Revell H-291 by speedgraflex

[speedgraflex]

Carlos, Lyle, Tom and Mark! Your support means everything to me. Thanks, fellas.

[Stuart]

A great bit of scratch building Bruce!

[speedgraflex]

Good evening and thank you, Stuart. Without your support I would have boxed this kit a long time ago.

[LyleW]

Good evening and thank you, Stuart. Without your support I would have boxed this kit a long time ago.

We are behind you like a nagging spouse! You are not getting a pass on this one! Too much over-the-top, excellent work here.

[speedgraflex]

Thank you, Lyle! You’re too kind but I take in everything that is written here gratefully. Without you, I would not have been able to continue.

Thanks to you, I’ve been able to straighten out areas that were becoming too raggedy and work back towards the finish Revell gave the fuselage. Tonight I’ll spend my project hour giving an overview of the Copper State Models replacement 1/28 scale machine guns.

I need to build at least one now to fit it to the upper cockpit cowling. Since I’m planning to cut down the starboard part to accommodate the firing mechanism, I need to figure out how this worked.

[speedgraflex]

Copper State Models (CSM)

Founded in 1996 in Arizona by Eric R. Hight, Copper State Models (CSM) began as a manufacturer specializing in high-quality WWI aircraft kits, figures, and accessories. Originally focused on multimedia resin and white metal kits, the brand changed ownership in 2012–2014, moving operations to Latvia while shifting to high-quality injection-molded plastic kits, including 1/35 armored vehicles and 1/32 aircraft.

The Vickers guns I’m building were designed for Eric Hight in 1999. As far as I know, CSM offered these specifically for the Revell kits (possibly both the Camel and the Spad) as a detail set. These detail sets are only available on the used market.