Probably one of my favorite World War I plane is this AMC DH.2. Since I had one in my stash I was very intimidated by the lot of rigs this one needed. Finally had the guts to start with it during the summer of 2020. 
This Wingnut Wings DH.2 is a magnificent kit in terms of engineering, details, decal options, PE & very sweet instructions. Still added some aftermarket pieces like the wooden prop from Proper plane, spoked wheels from Armorymodels and a Lewis gun & turnbuckles from Gaspatch models. Fine brass tubes from Albion Alloys were used next to some turnbuckles and to make a Oil tank breather pipe at the center of the top wing. A 65+ piece resin engine from Taurus models was placed in the back.

DH.2 7849 arrived with 29 Squadron on 30th June 1916. It was flown by several pilots. It crash landed through engine failure on 9th July and 9th September, but was repaired each time. It soldiered on until Sunday, 25th February 1917, when - as part of a 6-strong flight - they met up with an equal number of Albatroses and had a big scrap. 3 of the DH2s were mauled - the pilot of one (Lt. Lund), was wounded but, like 2 others which were damaged, escaped west over the Lines, where they made forced landings. One of these was 7849, flown on this occasion by Capt. Payn (who escaped uninjured). Lund's machine was wrecked, but 7849 was quickly repaired. It was credited as a 'kill' either to Ltn. Koenig, or to Ltn.Werner Voss, as his 8th victim. 7849 then carried on until 17th March 1917, when it was written off after turning over on landing. 

Bit by bit I finished this build started in summer 2020. This was probably my most intensive build so far. The rigging (with EZ line & turnbuckles from Gaspatch models) went well but I needed to be very relaxed & patient to do this right. At the rigs from the tails booms very fine brass tubes (0.6 mm) from Albion Alloys were placed next to the turnbuckles. Even smaller brass tubes (0.4 mm) were fit next to the turnbuckles at the steering rigs on the nose. Took me approx 4 hours to put the lines through the small tubes... lol. 
The wings were first primed, masked & pre-shade after they received their top coat from AK-Real colors. The shading of the roundels on the bottom side of the top wing was done using very thinned acrylic paint. The roundel area were masked with round cut mask from Friskfilm.
All the weathering was done with my Iwata airbrush, different pencils, LIquitex acryl inks & Tamiya weathering master.
Since I screwed up the decal of the white 5 on the top wing I masked a 5 and airbrushed this one.
Really enjoyed this build and very glad I made it to the finish. =+)

This Meng (engineered by Wingnut Wings) is a nice and little kit. It's a relatively easy build since this one is pretty small & needs only 6 rigs. The wooden prop & 3D printed engine are from Proper plane and guns from Gaspatch models. 

The streak camouflage on the wings was done using oil paint. Top side of the wings were airbrushed in a creme/light brown doped linen color and received a layer of varnish afterwards. The streaking pattern was done using flat brushes an oil paint. The subtle washes over the wing & black crosses was also done using oils. 

All markings & crosses were masked using Montex mask. AK Real colors did the airbrush job. On this particular bird the old black crosser were replaced with new one. Still the old crosses were visible. I tried to recreate this effect by first placing a decal with the old cross, sanded the decal & airbrushed a soft layer of white, masked the new (rectangle) crosses and sprayed them. That did the job pretty well. =+)

What a beautiful kit this Pfalz DIIIa from Wingnut Wings is. Not only this kit but the whole range from Wingnut Wings are excellent models. The rigging was done using EZ line, turnbuckles from Gaspatch models and superb fine rod from Albion Alloys. On top of the cake I added a splendid hand made wooden propeller from Properplane. Since Wingnut Wings is unfortunately no more I build this one and the other ones with exceptional care. 

This model is sold.

Like I said it took exceptional care building this one. These kits are full off marvelous details and wanted to enhance every bit of it. The result of the wings took a lot of masking & airbrushing. The specific grey/gloss/silver color was achieved using a bare metal color as a primer, pre-shaded and by so enhanced the wing ribs and finished it with a topcoat of light-grey. All the decals were treated with several layers of AK-interactive ultra gloss varnish. The engine was pimped using resin spark plugs from Taurus models. Real colors from AK-interactive were used for the complete exterior finish. The cockpit was painted using a range of acrylic colors. The two guns are 3D printed ones from Gaspatch models.

The Meng (engineered by Wingnut Wings) is a nice and little kit. This one is a relatively build since this one is pretty small & has only 6 rigs. Still painting this one could be a challenge due to his small size and 3 wings. The wooden prop & 3D printed engine are from Proper plane, spoked from Copperstate models and guns from Gaspatch models.

This model is sold.

This one was a quick project and wanted to build it straight away in a couple of weeks. The build was easy so the paint-job & weathering took me the most of the time. Started with a pre-shade to emphasize the ribs in the wings. Color shading was done with AK-Real colors using my Iwata airbrush. Since these are delicate kits I only use water based weathering mediums and for this one Tamiya Weathering master was used in combination with Liquitex acrylic inks.