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Part 5 - Captured Morane Saulnier Type N Finally, after an unexpected enforced sabbatical through ill heath here is the fifth and final model from my windfall the diminutive Morane Saulnier Type N. Initially it had been my intention to convert this Morane Saulnier Type N into the similar...

Captured French Monoplanes - 2. Deperdussin TT Armand Deperdussin a silk-broker became involved in the aviation and in 1912 setting up the Société de Production des Aéroplanes Deperdussin which produced some successful racing aircraft from which the Deperdussin TT was developed for the French...

Captured French Monoplanes - 1. REP Type K Some time ago at the instigation of my friend from the Forum Gunther UK I began researching into a number of early WWI monoplanes from the same time frame as my Bleriot and Taub. Hence I was inspired to add a pair of unusually shaped and little known...

Thanks Louis but not really a conversion just an up grade of the cockpit (remove pilot add seat and joy stick) and a repaint.

My HECO Windfall - Part 4 - Captured Bristol Scout C. This is truly the highlight of the windfall as without doubt the Bristol Scout was one of the most aesthetically pleasing WWI planes and if I was asked to draw a picture of a typical British WWI biplane then I think it would look something...

Yes it really is an awesome Vickers Gunbus which needed no modifications as it was perfect as as was the RE8 That I recall you got with it.

Thanks Louis, I am starting to love the 'gitterschwantz' (lattice tails) too maybe a FE2 could be a future project.

My HECO Windfall - Part 3 - Captured Vickers FB5 Gunbus. Having seen the pictures of the Vickers Gonbus I knew I had to have it but when it arrived although the model was superb and well detailed it was not really a Vickers Gunbus being more an amalgam of all the various British WWI 'Pusher'...

My HECO Windfall - Part 2 - Captured Nieuport 17. As with the Eindecker I had despaired of getting another HECO Nieuport 17 (my first I converted into a SSW DI a German copy - post 1318) and then acquired a slightly over-sized Metal Shed one (What Toy Soldier items Have You Acquired in The Last...

My HECO Windfall - Part 1 - Fokker EI Eindecker A few weeks back I was lucky enough to spot an elusive HECO Fokker Eindecker on E-bay to buy now for a very reasonable price. I have wanted one for ages but had given up hope of ever acquiring one so I could not get my bid in fast enough. The...

Thanks Louis as to have my model favourably compared to those of Tony Williams must be the ultimate compliment. In actual fact the only way I was able to create the awkward front landing gear was to study a number of Tony's Blériot models to see if I could find a way to copy them without...

Commandeered Blériot XI of Gustav Tweer On a number occasions I have had the opportunity to purchase a HECO Blériot which to my mind is one of Tony's more interesting models, but on each occasion I could not find any indication that the German Air Service had ever operated the type captured or...

Jasta 13s Captured SPAD XIII Many years ago Tony Williams was kind enough to make me a SPAD VII (the only one I have seen to date) which was duly finished in the markings of the captured one known to have been flown by the Saxon Ace Rudolf Windisch. To date it remains my favourite HECO model...

Heco Style Sopwith 1½ Strutter The latest addition to my collection is a scratch built HECO style Sopwith 1½ Strutter ithe RFCs first fighter with a synchronised machine gun, being given the name 1½ Strutter because of the long and short cabane struts that supported the top wingand it fits in...

Well worth the wait for another entry on the thread - what a purchase

Just a repaint to Blackburn Rovers colours 1986-7 would make them perfect.

Royal Aircraft Factory BE 12 - The worst Britisg single seat fighter of WWI? Some time ago whilst looking for possible future projects I came across a picture of what I thought was a captured R.E. 8 a journeyman two-seater used by the British during the last two years of the war. Being unable...

Metal Shed - Nieuport 17 bis N.2405 My collection started with HECO models which were later added to with models by other makers and my own creations in the same style, yet as I mentioned in post 3863 I have been interested in adding a model by Metal Shed. Finally the opportunity arose when...

Sorry for the delay in my posting. I have the magazine with that catalogue photo and accidentally spotted a very similar damaged model but not in 1/32 scale of one at auction Initially because of the size difference I dismissed it as being HECO but then as it was identical in markings I began...

Hi Louis a question for the HECO expert. Should a HECO Gee Bee Racer appear on the market how would you recognise it if the vendor did not advertise it as HECO. The two ways I can spot HECO planes the design of the wings of their WWI planes and their distinctive pilot do not apply to this...