This
excellent kit is from Hi-Tech. It
was built for the competition at the Istanbul Air Museum on the 15th of October,
but was not completed in time. It will have to wait for next year's
competition. The model is from the year
1921 probably a plane captured from the Greeks and converted to Turkish
markings. You will see the hand
written Arabic numbers used by that time which stands for the serial number
"253". The crescent and star was used starting from the end of the
first world war. The rudder flag was painted in red by masking and the decal
used for the rudder from Turquoise Decals - Excellent decals for building
Turkish aircraft.....you can see details on their website www.turquoisedecals.com
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The
kit contains resin wheels, pilot seat and exhaust a metal propeller,
machine guns which really put realism. The engine cowlings and many photo etch
parts for the cockpit detail were included. I only added the generator on the
right hand side of the fuselage. I used Humbrol number 74 for the overall yellow
and did heavy weathering using oil paints after painting the red-white square
markings. A big effort was needed to build the top wing and give the dihedral
angle. I had to scratch build the center part of the wings using Evergreen
plastic sheet.
The
most challenging part is the rigging where 0,08' guitar wire is used. I had to
take the curvature of the wire by heating the steel wire and then cut to exact
length. For thicker wires Waldron strut tubes were used. For thinner aileron
controls stretch latex was used. Its now one of my biggest biplanes after the
1/72 Handley Page 0/400 since I mostly build 1/72 biplanes.
Fuat
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