One Wing Biplanes

[Frank3k]

The Merlin LFG Roland D.II looks good!

I wonder what the Boeing P-26 would look like as a parasol wing fighter...

[apophenia]

Very nice Robin! I'd missed the Polikarpov, 'Harry Tate', and all the Germans. Great stuff 

[finsrin]

You been having too much fun.  Whole bunch look pretty darn legit.  Satin finish on P-26 is different in a good way, something to remember. 

[robunos]

Thanks for the comments, Gents . . .    
The Merlin D.II kit suffered very badly from flash on the fuselage halves, though the wings and tail weren't too bad. A lot of filing and scraping was needed. Likewise, the propeller was unusable, hence the scratched one. I also replaced the wheels with Revell Fokker D.VII ones, the kit ones were white metal, and not much good.
 I will post another picture of it, from another angle, I've just noticed that the proportions look odd. I went with the mid-wing because the real D.II has a fuselage that completely fills the gap between the wings, and both low and high wings didn't look right, likewise the C.II. Of course, then the D.VI had to have a mid wing, to complete the family look . . .
I made and fitted a new gun ring to the C.II, and the RE 8, I'm not happy with the RE 8, the decals were poor, I will make another at some point.
I am still hoping some one will produce a new kit ( are you listening, Airfix ? ), but until then . . .
A parasol Peashooter ? It would need a wing swap, there's little enough span as it is . . . 
The satin finish is supposed to be matt, but I still haven't found a truly matt finish that brushes on . . .


cheers,
Robin.

[stevehed]

Hi Robin,
            First time I've seen the complete OWB collection. Some very neat ideas. I particularly like the pushers.

Regards, Steve

[robunos]

Okay, here's the latest addition to the One Wing Biplane fleet, a BE2c . . .


'Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c of 39 Squadron, piloted by Lieutenant William Leefe-Robinson, on the occasion of his shooting down the airship Schutte-Lanz S.L.11, on 3rd September, 1916, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.'




cheers,
Robin.

[GTX_Admin]

 

[robunos]

A Halberstadt Scout . . .
Not sure if this counts as a scratch-build or a conversion . . .





Fuselage aft of the wings and horizontal tail from a 1/72 Revell Fokker Eindecker, wings from a 1/72 Revell Sopwith Camel. Forward fuselage plastic card, top decking epoxy putty. Rudder, undercarriage, gun and propeller from the spares box, decals are from Almark sheet A29 'German Crosses 1916-17' Colour scheme from 'Fighters 1914-19. page 34.
This model is not true scale, and also has a mixture of features of the various Halberstadt D-types, hence why I call it a 'scout', rather than a particular D-type . . .


cheers,
Robin.

[apophenia]

The Halberstadt is pretty but I love the way you've left the spars exposed on the BE.2c! Very nice 

[robunos]

Thanks, Gents .  .   
@apophenia; that's the way the part is moulded, I had to be so careful not to break the wings off when I was painting and decaling . . . 
After Airfix released this kit, I was hoping that they would go on to re-tool some of their other Great War kits to the same standard, but of course, they didn't . . .


cheers,
Robin.

[sotoolslinger]

You are awesome
Don't want to threadjack but thought you might like this one
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/hh50/sotoolslinger/ROT%20HALW/IMG_1072.jpg

[robunos]

You are awesome
Don't want to threadjack but thought you might like this one
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/hh50/sotoolslinger/ROT%20HALW/IMG_1072.jpg

Praise indeed from the master . . .      


That's excellent, it looks like it started life as a Bristol Bulldog, amirite ?


cheers,
Robin.

[apophenia]

... it looks like it started life as a Bristol Bulldog, amirite ?...

Good eye! I was thinking P-26 but, you're right, it looks much more like a Bulldog fuselage (and upper wing?) 

[sotoolslinger]

... it looks like it started life as a Bristol Bulldog, amirite ?...

Good eye! I was thinking P-26 but, you're right, it looks much more like a Bulldog fuselage (and upper wing?) 

