Wild Child Posted February 14 Posted February 14 (edited) I recently posted my custom made Nieuport 16 that was made using a Sopwith Camel and a Fokker Dr1 in the large 1/28 scale. There were only 4 planes originally made by Revel in this scale long ago, and once each was built, I decided I still needed more. The only solution...make your own! Below are the next 2 custom made planes I did after the Nieuport. The tan plane is an early Fokker D2 with Mediterranean region graphics. I used the Dr1 Triplane to start, but had to do a lot of fabricating. The front area of the fuselage had to be completely rebuilt to get rid of the middle wing and to accommodate the single machine gun. Next I had to redo the nose cone, modify the headrest, then cut and re-contour the rear of the fuselage as the D2 was a bit thinner than the Triplane. The two wings had to be cut and modified, along with the struts. After a few small modes, full rigging, and period correct paint...it was completed. The second plane is a French built Hanriot HD-24. These planes were built for the Belgian Air Force, and this particular plane belonged to Belgian ace Willy Coppens. I used a Sopwith Camel for this plane as the Hanriot was originally a similar copy of the Camel. Some work was done on the wing center and edges, along with the tail, nose and machine gun area. Full rigging, aluminum exhaust tips, and hand painted 'thistle' graphics on the sides was applied (Willy's personal logo). I have only one left to post eventually, and it was by far the hardest of the bunch and quite unique. Stay tuned. Edited February 15 by Wild Child 9
Wild Child Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 Thanks Larry. And thanks for following so many of the guys posts and commenting...I know everyone appreciates it even if it is not always said.
TonyK Posted February 15 Posted February 15 I really like all the work you've done to create these great looking models. So much talent.
Wild Child Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 2 hours ago, Mike 1017 said: Very nice build. Any Bi-Wing Bombers in the future? Thanks guys. Mike, there are no plans to my knowledge to make any new planes in this 1/28 scale. If they did, they probably would not be large bombers due to size. These fighters have a good 10-11 inch wingspan, just imagine a large bomber's size. Several of these plane molds go back to the late fifties. That is why I built a few of my own which Revell did not make. There may be some smaller 1/72 scale ones available. As a side note, I do have my 4th custom built plane to share sometime which I believe you may really like! Combination Fighter, Bomber, Recon plane.
Mike 1017 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 21 hours ago, Wild Child said: Thanks guys. Mike, there are no plans to my knowledge to make any new planes in this 1/28 scale. If they did, they probably would not be large bombers due to size. These fighters have a good 10-11 inch wingspan, just imagine a large bomber's size. Several of these plane molds go back to the late fifties. That is why I built a few of my own which Revell did not make. There may be some smaller 1/72 scale ones available. As a side note, I do have my 4th custom built plane to share sometime which I believe you may really like! Combination Fighter, Bomber, Recon plane. I have seen a few 1:48th B52, 1:32 WW1 Fighters and 1:28th Fighters. You are right they are huge
Wild Child Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 On 3/10/2025 at 4:51 PM, slusher said: Great pair! Thanks guys. It is always fun doing custom builds, though most of mine are Funny Cars and customs.
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