Heres my latest off the bench the 1:48 Roden DeHavilland DH-9, painted in the markings of A6-16 of the Royal Australian Air force, based at Point Cook, Victoria circa 1923 (this aircraft was one of the Imperial Gift aircraft presented by Britain to Australia after the First World War). The most prominent feature of the RAAF DH-9s is the modified chimney stack exhaust, which was used to keep exhaust fumes away from the crew. These aircraft were not routinely armed, and that is how I presented this aircraft.

A few additions were made to the kit namely the new exhaust pipe, some detail added to the engine, cockpit, and other bits and pieces scattered all over the aircraft. Build log is here:

http://www.greatwaraviation.com/forum/index.php/topic,2895.0.html
http://aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=190810&page=1

















This wasnt an easy build and required some care to make sure it all went together with a minimum of issues. Points to watch out for are the soft bendy plastic, sink marks, warped fuselage halves and the weak lower starboard wing joint (mine needed pinning). Rigging on these brit planes is also a bit of a nightmare (mine was rigged with aeroclub elastic tied to bobs buckles wire turnbuckles). I would recommend this kit for those with a couple of biplane builds (and a stiff drink) under their belt.

All feedback welcomed!

BC


10SQN Royal Australian Air Force - "Strike First"

That rigging makes my head hurt! Great job as always. That's breathtaking.

Wasn't.

Excellent work on both the a/c and the figures.

Thank you for posting pix of your DH-9...it is truly a wonderful work of art. Every aspect of this model is fantastic to look at...congratulations on a wonderful build.

That looks wonderful!!



Brandon

I like everything of your build, the accuracy of construction, the finish and the weathering. All together, it conveys the mood of an aircraft from that age. Beautiful!
Greetings,
daniele

...I am going to start my Roden Be 12b as soon as I get home form work.

-M

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"Max Flex" The key to Naval Success

I'm not big on 'string-wings', but Brad, that is awesome!!!

My most sincere compliments Brad!

We stole the eagle from the Air Force, the anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army.
On the seventh day while God rested, we overran his perimeter, stole the globe, and we've been running the whole show ever since.

Semper Fi, Don

I mean, that is so good it's outrageous! I honestly thought that was another WNW build, could have knocked me down with a wet kipper when I read it was Roden 1/48, Stunning just STUNNING!
Regards
Steve.

Love the subject, too. Ever since I saw the one at le Bourget in Paris, I've been fascinated by the DH-9. Well done!

Cheers,
Tony

Great build and presentation. Thanks for sharing.


Rod

I raise my teacup to you, sir- and award you a biscuit for this outstanding bit modeling.

Cheers!
chuk

Although if, like the Canadians, the Aussies considered themselves "British" at the time, you might well be correct nonetheless.

Just being pedantic...

Cheers,
Tony

Exelent build!
best

nt

Brad: Great as usual! One question. How easy is it to use Bob's buckles? Oops another couple of questions.
What size did you use and the best source to obtain them in the US.

Keep up the great work!

Tim Pivonka

Great to see it fly off the building board, your inspiring me to keep going with my model.

There are so many great builds on this forum. But, some really stand out....and this is one of them. OUTSTANDING!

Thanks folks, you are all too kind!

Tim - bobs buckles are very easy to use - you simply drill a hole with a #80 drill bit to take the end of the buckle, cut it to length, then glue the buckle into the hole and voilą, you have an anchor point for the rigging! As far as I know, you can only get the buckles direct from Bob himself over at bobsbuckles.co.uk ... as a guide, I used 106 buckles to rig the DH-9...!

Cheers,

BC

10SQN Royal Australian Air Force - "Strike First"

Thank you for posting this and the build - have this kit to do as 'PD'.

PR