Glenco Spad XIIIC.1 by Popeye the Sailor 1:48 scale - finished

[popeye the sailor]

I've never built a Glenco kit........looked kinda cool.  usually,  I'll take pictures of the contents,  but with this one,  I kinda missed it.  I pulled it out earlier and did a little to it....but it ended up back in the box because of the painting involved.  I didn't want to get too far into it before that happened.   there really isn't much to the model.......no cockpit to speak of,  just the seat.  one thing I did notice though,  is that there are injection pin marks in places one wouldn't want to see them.  

the kit dates around 1995.......the box is like new.   the kit has decals for several different planes......they are produced by Scale Masters and they look really good.

 

the instructions aren't much to speak of.......the parts are not numbered on the sprues.   they are named......   the number of parts in the kit doesn't cause too much calamity,  but it is neat since it gives the modeler a sense of what the parts are called.  I miss that with the newer kits.......older kits used to do that.......number them as well as name them.

this is it as far as the assembly goes.  as can be seen,  there is a small 'display' that comes along with it.  I can envision this on a wooden base,  but I have no interest in it and I chucked it.

the bad thing here is that the sheet is in black n white..........hard to discern what color is which and where.  a saving grace is that two of the planes are in color on the bottom of the box......a third plane is shown on the top of the box.  they do offer a book that shows French and British camo and markings....48 pages   #7801  we'll see what planes jumps out of this box   

[popeye the sailor]

so....as mentioned,  I've done a little to it already.   since there is no cockpit detail,  the fuselage halves,  lower wing,  and cowl top has been assembled.  I can put the seat in later.  going online and looking at images.......I plan on building Capt. Rene Fonck's plane.......I find that his camo and marking are different than shown in the instructions.  I'll get it close anyway.......

               

 

so I painted up the fuselage and bottom wing tops.

 

then I did the top surface of the upper wing...

 

 

next was to paint the leather around the cockpit opening.

 

there is a windshield for this plane........the frame was perfect for window maker  

this is a bit on the light side........next picture...   I wanted to show the amount of flash at the locator pins of the horizontal stabilizers.....thought I didn't get a picture of them.   I was glad to see that I did.

 

other parts were being painted as all this was going on.  the build is progressing quickly.....

[Edwardkenway]

That flash look like wings on their own!😲🤔

I'm liking the camo paint job Denis,  is it done with brushes or airbrush?

[popeye the sailor]

I'm waiting on the Dr 1 to come in.........I got an e-mail saying that it was about to be shipped.  that was the 23rd of June.   .........anyway.......

 

the main landing gear was added to the fuselage,  before I painted the underside of the bottom wings.   they are to be the same color

 

more painting..........

the radiator cowling will be painted a light blue..........the seat,  a flat brown.   the prop was painted in various shades of wood browns......dry brushing......   the undersides of the horizontal stabilizers were painted,  after the flash was removed.

 

the underside of the fuselage and wings were painted when the landing gear was dry enough.

 

the build presses on.........

 

[popeye the sailor]

hello ED    thanks for the kind word!   I was going to use the airbrush,  but I wasn't keen on the masking...........so I did it freehand with a brush.   that was the only place where there was a lot of flash......the rest of the kit was pretty good.   the fit is nice and had to drill one hole so far.  it's too bad that there aren't any color pictures of the camo.......would have taken out a lot of the guesswork.  I did a search on Capt. Rene Fonck and looked in the images page.....quite a bit of info there,  along with other planes that the kit covers.   Eduards has a kit out on the Spad XIIIC as well........it was developed after the Spad XII......began use in 1917.   production was stepped up after the initial testings,  and became more prominent by 1918. 

[popeye the sailor]

looked in the camera to find that I had not posted these pictures from last Friday.  the cowl and prop assemble was added to the model

 

 

then the exhaust was added....

 

then the horizontal stabilizers

 

 

then it was time to put on most of the decals.   I couldn't do the vertical stabilizer,  because the horizontals were still curing.

