Bughunter

After three months of heavy work with a huge amount of masking and a lot of scratch work, I can present the final update to show the finished "Wings of Horus" Camel. Without my cutting plotter (and the vector graphics software Inkscape), this project would not have been possible.

The original plane

The ‘Camel’ aircraft was painted in this colourful scheme to celebrate the 1,000th aircraft produced by Roston & Proctor in Lincoln on 1 February 1918. As it was a brand-new biplane and had been spruced up for the celebration (all the photos show a spotlessly clean plane), I decided against adding weathering; there is just a little oil around the engine from its brief maiden flight.

The model

A 1:48 kit made by Eduard and many accessories were used. I added a lot of scratched details as well: real wooden airscrew, new metal struts, new metal+wood undercarriage and tail skid, etc. All the details of the fully equipped cockpit and more was shown in the extensive build log.

The photos

A light tent was used to take the required photos.

The outdoor photos were taken with two tripods, without using AI!

Thank you very much, and a big thank you to everyone who has followed my build, ‘liked’ it and left comments. It was a pleasure to be part of this contest. I hope that will not be the last one of its kind.

Good luck to all!