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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Miles Gemini Miles Martinet. Airspeed Oxford. Percival Q6 Petrel. Provost T.1 Hawker Sea Fury Please note- ( Nigel was a very early member here,he tragically died when he suffocated returning home from work in his car after he had been using some dangerous chemicals,his daughter...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    The day has been spent sheeting in between the nose areas with balsa,when doing this cut pieces with a slight wedge to them and press into place firmly as the pieces automatically expand into the voids,once dry sand flush with the stringers,as you can see here it has worked well on the Tempests...
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Gloster Javelin. Langley Monoplane. Miles Magister. Handley Page Harrow. Miles Messenger ( Field Marshall Montgomery) Fleet Canuck. de Havilland Heron Mk.1 Miles Gemini.
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    The fuselage is now all stringered up ready for a good sanding,then additional balsa will be added to the nose area fitting between each stringer to add lots of shape and strength rather than additional dead weight for ballast,the only block balsa supplied is for the lower nose area as shown...
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Auster Autocar Avro Athena ( upper) Boulton Paul Balliol. Beech 18. Surrey Flying Services AL.1 Meteor NF.11 Lockheed Electra L.188. Fairey Firefly. Gee Bee Racer. Hawker Hart.
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    Now we have a secure port side it is time to start building the starboard side up by adding the respective formers from nose to tail,once again keeping everything at exact right angles is important so the use of small gussets is paramount,a tiny gusset locks the former into place and avoids sway...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    Having got soaked yesterday at Weston Park model show it was good to get back in the comfort of my studio to do some work on the Tempest,the port side was stringered from nose to tail as can be seen in the pictures,as usual a few notches for the formers were out of line and the common error was...
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    Rare footage of the complexities of launching the V2 Rocket

    Watch this all the way through it is absolutely fascinating and shows how advanced the Germans were with the development of long range rockets in the later stages of WW2,it was a highly complex procedure and a dangerous one too with the use of hydrogen Peroxide and the lethal C -Stoff.
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    The keel is laid down and the first formers are carefully added to the master side,tiny gussets have been used to ensure the formers do not lean a common issue with thin balsa formers at this crucial stage of construction,no matter how careful you are this happens and the small gussets is a way...
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    The parts spread for the Hawker Tempest V all cut out from the sheets and ready to make a start today on the fuselage,cut the parts out with great care and you will be rewarded with a smooth build that is the aim,so this is where we are at with parts laid out in shallow card trays all ready to...
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    One man and his collection-Dinky Toy & allied diecast aeroplanes

    I have been collecting and building miniature aeroplanes now for over 65 years and in that time amassed a large variety of model types,although the worlds largest model aircraft collection and museum closed its doors some 5 years ago remnants of the original collection continue whilst the other...
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Supermarine S6B Ryan Navion. Shorts Sealand. Chrislea Super Ace. Taylor Watkinson Dingbat. Aircraft thumbnail sketches-1 Aircraft thumbnail sketches-2 Chrislea Super Ace. Foster Wikner Wicko. Me 262 Swallow
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    Build along with Wonwing from start to finish -Hawker Tempest V

    My next subject is this Westwings ( obsolete no longer trading) model of the Hawker Tempest V. Today will see some parts cut out in preparation for the build,as usual the kit will form the basis for a much improved flying model,my first Tempest model was a kit by Skyleader built at the age of...
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    HAWKER FURY BIPLANE-complete build sequence 'build A Long with Wonwing'

    The large radiator and other pieces were added this evening bare wood areas were treated with sanding sealer ready for fine sanding,the silver paint is on order for eventual painting when the weather is warmer. The Hawker Fury is flight ready.
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Albatross DV. Albree Pigeon Fraser Pursuit. Auster Autocar. Breguet 14 B-17 Flying Fortress. Dragon Rapide. F4U Corsair.
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    HAWKER FURY BIPLANE-complete build sequence 'build A Long with Wonwing'

    The Hawker Fury has been covered with lightweight tissue water shrunk and given a first coat of thinned dope.
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    de Havilland DH.88 Comet's 'Black Magic' G-ACSP The most famous of all Comets 'Grosvenor House' G-ACSS The rare French Air Force Comet. K5084 Comet in RAF scheme.
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    HAWKER FURY BIPLANE-complete build sequence 'build A Long with Wonwing'

    Nothing like a good overnight setting of the adhesives so before breakfast it was time to fit the lower wings using simple wooden props,boxes and things to eyeball everything up,here you see the lower wings firmly in place before the interplane struts are added,but first more drying out before...
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Caproni Stipa ducted fan via Cirrus engine. Percival Provost T.1 Sopwith Snipe. New Standard D25. Thomas Morse Scout. Vickers Barnwell Bullet ES1. Vickers FB.50 Gun Bus. BAT Balilisk FK.27
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    Aircraft paintings in watercolour

    Vickers Varsity. Fairey Firefly. de Havilland Heron. Vickers Varsity. Spitfire IXC Hawker Typhoon. Avro 19 Anson. Canadian Lancaster visit to the UK. DH.88 Comet Racer.

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