[WWI] 1/28 Spad on LSP

[ernest thomas]

Not only that, but he probably pals around with terrist. E.Honor and Glory to our Ancestral Gods> From: dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar> To: wwi at wwi-models.org> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:17:04 -0300> Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/28 Spad on LSP> > Fred!> > Check this out:> > http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=21757> > Looks like a nice job, eh?> > Without knowing the modeler, I have to say I'm not too impressed.> First, the pilot -quite competently painted and all- doesn't look at all> like a WW1 era pilot (beard? earphones in the leather helmet?) I know it's> probably a kit part, but since the modeler seems quite competent, it looks> odd that he chose not to research a little and make simple modification to> the figure if he chose to include it in the model. Later he took it off, I> wonder why.> Besides, the added details and rigging are heavy, and the strut attachments> in the finished model are untidy. The rigging attachment points are> fictional (real airplanes had special fittings to anchor rigging, not holes> in the sticks) and the strut "bridges" to ease the model construction are> unsightly. Given all the work and skill he had to add other details he> should have fixed this too visible flaw first. One note: the aileron strut> attached in the kit part to the read interplane strut is short-cast in the> kit part, but he didn't corrected it.> The wooden parts are very nicely painted (he did a good job here) but on> comparing them to the many pictures of surviving airplanes they are not> related at all. The exhaust pipes weren't attached to the fuselage by heavy> brass rings neither! And to add a final comment, he weathered the fuselage> with assorted "oil" drips but the wheels are pristine and the "pneus" look> more of the modern type rather than the light gray of the period.> I'm curious to see that even when the modeler has made good use of many> techniques, and built a rather involved model, he chose to ignore any> reference to the real thing, when they are quite easily at reach by googling> "Spad" on his computer.> D.> 
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