Revell Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a in 1:72 (Rigging Added)

Two days start to finish!!  Probably about eight hours work.  

Super little kit with no fit issues whatsoever and virtually flash free. It did however, have two annoying injection pin marks on the upper surfaces of the lower wing. Since the wings have fabric texture, I chose to just 'smooth them out' a little. That worked pretty good, as now you have to look hard to find them.

The kit comes with an alternative radiator and two and four blade props. I chose the radiator and prop, to match the more powerful 200bhp V8 Wolseley engined version.

Decals were strong and laid down well.

The colours may not be prototypically correct but they were all I had to hand and are near enough for me.













Assuming I can find something thin enough and rigid enough, I'll have a go at rigging it, when I get back from Bonneville. I did the exhaust pipes with MIG rust pigment but it didn't work too well so I'll address that at the same time too.

I had fun doing my favourite WWI plane and now want to get the 1:48 version.

 

Looks great Al   

SE5 was a bit "boxy." My fave was the British triplane, one I had not heard of tho the German one was very famous. The smallish French "Neiuport" had nice areo lines as did one of the German Albatross monoplanes. Quite an era, when technology was as much "trial and error" as scientific.

Looks ready to fly. Nice work Al.

Great job, Speedy.

Thanks guys.

Yeah! it was a bit Mike!! Great fun though.

Gorgeous build Al ............ really great work sir   

Why did I miss this?

Lovely neat little build Al. Quick too!

One last thing............ Rig it man!!   

Thanks both. look out for more titchie planes.

One last thing............ Rig it man!! wrote:

I'm going to have a go at it when I get back from Bonneville Colin.

Nice!

Thanks Briz.

Seeing Mikes wonderfull rigging on his Handley Page bomber, I decided to give the EZ line a go usng the CA kicker Mike suggested.

This thing is tiny with a wingspan of just 112mm (4.5") and it tried my patience just a tad!!! Still, although it may not be perfect, I'm happy with it as a first attempt.

No holes were drilled for the rigging, relying on CA alone.

For refference, the EZ line is 0.09mm dia or 0.0035"

Mike...... I found the best way to do it, was to dip the EZ line in CA, hold it in place for ten seconds or so, then apply the kicker.

Nice work Al. You have more patience than me.

Fantastic work Al for something so tiny.

The rigging makes it look a lot better then without.

I agree. the rigging is well worth the effort. Makes this little beauty a real gem.

Stretching the line and holding it steady in place for 10 seconds means you have a very steady hand. Great job.

Thanks guys.

Not so hard Mike.... a pair of fine nosed tweezers rested against the wing edge helps a great deal.

Hi Al,

Very, very nice Sir, I still don't know how you manage to build these small models, are you sure your not the Bionic man or at the very least have Bionic eyes...

Andy...

Thanks Andy.

Actually, Shay sent me a small team of Leprechauns who work cheap!!!!