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My Lock-down 2020 Additions and Adjustments 4 Repainted Pfalz DXII and new Kopka Finally, as I had now allocated Georg Weiner my new Roland DVIb I reallocated his converted Heco Pfalz DXII which originally appeared in the Heco Thread post 1352 to another minor Saxon ace Johann Kopka. A Pole...

My Lock-down 2020 Additions and Adjustments 3 Not another Albatros but a Roland DVIb The second new creation made when I found out Jasta 3 was partially equipped with the Roland DVIb at the end of 1918. Although it looks like an Albatros just look how the lower wings were attached. I decided...

My Lock-down 2020 Additions and Adjustments 2 Pfalz DVIII The first of my new Lock-down creations the rare Pfalz DVIII created largely from cannibalized parts from some Tin Toys purchases and various bits of metal. As it was designed to use the same rotary engine the plane at first glance...

My Lock-down 2020 Additions and Adjustments 1 Pfalz DIIa Having been 'furlowed' for 3 months I had the time to make a number of additions to my collection, two new planes, two new Saxon aces and two repaints. Finally I have the opportunity to post these on the forum I decided to modifiy the...

Thanks Louis and yes myself, family and friends are all well and as yet appear to have avoided the Covid threat.

Thanks to my sympathies with General Ludd (yes I am a confirmed Luddite), I took the decision some years ago not to have a computer in the house as it was a distraction from doing other things. Unfortunately, the 2020 Lockdown has hit me hard as it has denied me any access to other computers and...

Modified Fokker EII I have finally got round to modifying the Fokker Eindecker I acquired as part of my 'Tin Toys' job lot. Thanks to Louis I had the dimensions of the HECO Eindecker 8 in long 10.5 in wingspan and had discovered that Tin Toys cowlings were identical in size to HECO so the main...

Fokker DII - the HECO Conversion that Became a Scratch Build The Fokker DII was unsurprisingly an unsuccessful biplane version of the Fokker Eindecker given that it incorporated the already obsolete engine and wing warping system of the latter and was never going to be a candidate for Tony...

I really thought you would find it more difficult.

My Favourite Five HECO Models As it has been a while since we had any new posts on the thread I thought I would start the ball rolling by nominating my favourite five HECO models from my collection. At present I have just 14 HECO models so limiting the choice to five is easier than it may be...

Clearly a wonderful set thanks for the photos

The Handley Page Bomber is absolutely amazing - Bruce Hebron's Metal Shed creations are truly stunning- I think I may need to start saving up for their Taube to go in my Saxon Army 1870-1918 collection. Did the towing tractor come as part of the set?

60 and still learning to convert models and figures

Two new 'Tin Toys' Acquisitions I recently acquired a job lot of four tinplate WWI planes in need of some TLC. The Fokker Eindecker (top right) and the Bristol F2b Fighter (bottom left) are both clearly by the company I identified as Tin Toys although I would love to know the actual name if...

Hi Louis When are we going to see a vignette/diorama with the new French Dimestore figures and car with a HECO Bleriot

My new HECO Albatrod DIII (OAW) 2 Once the model arrived I was able to carry out the required changes without difficulty I chose to make it an OAW so I need not change the rudder and made minor some upgrades to bring it in line with my other HECO planes. The hardest part was the painting as...

My new HECO Albatrod DIII (OAW) 1 Thanks to the heads up from Louis I was able to purchase from Egonzinc a really beautiful HECO Albatros DV. Having seen the pictures I thought this was going to be the best opportunity to add a HECO Albatros DIII to the Saxon Aces collection. Here are two...

Thanks Louis for the vote of confidence but looking at those JU 52s makes me realise just how talented Tony Williams really was ! Having finished the three difficult projects I can now turn to the relatively straight forward task of painting the HECO Albatros I recently purchased from Egonzinc...

Re: Fokker EIV he return of an old Friend With the success of the DVII resizing I turned my attention to the Fokker EIII which was one of my original purchaseswhich I had originally tiddied up but had dwarfed my HECO models here are pictures of the original purchase and the tiddied up model...

The Fokker DVIIF I have finally finished resizing two of my Tin Toys acquisitions the latest being the DVII. The first the newly acquired Fokker DVII I made into a DVIIF to complenent my HECO DVII which is now a DVII (OAW). Production of the DVII was through 3 Factorys Fokker, Albatros and...