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6 hours ago, Mike Dowling said:

Good thing to think ahead  - especially with one of these kits and you will find you need to use the instruction book and plans together all the time. The Sopwith to my mind had the best instructions of all the model airways planes. I am building their version of the Cutiss Jenny at the moment and it is proving to be a real brain teaser !!

That's good to know about that kit.  I am looking at that one as maybe my next build if I don't start my German StuG IV first.  Either that kit or the Nieuport 28.  Maybe if I hang around here long enough I"ll do a ship! (never done one yet)  I like the detail of the Model Airways kits. The Guillows kits are cheaper but also less detailed. One would have to use a lot of aftermarket parts to get it to scale.  Fortunately or unfortunately I'm a "rivot counter" as they say in the scale modeling arena so extreme detail is important to me. I will most likely try to add more detail in this build as I can find during research.

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As for weathering the wood, I didn't bother. By the time it has been handled, cut, glued etc etc it kind of ages itself !! I also gave a couple of coats of varnish in the end and now my Sopwith has been finished for a while the wood has 'calmed down' quite a lot.

Ok I'll watch for that. I was definitely planning on airbrushing varnish over the model. 
 

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I'll bet you can't wait for Christmas !! 

Exactly! Its killing me. 

Sorry, jablackwell, I feel like I hijacked your thread.

Thanks Mike! I have a couple of RC airplane wooden props laying around so I will use one of those.

I haven't started yet but I do have the kit now.  Actually my wife insisted she wrap it up for Christmas so I won't be starting it until after then! Puh! 

Anyway I am one of those planners where I like to think ahead when building a scale model. I typically build scale WWII tank plastic models 1:35 scale size.   How do you typically weather the wood so that it looks aged?  The wood in the kit looks too new and clean!

Great work! I was looking for a decent kit to start from to build a scale version of the plane and this kit seemed to be the only one of its caliber.  I received it recently and am eager to start working on it.  Now to start the research on the airplane. 

The only thing that brings pause to me is that propeller. I have not carved one before and it looks like you get one shot at it or it will be ruined.  Hopefully my dremel will do the job.

-Steve