Dear All,

Many thanks to Louis Gardner @lgardner for setting up this group.

Having never built a Spad before I thought this would be the ideal opportunity.

I was at the IPMS Avon show recently and picked up this beauty, in the ever popular 1/28 scale!

If Scalemates are to be believed, this was a new tool in 1957! and this is the 2014 rebox !

So its a kit which is older than me by a few years!

I think that I will choose the aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Long of the 93rd Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group, United States Air Service, France, October 1918.

Wish me Luck!

Cheers

Dave

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Thank you Spiros for your kind words!

Great to hear from you Robert! @roofrat
Thanks for stopping by

Thank you Brian @bzak - I will look out for that one!

That's a beautiful oldie you have here, David @davem
Looking forward to it.

Thank you for your kind words John @johnb

Although I know that following the instructions can get you into all sorts of trouble I started with the engine, although precious little of this will ever be seen.

It is here though that you start to see, the original quality of the kit - that all the parts are keyed and handed and can only be assembled one way.

Although the detail is surpassed in modern kits - it is by no means bad, and given the basic nature of WW I machinery probably pretty accurate - with a bit of clean up and finessing - the fit was very good.

If I had received this kit as as a kid in the 1960's I would have been over the moon!

I think that I am going to enjoy this one!

Paint used.

Black - Mr Surfacer 1500

Brighter Aluminium - Mr Hobby Super Iron 2

Duller Aluminium - MRP Dark Aluminium

Brass - MRP Dark Aluminium

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Engine looks great, David (@davem). I am sure that using more recent tools and techniques, along with your modeling experience, will bring out the best in this kit. I remember building one of these, along with a Dr.1, and then playing with them outside in the yard. They survived a lot of dogfights before they finally died.