 

ran into a tiny problem here due to the raised detail on the wings.  the decals were touched up with paint.  the machine guns were added

 

the two bumps on the top sides of the cowl were added....... they cover the top part of the engine.  I did the fuselage sides and the top wing decaling too,  but apparently,  I failed to get pictures.  more to come  

[popeye the sailor]

incomplete reporting.....I hate it........don't chu?    here are the pictures of the fuselage and top wing decaling.........

 

 

here's what I need to do with Kempf's plane........once I paint the topside cabling

 

 

more soon!   

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks great!  I like how you mentioned you've done a little work on it, and you're pretty much done  

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Mike     yea.......the wheels,  the outer interplane struts and the cabane struts.......and yepper,  it would be finished.  this is the first french plane I believe I've ever done....I've done plenty of British planes.

 

thanks for the likes folks!   

[popeye the sailor]

I almost lost this puppy!  with the main interplane struts and upper wing on,  I went to add the outer interplane struts and it caused a whole bunch of grief.   everything started to come apart.....bad enough for me to remove the upper wing and drill out the holes.   I had to start over.   to make matters worse,  the rudder decals didn't goo too good either......one side broke apart.  no pictures on the decals,  but I got the wing back on..........and need to do the damage control.

 

 

one good thing was that I didn't have any problems with the tires,  and they are now in place.   still more to go yet  

[Old Collingwood]

Sorry to hear this Denis,   hope you can get it fixed.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks OC.......it should clean up OK  

[Egilman]

That's a badd Spad.....

[popeye the sailor]

thanks  ......not much further to go now.

[popeye the sailor]

hey there folks!  I didn't have anything really to report last week.  the big L got in the way......I also got more info with my leg issues.  I need to have both legs done...just waiting now for the OK from the insurance and scheduling the date.  I think it will be sometime in August,  since this is the end of July.   the good thing is that it's a low impact procedure and it won't lay me up for any real length of time.   the only restriction will be no heavy lifting for a week,  and I hope I can follow the plan I've devised in the best interest for home and work.  if this is all I've had to deal with....then I consider myself to be one lucky guy   

 

I did get this model finished yesterday.........I was able to clean up the mess with the interplane struts and cement the cabane struts in place.  they still need to be painted.

from here,  the struts were painted........the touch ups were done,  and the rest of the decals were added to the tail.   the model is now finished!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

while browsing a Hobby shop yesterday,  I came across a Spad kit that also supplies decals for the German Luftwaffe.   interesting to think that even in WWI,  planes were being captured and used.   I hope you enjoyed watching this project.

    Glenco kit are Ok.......not much in the way of fit issues...............  some holes and locators needed to be drilled out    thanks for all the kind comments!

[Edwardkenway]

You turned out another nice plane Denis, what's next on the table, your two Fokkers or Agilis? Or maybe something new

[marktiedens]

Looks sharp

 

 

Mark

[Old Collingwood]

Really nice Denis.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Ed and Mark......this one was kind of a filler.   I still have the Stuka too.........I put that one back in the box for some reason {I forget}.  I'll be working on it  

 

I haven't even looked where the Clotilda or the brigg {Agilis} ended up in the new arrangement yet Ed.  the Fokkers are next  

 

thanks to all who hit the like button!

[popeye the sailor]

thanks OC  

[mtaylor]

Sweet work, Denis.  Love those old WWI aircraft.

[lmagna]

Nice work Denis glad to see the final reasult. I have built a few Glenco kits and know that in many ways they are pretty basic kits so almost all the credit of having a finley finished model has to go to you and your skills, congradulations.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Mark and Lou  

[Egilman]

I have to agree with Lou, I have several Glenco kits under my belt also, the Duck and Scorpion come to mind.... they can be built into nice models, but it is the builders skill that makes them that way....

 

Wonderful job my friend....

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Egilman....I think they are nice kits too.   the detail is very good,  but future one will have me insuring that the location holes fit........I didn't drill them out.   I dunno.........I think my plastic skills have laxed since I turned to wood models.  it's quite a kudos coming from you