Warbird Information Exchange

Here's one by Pepe Martin:
Brand:Smer
Scale:1/48

Avro 504-K,Aeronautica Naval 1933-1936:

the rigging must have been a major pain in the buttocks!! great work!! rigging cables have always scared me away from bipes!! i've got no guts in that department.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Beautiful work!

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Nice!

Tom, I recommend using Aeroclub's elasticated rigging thread and super glue - one reel will probably last the average modeller through a lifetime's collection of externally braced aircraft, not to mention aerials and external control cables.

I recently rigged an AMT Staggerwing - I won't call the resulting model outstanding as it was my first effort, but with a bit of encouragement from a mate it was relatively easy, even with my inherent clumsiness, fat fingers and unsteady hands.

I'm hoping that by the time I rig my next biplane (an Aeroclub Gipsy Moth) I will be better prepared - I hope so, I've got quite a few biplanes and triplanes in the stash including the Blue Max Avro 504 - quite the scariest of the lot... Or is it the Lindberg Jenny? Got two of those as well... The other Staggerwing (I've always been a sucker for the type!) should be a doddle though!