Gern's Stop that Pigeon GB

[Gern]

OK. Here's what I'm planning to use for my go at this GB:

Three of the cheap lot of SMER kits I bought a couple of weeks ago:
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Sprues for the two DVIIs
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Instructions for same:

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Sprues for the Airco:

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Instructions and decals for same:

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None of this would have been possible without the invaluable help of my assistants (methinks this isn't gonna be easy!):

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I almost forgot. The "Catcher":

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[Guest]

The diversion starts.....:smiling::smiling::smiling:

[yak face]

Excellent stuff dave , cant wait to see this develop. Nice to have a bit of help too, I'm sure those two would have no problems catching a pigeon! cheers tony

[Gern]

Ooops! Forgot to enlarge the picture of young Clyde sorting out the decals for the DVII!

[papa 695]

Looks like a very interesting build Dave

[Gern]

Nice to have a bit of help too, I'm sure those two would have no problems catching a pigeon!

Never thought of that Tony! Maybe I could fit them into the build somewhere........

[Gern]

Some progress with this. Cockpit assemblies and some surgery on the wings of the DVIIs:

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If anyone is mystified, I'm planning to end up with a sort of 'zwilling mistel'. Hopefully all is now clear!

These are old kits from the bottom end of the market (they only cost me £3 each) so I wasn't expecting too much in the way of clean parts or detail - and I've not been disappointed. I can't speak for the dimensional accuracy, but even with those problems, a good modeller could produce some nice results as the general fit so far has been surprisingly good.

I'm not going to try and tart them up other than what I need to do for the conversion into a cartoon-type aircraft as the originals were pretty plain. I may have a tilt at adding some rigging though because I've got other biplanes in the stash which will need it, so this is a good opportunity to practise.

PS I still have an Airco, a Camel and an Albatross left if anyone is interested - £3 each + P&P

[yak face]

Nice start dave , zwilling eh ? Very interesting! These old timers can be a fun build and with a bit of care can look great . They only really lack detail in the cockpits and thats just down to the era they were tooled. Remember the Fiat cr32 i did for the ‘then and now ‘ GB , i stuck in a pilot and all was good , you couldnt see any of the cockpit !

[Gern]

Nice start dave , zwilling eh ? Very interesting! These old timers can be a fun build and with a bit of care can look great . They only really lack detail in the cockpits and thats just down to the era they were tooled. Remember the Fiat cr32 i did for the ‘then and now ‘ GB , i stuck in a pilot and all was good , you couldnt see any of the cockpit !

I got pilot figures with these, but the moulding isn't brilliant. I'm going to have a look see at the characters to find out whether I can use them.

[flyjoe180]

Dave, nice start and great concept!

[yak face]

I got pilot figures with these, but the moulding isn't brilliant. I'm going to have a look see at the characters to find out whether I can use them.

Me too , the pilot ive got in one of mine , could be adapted im sure to look like dick dastardly !

[Gern]

OK. Done most of the build for the 'zwilling'. I'll be adding the tail fins when I've worked out how the 'mistel' will fit. Wheels etc will be done after painting.

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I changed my mind about the 'catcher'. Instead of using the salad tongs (I thought they were much too big), I'm looking at a couple of telescopic back scratchers ......

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...... although I have a better alternative if I can get the bits I need.

[yak face]

Looks brilliant dave!

[papa 695]

Like Tony say's Dave, it's looking very good.

[Gern]

Would you believe it?!

I've been looking for something better than the back scratchers I bought for nearly a month. I found some in the good ol' US of A but they were about £14 + £41 P&P! (Does anyone else think that P&P is a bit pricey for an item about the same size and weight as a couple of cigarette packets?)

This morning I had to take my ex around to my daughter's and I mentioned what I was after. Turns out my daughter had bought exactly what I wanted as a 'stocking filler' for Xmas and hadn't used it!

Sorted!!

PS Anyone want a pair of telescopic back scratchers?

PPS Now it'll be just my luck to find Tony has had exactly the same idea.