Building The Vintage Model Company RAF SE5A Balsawood Biplane

This is a Vintage Model Company balsawood and tissue paper model kit powered by elastic.
The kit is based on the Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a world war 1 Biplane.
The original plane was powered by the Hispano-Suiza 8 water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine.

[@diquadhumungersaur492]

love the G.V tin.. used to have loads of them full of every bit- niknak and odds n sods that needed a home.. hard to come by now sadly

[@robbrennanrc]

Me to, but only got a couple now. Thanks for watching.

[@smitty19612008]

Thank You, Bought the Vintage Model Company SE5a kit, and the build sheet as my only reference was making my head spin...This Video is a big help

[@stephbootie6514]

Great job Rob

[@robbrennanrc]

Thanks Steph. Glad you liked it

[@MarkBryanRC]

Rob Brennan - excellent video! Great step-by-step guide and lots of useful comments - thanks for sharing =)

[@robbrennanrc]

Mark Bryan RC - Thanks for the great comment. I Hope to try a test flight of it next week so am just checking and adjusting the balance in the hope it doesn't crash and burn.. If all goes well I will be posting a video of it soon afterwards.

[@MarkBryanRC]

Rob Brennan - looking forward to it =)

[@americanmultigenic]

Great music! I read every Biggles book as a child, so this was fun to see, even though he eschewed SE5s in favor of Camels.

[@adarshlakshman4715]

Aaah biggles! Biggles was the real deal! I've read almost all of them,and I tell you,they never get old!

[@weareguitars97]

love to see it fly

[@robbrennanrc]

Hi Tom. Thanks for your comment. I am waiting for the weather to improve so I can try it outside as I don't have anywhere I can try it inside at the moment.

[@pmw650]

RAF, in this case, means Royal Aircraft Factory, not Royal Air Force. The name was later changed to the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) when the Royal Air Force was founded 1 April 1918.

[@robbrennanrc]

Hi thanks for your comment and for the correction. I totally miss read the info I found on the web. I have changed the description but without deleting this video I can't change the title.

[@Del350K4]

@@robbrennanrc So this aircraft flew for the RFC, as there was as yet no Royal Air Force. I like the fact that it´s finished in a very brown khaki - it looks glorious to me. How does it fly?

[@robbrennanrc]

@@Del350K4 Hi Del. If you want a bit of a laugh have a look at this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKvHc4SdebWois0 I think I got the balance point wrong and ended up adding too much weight to the front. This was my very first build ever (a Gift from Mark) so had no idea at all about balancing and trimming think I got it wrong and ended up adding to much weight to the front. The room wasn't anywhere near big enough but as Mark had got permission from the head of his school we gave it a go. Thanks for watching my friend.

[@dannyhill5437]

nice job :-)

[@robbrennanrc]

Thanks, glad you liked it. It was my first ever balsawood build.

[@dannyhill5437]

I am just doing my second build. 1st build was a Dumas Fokker Eindecker Peanut scale which turned out well, now doing a Guillows P40 warhawk (kit 405 27.5 inch ws) just as a static model but using Solartex Olive drab to give it a nice finish also made my own 3 bladed prop from balsa for a scale look

[@robbrennanrc]

Hi Danny. They sound cool you should post a video of them when you’ve finished. This was a Christmas present from a close friend so I haven’t had the heart to try flying it, knowing my luck it would crash first time out and end up in a million pieces.

[@dannyhill5437]

I think for my next build might try a high wing trainer build for electric flight, know where you are coming from regarding the flying thing though all that work building to nose dive on the first outing lol

[@jimmackie6480]

Great video thanks. Just about to move onto the fuselage on mine. Did you do anything to strengthen that 'crack' behind the fifth former? Feeling a little apprehensive about it

[@robbrennanrc]

Hi Jim. From memory no just glued it back together. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and stay safe.

[@stephbootie6514]

Was puzzled over the 2 missing lewis guns ? then I watched you try to fly it for real .

[@robbrennanrc]

This particular model came with just one gun mounted on the fuselage but I've just noticed that it is missing so it must have broken off in the crash. Oh well these things happen. Thanks for watching.

[@demogamez296]

Looks realy nice! I want to make this exact same plane too!

[@robbrennanrc]

This was my very first build and is from The Vintage Model Company's MFM range. So the build guide is detailed.

[@adarshlakshman4715]

@@robbrennanrc sir,i am a beginner.Since you are also a first-timer in balsa building,can you just share your overall experience with us?and,did you use the kit supplied PVA glue or did you use cyanoacrilate or balsa cement thanks regards adarsh

[@robbrennanrc]

@@adarshlakshman4715 I used the supplied PVA sir. But I did get some cyanoacrilate to glue the little windscreen on with.

[@adarshlakshman4715]

@@robbrennanrc aah! the sister is getting me one for christmas,so looking forwards to build it! merry christmas to your,sir

[@robbrennanrc]

@@adarshlakshman4715 And the same to you my friend. As you are new to balsa wood plane building you may find my other channel of some benefit Rob Brennan Balsa Wood Planes here: kzbin.info/door/JuHhT6bndlvVoDLdgHdF_w

[@robedmunds7163]

Does it fly then?