Shoot its been so long since the build that I'm sure y'all are correct. Bulldog sounds right. I don't think I've ever had a Peashooter model

[robunos]

Okay, time for the latest batch of One Wing Biplanes . . .
First up, a Czech Aero A-100 bomber, from the old KP Kit,














and a radial engined prototype . . .











Next, the Avia B.21 fighter. The kit radiator had a horrible, unfixable sink mark in the radiator, so i replaced iot with a scratch-built one.











The Letov S.231, again from the old KP kit  . . .











Fleet Model 16 'Finch', radial engined version, in RCAF markings, and fitted with a canopy. From the Azur FR.ROM kit, this kit allows you to build radial and inline engined versions, and open or enclosed cockpits.














Now we have some 'Dodgy Geezers', a batch of Russian/Soviet aircraft I started before the current War started . . .


Anatra DS 'Anasal', from the Emhar kit. It's hard to see, but the gun ring is a 3D-printed part . . .











Next is a Polikarpov I-3, from the Encore boxing of the ICM kit,








Also from the Encore boxing of the ICM kit is a Polikarpov I-15 bis,











and an Antonov An-2, from the Revell kit, converted into a Polar Aviation version with skis and home-made decals . . .











And finally, the 'Daddy' of them all, the original 'One Wing Biplane', an old-tool Airfix Gladiator, which I built to see if the One Wing Biplane concept was workable . . .







cheers,
Robin.

[ericr]

 

[Old Wombat]

Good stuff, all 'round!

[GTX_Admin]

 

[apophenia]

Wow! Somebody has been productive lately 

Hard to know where to start ... so much gorgeousness. Still, gotta love those '30s Czech designs (and their simple schemes) 

But, even in the face of such abundance, greed is not sated. Any chance of a high-winged, OWB Antonov An-2?

[robunos]

Wow! Somebody has been productive lately 

Thanks, 
But some of those were built some time ago, and I just never got round to posting them up . . .

Hard to know where to start ... so much gorgeousness. Still, gotta love those '30s Czech designs (and their simple schemes) 

They are nice, unfortunately those old-tool KP kits are getting rare, and expensive. As to the colour schemes, TUSIS applies, although it's a pain to get those roundels aligned correctly, and you also have to remember which roundel goes on which wing, they're handed . . .

But, even in the face of such abundance, greed is not sated. Any chance of a high-winged, OWB Antonov An-2?

Well . . . I do have another AN-2 kit, the Italeri version, (and no, it's not the same as the Revell kit; I thought it was, but it isn't . . .), and the high wing version is the easy option, and looking at the marking options has given me an idea for the back story, so, s'possible . . . 


cheers,
Robin.

[raafif]

Great concept .. I've generally stayed away from biplanes but this saves a hell a lot of work aligning & rigging work !

The wings on that Polikarpov I-15 bis look too big - cut 'em down for a 1935 Reno racer

[Frank3k]

The Aero A-100 and Avia radials are my favorites. The A-100 reminds me of a slicker Vickers Wellesley. The An-2 looks great, too.

[robunos]

Great concept .. I've generally stayed away from biplanes but this saves a hell a lot of work aligning & rigging work !

That was the original idea! No fiddly struts, no wobbly wings, and no frustrating wires . . .

The wings on that Polikarpov I-15 bis look too big - cut 'em down for a 1935 Reno racer

They look big, but the whole model is tiny . . . the wingspan is less than the S.231 model I posted . . .


cheers,
Robin.

[robunos]

The Aero A-100 and Avia radials are my favorites. The A-100 reminds me of a slicker Vickers Wellesley. The An-2 looks great, too.

Thanks . . .  The Aero does look good, doesn't it. I got the idea for the radial powered version when I looked at the shape of the lower fuselage behind the radiator duct. The rounded shape seemed ideal to fit a radial engine to, just had to modify the upper fuselage to match.
I like the An-2 as well. As I said, a high wing version is easier to build, but I liked the idea of a low winged version. Then I saw the Polar Aviation colour scheme, and I had the skis left over from my 'Hydrosan' Build, so that was it.


cheers,
Robin.

[robunos]

Any chance of a high-winged, OWB Antonov An-2?

Ask and ye shall be rewarded . . .


https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10253.msg195290#msg195290


cheers,
Robin.