Another Completed Aircraft in June by the Duke

[Mark Deliduka]

Once again, another Shelf Queen got finished. This is the ancient Airfix kit of the British SE.5 from World War I:

This one had been languishing for a lot longer than the  RAF Rescue Launch. I've had this one sitting on the bench for over ten years. I've always liked this plane; it's one of my top three favorites from WWI.

Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

[ghodges]

Looks great, especially considering the vintage of that kit! Very nice job on the "wooden" prop too!

 

Gil

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Gil! It is indeed an ancient kit. I still had a blast building and painting it. The 'wooden' prop was done with a base of wood color and then striped with a darker brown using a very fine brush.

[VMF211]

I love when the oldies get built up nice! Great job!

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Keith! Yeah, I love finishing older models too.

[TheRealMrEd]

Beautiful job on this!  I've always thought about doing one of these, but I'll probably start with the more modern Roden one.  I could only hope that I could do one as nice as this.

 

Ed

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Ed! This one I got for free so the price was right. I also figured since it came from a collection received from a model widow, it deserved to be built as was intended by the original owner. I did a couple other ones from this same collection. I just picked up a couple Eduard WWI biplanes from another estate sale. I'll be building them too so I can compare kits and experiences.

[Stikpusher]

Oh man, I guess I missed a good look at this back in June Mark. Looks good. Do I see rigging on this little crate? Bravo!

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Carlos! Yes, there is some rigging on this, but it's not as complete as I'd like. I'm just glad it's done.