1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C 1264

Hi all,
I previously built the Copper State Models 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C, serial No.1260 of No.5 Wing (RNAS), operating from Dover as part of Home Defence in 1916.

I'm now building the same model, but Scout serial No.1264, as it is now, flown by owner/builder David Bremner.
This model is of aircraft as flown by David's grandfather, Sub. Lt. Francis Holden ‘Bunnie’ Bremner of No.2 Wing (RNAS), operating from the Greek island of Thasos, off the coast of Bulgaria, during 1916.

This aircraft can be built from the kit, but only as it was during WW1.

However, David's present reproduction aircraft has differences, primarily in the cockpit.
These differences require the following modifications to the cockpit:

Remove the opening panel in the cockpit rear cross member
Remove the control lever from the upper right longeron
Fit the Pulsometer to cockpit right side frame and add associated pipe
Replace Tachometer drive with lead wire
Fit curved quarter panels at the front and rear of the cockpits upper longerons
Create engine controls (with control rods) at the cockpit left side frame, lower left of pilots seat
Replace pilots seat with better quality 3D printed seat (Gaspatch)
Remove the pre-molded clock from top, left side of the instrument panel
Add representation of the clock above magneto switch at lower left of the instrument panel
Remove compass and its housing from between the pilots foot boards
Add blip switch cable to rear of control column and under pilots foot boards
Add all visible cockpit bracing wires and control cables (rudder, ailerons and elevators)
Add modern four point safety harness in addition
Fit kit supplied lap straps behind the pilots seat
Add ‘Bunnie’s’ flying certificate to the map holder.
 
Also the engine is the Le Rhone 9J (supplied in the kit (pre-orders only).
The engine was built as supplied, apart from replacing the valve push rods with Nickel-Silver tube and adding spark plug lead using Modelkasten 0.6 (0.13mm) line

Mike

It's so marvellous this kit!!!!

I know that 1/32 scale allows to go very far in detailing, but what you are doing is really mind-blowing!
Do you intend to show your model to the current owner of the aircraft? It would be interesting to see if he can spot any difference, apart from scale...

Jess a écrit:I know that 1/32 scale allows to go very far in detailing, but what you are doing is really mind-blowing!
Do you intend to show your model to the current owner of the aircraft? It would be interesting to see if he can spot any difference, apart from scale...

Hi Jess,
This second build of the Bristol Scout is in fact not for me.
I'm building it for Theo Willford, who is the co-owner and builder of Scout 1264.
That's why the details reflect the aircraft as it is today, not as it was in WW1,

Mike

Excellent début, l'intérieur est superbe.
Olivier

Do you need documentation about the 1664 ? I did it at 1/48 and offered it to David bremner

J'aime bien les différents tons de la toile, mais je ne sais pas comment vous faites !
Superbe réalisation Mike.
Olivier

Il est superbe Xan..

Xan a écrit:Do you need documentation about the 1664 ? I did it at 1/48 and offered it to David bremner

Hi Xan,
Thanks for the offer of information, but I have enough for now.
I've been in regular contact with David and researched 1264 at the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedford, UK.
I'm building 1264 as it it today so my model will be different from the original 1264,

Mike

Hi all
When daylight from above passes through the clear doped linen covering of this aircraft, the internal structures and bracing wires can be seen as shadows



To represent this effect, a combination of roundel decals, masking and painting and the addition of appropriate decals from the 'Xtradecal' Black Stripes (XPS1) set was used
These will be airbrushed over to blend them with the base colour to create the shadow effect

Mike

As you I used Xtradecals:



but for the roundels I used masks: