Alex K
Ah... taking a seat...

bughunter
Watching! Have the same kit (also the puzzle edition) in my stash.
This engine seems to be a good match? Gnome 7 Omega (50 hp) Engine (Small Stuff 48105, 1:48)
And SM has nice walk arounds attached to the topic.

Ben M
Ah, thank you, bughunter, and welcome, Alex. I will go hunting for pictures of other Deperdussins with the cowling. I think I will cut a semicircle of thin plastic for the back, and form a strip of brass to make the curved part. Here is the patent for the "Emailite" dope which the KNIL required Léon de Brouckère to use to finish the aircraft: patents.google.com/p..ISH+EMAILLITE+Co+Ltd

Robert Podkoński
Can I take a seat in a first row? 😉

Ben M
Reference pics, image search here: duckduckgo.com/?q=de..type%20b&t=brave

Jan Peters
Nice subject Ben! Watching with great interest

Robert Podkoński
If I can suggest something with respect to spoked wheels, Ben - try to find gaskets of the adequate diameter. I used them with my scratchbuilds: Scratchbuilding attempts | Album by podkon

Bruce Huxtable
Goodness, plenty of challenges here! Looks like the front row is filling up, so I'll squeeze in behind 🙂

Ben M
Some good suggestions.

Lawrence Landis
I found some 3D printed World War 1 type of wheels from a company in Greece. If you are interested, I can forward the information to you.

Ben M
I'm interested!

bughunter
May be the Gaspatch (comes from Greek) ones are meant?
Palmer 700x75 Spoked Wheels (GasPatch Models 19-48222, 1:48)
But that is a British type late of war, with may spokes.

Lawrence Landis
The company is called GasPatch models.
I purchased mine for a Life-Like kit of the Avro Triplane. Because the plane has a four wheel landing gear, I had to purchase two sets. Each set includes two wheels and two tires.
The set that I purchased is listed as Palmer 700 X 75 spoked wheels.
This kit is on my "to-do" list, but when I saw the pictures on line, I decided that if I was going to build it, I wasn't going to settle for the kit wheels.

bughunter
Oh yes 👍
BTW, why the pic 7 correct in the Newsfeed, but rotated in album view?!?

Ben M
I can't figure that out!

Ben M
The intense masking to paint ribs came out pretty good

Lochsa River
checking this out.....

make the puzzle!

Lindberg Deperdussin 1911 | Album by Lochsa_River (1:48)

Ben M
Yours looks really great! I gave the puzzle to my kid.

Ben M
I found the fate of this aircraft: aviation-safety.net/wikibase/224165

Skyhiker
Taking a seat

Ben M
Next I need to scratch a cowling for the engine; the kit version doesn't have one, but the pva-knil aircraft did.

Alex K
Some very nice work going on here, Ben... 👍

Ben M
Thank you, Alex!

Lawrence Landis
Great work