First posting

[StephenLawson]

Greetings all;

Your forum was recommended to me by a friend. I build WWI Aviation subjects in 1/48 scale and am the archivist to the Lafayette Foundation. Non profit organization that proliferates the study of WWI aviation. Here are some links where my builds can be found.

http://www.us-aircraft.com/steve_lawson_gallery.htm

http://www.us-aircraft.com/steve_lawson_gallerypart2.htm

http://www.us-aircraft.com/steve_lawson_gallery3.htm

http://www.darkmatterinc.tv/rmipms/lawson_s.htm

The Staaken R.VI is the Contrail vacuform at 1/72.

http://wwimodeler.com/esc/dr1.html

I usually hang my hat at;

http://theaerodrome.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16

Regards Stephen

See my website for "How to" reviews on building WWI aviation kits.

http://www.wwi-n-plastic.com

Edited November 29, 2005 by StephenLawson

[Jim Baker]

Steve,

Glad you made it. Fantastic work!!

I've had the pleasure of seeing a few of these beauties in the flesh.

For you guys interested in WWI aviation, Steve is not only an award winning modeler, but has had works published concerning WWI aviation. Is it mostly German aviators Steve?? I hope you'll buzz by the WWI section too. I know you have a great deal of knowledge in this area.

Talk to you soon,

Jim

[StephenLawson]

Steve, Glad you made it. Fantastic work!! I've had the pleasure of seeing a few of these beauties in the flesh.

For you guys interested in WWI aviation, Steve is not only an award winning modeler, but has had works published concerning WWI aviation. Is it mostly German aviators Steve?? I hope you'll buzz by the WWI section too. I know you have a great deal of knowledge in this area. Talk to you soon, Jim

Greetings Panzerman, Very glad to be here. Zum Wohl and Prost!

[StephenLawson]

Here is my build of the Roden 1/48 Nieu. 28 in the Glancoe kit decals. This machine was repro-ed for the USAF Museum as a 95th Aero bird. But we have an image of it in a 27th Aero line up. The kicking mule seems to be absent and possibly over painted. The theory is that was the mount of Major Harold Hartney commander at this time of the 27th Aero. This is the kit I added the Part of Poland interior to and cutaway part of the fuselage to see the finished work. Later I went back and added black to the wing strut tips

[StephenLawson]

Here is my build of the Roden 1/48 Nieu. 28 in the Glancoe kit decals. This is the kit I added the Part of Poland interior to and cutaway part of the fuselage to see the finished work. Later I went back and added black to the wing strut tips.

[Jim Baker]

WOW!!

And remember when I wanted you to paint a prop for me??

Excellent work.

You should post some of the medals you had for ID in the Imperial Section. These guys are good.

Thanks for posting your models. This part of the forum is brand new and hopefully more folks will post their work here.

[StephenLawson]

WOW...Thanks for posting your models. This part of the forum is brand new and hopefully more folks will post their work here.

Thanks Panzerman; We both have come a long way since those early days. Let me add to the forum this comment that my builds are meant to inspire you and I'll be glad to share any information on the subject that I can. With a bit of patience anyone can build a fine model.

[StephenLawson]

Greetings all; here is a bit of fun. The following thread was the originated when I began building my website I found years worth of old builds and put them in a running post. It seems to have become a bit of a bookmark for some wingnuts. Enjoy!Rumaging through some old files... Edited December 3, 2005 by StephenLawson

[Bob Hunter]

Welcome, Stephen! Those models represent very fine work. How much time does it take to complete one?

[StephenLawson]

Hello Bob; It depends on how much I decide to do to the cockpit & engine areas and then there is the rigging. The finish is important but I can say it takes anywhere from 15 - 25 hours to do an average kit. The easiest are usually The Fokker D & Dr. I types. Minimal rigging. But the examples below took me about 30+ hrs. This is my 1/48 version of Voss' Fok. F.I preproduction Triplane.

Edited December 3, 2005 by StephenLawson

[Bob Hunter]

Really nice work, Stephen. However, I lean toward narrow gauge railroading.

[StephenLawson]

Here is my 1/48 version of the Fok. Dr. I 144/17 after capture in Jan. 1918. It was put on display with other captured German birds in the Agricultural Hall at Ilsington.

[Jim Baker]

Steve,

Maybe I will call you STEPHEN!!

Jeeezzus..... Your work never ceases to absolutely amaze me!!! The cut aways are just fantastic!!

You guys should also know that STEPHEN has a great knowledge of the men who flew these beautiful machines!

[Mark M]

Stephen

Very beautiful work! I had a couple questions for you. Do you paint your wing lozenge or use decals? If decals, whose do you find to be the most accurate? I do a lot with 1/72nd scale but I can never find good figures to go with them. Can you recommend a source for any ground crew/flight personel in either 1/72nd or 28mm?

Mark

[StephenLawson]

Greetings all;

On the subject of Lozenge (hex shaped) German Camouflage. There are two type 4 & 5 colour. The best examples of this are from Eagle Strike. Though I don't get any kickbacks I did help in the design of these 1/72 & 1/48 scale sets. There were actually about 4 of us that had input and I think that they are the best you can get today. Colours are right, easy to use. They turn out right and for me thats what counts.

Click here for Eagle Strike

As for figures in 1/48 try Copper State Models & JP productions. There is a range in production from Microsculpt but they are not out yet.

Here for Copper State Models

Edited December 4, 2005 by StephenLawson

[StephenLawson]

Greetings all I have added a rare kit sale category to my website. Have plans to add more. Again just WWI topics...so far.

http://www.wwi-n-plastic.com/

Edited January 18, 2006 by StephenLawson