heinkel Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Here are a few pics of my Flair SE5A on its maiden flight . Took a while to finish but well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cantwell Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Now that DOES look the part, very nice, well done sir!! what power is under the bonnet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Absolutley brilliant. Great model, and great pictures too. It must be a 4stroke in the front ?. CheersEdited By fly boy3 on 27/10/2011 21:29:36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heinkel Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Thanks lads for the comments.She has a ASP52 four stroke up front . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 As a budding photographer, any info on the camera, settings etc. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heinkel Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hi fly boy, it was a Canon eos 550d, lens was 50-250mm zoom and was on a sports automatic setting. All thanks from my sons Matthew and Thomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 This was a few years ago. Most of fly all at once. Looked good with in the air at once. Still got the model, but is now over 10 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Really nice and interesting.....classic plane and good old 35 Mhz,thanks Heinkel Paul ,I already saw your's " SE5A Wild Bunch"........lol Cheers Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Hope you don't mind heinkel (Double click for full size) Edited By Basildon Biggles on 30/10/2011 19:19:33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bandit Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Heinkel, Very nice .Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo565 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Well done Peter it certainly looks the part,The weasel will be wanting one of those now. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Excellent model Hienkel...looks great in the air...... I've just finished a book about WW1 pilots (On a Wing & A Prayer...Joshua Levine) & it recounts the tale of a couple of ex Scout pilots who decided to buy a pair of srplus SE5as at the end of the war. So they went down to RAF Hendon where they were selling off RAF surplus supplies & bought two SE5s for the princely sum of £5 each. They had them fueled & topped up with oil & then took off for a quick flight to check them out & landed 20 minutes or so later. Walking back to the hangars it apparently dawned on our two pilots what they had just bought & they got to wondering what on earth they were going to do with the aircraft they had bought.... So they started to negotiate with the guys they had just bought them off who finally agreed to buy them back for £4,10s!!!! Given that the SE5 was then the equivalent of the Typhoon today I wonder if BAe might offer a similar deal when the Typhoon comes to the end of its life..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nice plane and good photos. Always like the SE5a. Definately on the "to-do" list. Edited By Ben B on 01/11/2011 15:43:12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heinkel Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Cheers lads for the interest shown, liked the black n white photos .Thanks must go to Jim Carss who helped me with the wing dowls, Dick Wilson for the great job of covering her and lastly my good mate Weasel who did the test flight ,nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecchio Austriaco Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Looks like you have a lot of friendly and helpful mates up there in the north! In any case it is a very good looking model. Congratulations. Also Basildons creation of authentic photos looks good (fotoshop?) Cheers VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Posted by Vecchio Austriaco on 01/11/2011 20:47:03: Looks like you have a lot of friendly and helpful mates up there in the north! In any case it is a very good looking model. Congratulations. Also Basildons creation of authentic photos looks good (fotoshop?) Cheers VA No mate 'Photoscape'. It is basic, but competent. There are six layers to the black & whites, including paging & some shading. A 'Clone' feature was used to remove the TX & blue flightline rope in the background. I tried to replicate a photo taken on a box camera, which may have then been reproduced in a 'Newspaper'. Thanks for the appreciation. BBEdited By Basildon Biggles on 11/11/2011 15:14:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
propogandhi Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Quick question for those of you that see this, and hopefully the OP will. What solartex colors are typically used for the bottom? Linen or Antique? Also Olive Drab for the top? Thanks prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 When I built my Flair SE5a a long time ago I covered it in neutral coloured Solartex (can't recall precisely which one, I think linen) and painted the top (fuselage and wings) with Flair PC10. Though I suspect Flair paints are now unavailable (as are the kits) and Solartex will be very soon. In reality for scale, I suspect operational SE5a were not very pretty in WW1 and kept flying using any materials available to the mechanics. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight1 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Well done Hienkle it does look the part and looks like it will be a geat one for those calm dawn patrols outings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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