Quite a few of mine ended up that way too George @gblair !

That's a great start on this build, David @davem
The engine looks great.

Thank you Ian @firelockg that is an idea which had not occurred to me!

David Mills (@davem)

Thank you for accepting the invitation and for participating in this group. Sorry for the late replay, but I have not been active on Imodeler over the past few days.

You picked out a great kit to build. I built one of these as a kid. Mine was a 1975 edition.

Here's a picture of the box art. Amazingly it has survived, and I have it along with the other three kits that Revell made back then. I built a model of a Werner Voss Fokker F-1 "prototype" triplane back in 2017. I scratch built the differences to make it more accurate.

On the inside of the fuselage was written "Revell Inc, Venice Calif. Copyright 1957".

I believe they made all four of these planes around the same time.

I have their 1/28 scale Sopwith Camel.

SPAD XIII (like yours),

and an original build Dr-1 Triplane from my childhood years.

Shortly after I returned back to the hobby in the mid 1990's, I picked up their Fokker D-VII and built it.

They could all use a facelift, but the Fokker D-VII looks the best since it was built about 20 years ago, while the others were constructed in the mid 1970's era.

I am very impressed by your engine assembly. Your model is also molded in a different color than mine was, going from memory. I believe mine was molded in a dark green plastic. I like the light tan color better, as it looks more appropriate for the underside of the wings and horizontals.

You're doing some marvelous work, and I look forward to seeing your next installments.

Amazing to think the original sprues were on the planet before we were @davem ! Can't wait to see you work your magic!

Just though I would update with a few pics of progress.

Thinking ahead particularly in terms of the paint scheme, I found myself struggling with Revells black and white instructions and their paint mixes for Revell enamels , which I don't have a lot of !

By chance I was in Hannnats a few weeks ago and spied an Eduard Spad XIII on the shelf - the colour plates on the instructions helped clear up many misconceptions and potential errors.

The Wingnut Wings website had a copy of the instructions for their Salmson 2A2 in USAS markings and gave the colour scheme in Tamiya mixes which was a huge help!

Some painting next time!

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Excellent progress, my friend @davem! Great that you found those color references!

Great progress, David (@davem). This Revell Spad was one of my earliest favorites. It is an amazing kit considering its age, so I am sure your skills will turn it into a real standout. Looking forward to the rest of the build.