but cool.

[Twokidsnosleep]

She is back out of her box and being worked on as of Dec 22
Vickers machine gun painted and two props with their base and first oil layer on


Fuselage is all painted now top and bottom and I have completed her tail..actually rebuilt it from scratch




Then got all the last bits PC-10 painted and got the proper landing gear on.


Also got the landing gear wiring done with EzLine, a metal eyelet and a brass turnbuckle

Shout out to Tom Grigat for eyelet and wiring tutorials

[digger303]

I'm enjoying this build. Hang in there the mojo will kick in sometime.

[Tomcat64]

Great to see this one back out of the box again - hope you manage to get some time in over the next few days

[Twokidsnosleep]

Up on her wheels, engine mounted and darker prop chosen
Almost at the rigging


Christmas Eve time with the family now
Happy Christmas all

[bfrd]

Up on here wheels, engine mounted and darker prop chosen
Almost at the rigging


Christmas Eve time with the family now
Happy Christmas all

Love the prop.

[Stokesy44]

Merry Christmas good Sir

[Twokidsnosleep]

Merry Christmas good Sir

Right back to you buddy

[Kevthemodeller]

The build is back on good to see Scott

[Twokidsnosleep]

Getting some movement forward and she is starting to take form
Been building while on the hangout...find I get quite a bit done that way





Testing the upper wing on the outer struts

[digger303]

The crew at WNW would be smiling looking at this result.

[Twokidsnosleep]

The crew at WNW would be smiling looking at this result.

OR laughing and rolling on the floor