I've been hunting for a WW1 or interwar aircraft for this GB for a while and managed to find this at my local hobby shop.
She will be made up as an aircraft from HMS Pegasus and here is a little background of the ship courtesy of Wiki.
HMS Pegasus was an aircraft carrier/seaplane carrier bought by the Royal Navy in 1917 during the First World War. She was laid down in 1914 by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland as SS Stockholm for the Great Eastern Railway Company, but construction was suspended by the start of the war. The ship was converted to operate a mix of wheeled aircraft from her forward flying-off deck and floatplanes that were lowered into the water. Pegasus spent the last year of the war supporting the Grand Fleet in the North Sea, but saw no combat. She spent most of 1919 and 1920 supporting British intervention against the Bolsheviks in North Russia and the Black Sea. The ship remained with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1924, but was placed in reserve in 1925 after a brief deployment to Singapore.
Naval Aviation GB - Sopwith Camel
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Nice one , this GB is turning out to be quite varied indeed !
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BFA wrote:Nice one , this GB is turning out to be quite varied indeed !
I'll say I never knew they flew camels from ships. One from the top drawer there Alan
Scott
what is the significance of that flag
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Cimmerian wrote:Is it done yet?
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Good start mate I've seen some of these Roden kits in my local shop on offer - are they good?
matt
matt
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I really don't know how you do it... This type of aircraft in 1/72 scale must be very small? My eyes would go bug-eyed even taking the parts out of the bag.
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Logster wrote:Good start mate I've seen some of these Roden kits in my local shop on offer - are they good?
matt
They are nice kits, good detail inside. A lot of dry fitting is recommended as they are well known for fit issues, but with a little patience they build up very nicely.
Regards, Ken