hey guys, as my girlfreind has loads of kits to do , she let me have this revell sopwith camel, so im gonns do a downed plane, newar some trenches,
i hav eonly been working on the ' kite ' so far, base in acrylics, weathering so far in oils

Don't tell me you've gone to the darkside?
Just kidding. Looks good from my house.

oh no, no dark side for me!! i find planes immensley hard
the finishing has to be so spot on, i cant do that atall
in a smaller scale its more forgiving, but its mostly gonna be groundwork sxperiment for mw

Nice start with the kit. Are you planning on showing some battle damage to the aircraft, maybe some holes in the engine area? That'd be cool, and hint at how it ended up in it's predicament.

Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing more of your progress.

Cheers -
Tim

hey Tim, the front is pretty hidden, but im gonna do some oil streaks coming from the general area, the reason th eprop is not damaged at the mo is the engine stopped mid flight in tht position, so it wasnt damaged, althought the landing was light, it is gonna end up tail around 30-45 degrees in the air.

Hi James - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3508126394_59e24aa007_b.jpg sadly I can't see your pix, could you please re-post, I have just brought these little gems, however for the scale 1-72 as stated, they're just slightly on the large side, but nevertheless a great little subject matter.

looks a nice little set how much was tht?
pic all fixed now

your grild friend does modelling

I wish mine would even go near one!. She hates it !

intereasting diorama idea, planes chrashed like that fasenate me !

looking foward to some more porgress jim

1-72 figures were £6.5 on ebay, and please tell your girlfriend to have a go at some WW1 bombers, you'll pick a nice cheep Martin or even Felixtowe all in 1-72 ebay is a good place to start http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3462/3391103109_6e708f4b34_b.jpg that's my little camel with easy struts

James,

For a bit of inspiration, check out these crashed WWI aircraft dios by Per Olav Lund.

Crashed plane dio 1
Crashed plane dio 2

Rudi

wow, i aint gonna match those

Don't try and beat it, James.
You've done some outstanding work already. Aircraft are a total different breed then armor subjects.
You'll do fine.
I'm having one of those "I'm not worthy" days myself as of late.

Hey brian, it would be nice to match them though!
for the not worthy syas , try something new, that usually helps with me
thanks for lookin in!
ciao

James,
May I point something out with the Camel?
The whole aircraft was fabric and it would look good if you showed some bullets holes in the wings, "walking" from right to left or left to right, to the engine.
And prehaps some on the body itself and tail section.
Of couse, this depends on from which side the attack came from to cause the damage.

Just food for thought.

hey Brian, i ahve placed a few holes, but they arent visiable, i decided to make th eplane more damaged too,
i know its a bad pic, but it gives you an idea

sorry the pics are dark, i have damaged the plane, and am haveing the upper wings collapsed, i do want the left lower wing to be crumpled back, but i dont really think would be able to manage that!
oil dot method has been used, forsome reason, i love that, makes me feel more professional, ( even if my armor looks better than the planes )

Now that's what I'm talking about. Excellant work, James.

Don't forget to show the upper/lower wing supports damaged, snapped cables and cross members.

hey Brian, cross members?
i qas gonna do the wires and supporsts but what do ya mean by cross memebr sorry for bein dense!
ah damnit the lhs that supplied balsa planks has closed, so im gonna have to dig through the house for proper trenching materials, im gonna coat the base in a plaster, earth paint, and bits of textue( ballast and railway cork) and coat it entirely, carve out the landing spot, and constuct a trench, the trench it the part that worries me the most.

Great start on the plane, the weathering and damage looks great - i wouldnt even touch a plane anymore, i have had a few but i found them a bit too boring, nothing beats a good old tank. lol

hey Phil, thanks, its tricky to damage stuff in 1/72 i usually dont liek planes cus i never get the finish good:

Wing struts. My bad, senior moment.

evening!
Hey brian, didnt you mention those?

ok i know its dark here but i took some pics( that means bad lighting.)
the white are sandbags!

hello, sorry for the poor pics!
better ones now.
i ahve been using refences for the positoning of sandbags and used reference for the barbed wire!

well i ahve located a place for my corrugated strip, and added soem shoring and a small amount of debris wood. and soem supports for the makeshift MG position.
the story behind "half a trench" was the earth nearby has been torn up by shelling, the barbed wire has no barbs, as its really small to do in 1/72.

here are the supports


and where the corrugated iron is


you can notice the wire that has been dragged by the aircraft as it landed