On to the hobby portion of our program...
I just picked up two (one for me, one for my son) Keil Kraft 1/72nd Sopwith
Camels (at a pretty good price). My question is, how does this kit
compare to the Revell model (which I have built several times). My
suspicion is that it will need some extensive fixes, but I haven't taken
it out of the plastic wrap yet.
I would like to model a navalized Camel. Matt (or someone else who
knows) does the datafile have any info on the naval Camels used by the RNAS?
Also, I am about 1/4 finished with my son's "rocking horse" airplane (all
of the wood is cut. I said, the last time I mentioned this, that I
wanted to use the HB W.19 for inspiration on this project (of course I
meant the HB W.12). So far the wings and fuselage look okay, but the
floats are too far forward to be used as effective rockers (although I
have a fix in mind for that).
I was curious what the "large" scale & RC modelers used to paint Naval
Lozenge? Is there a pattern somewhere? Does someone make a large scale
lozenge decal?
Oh well, I have to get some work done today...
Please light a virtual cigar in honor of my son.
- Joe
boeke@bucknell.edu