Sancer,
Thank you for that marvelous compliment. Biplane models are really very easy to build & (to me) offer far more "personality & character " than a warbird. This not to express anything negative on the warbird community; in fact, as I write this, I'm modeling (super detailing of course) a Guillow's P-51D Mustang for my daughter. It's when you see a biplane, there's so much more details & " eye candy." Biplanes represents an era of colors, new advancements in aviation, different configurations, lots of rigging and personality that really catches one's attention. As mentioned in my preface, the biplanes are really easy to build. They only require a little bit more patience and a different approach or a different technique to adding the top wing, and of course, the rigging that goes with it. Oddly enough, I get great pleasure from rigging. Almost like needle point on a 3-dimensional scale. Thank you, Mucha grancias'
Finally, I'd like to respond to the scales of models. whether it's 1/48th or larger say 1/32nd or 1/12th, 1/9th or more, in my humble opinion, it's the level of attention to each detail itself, not the amount of details, that counts. It's how the details are first fabricated and done with care that count. One can add a detail that was made from scrap and simply tack it to the model. But if that detail isn't done properly or with care, it can actually detract from the overall quality of the model itself. The S.E.5 is a good example.
I could've added the small beads to each hole drilled for the stitches along the fuselage. The beads would have acted as "eyelets" just like the real plane. But when I tried it on my practice fuselage, it was just too much "bling" and it was too distracting. Sometimes, "Less is More."
In summary: the model is only a composite of all the details put together and how they relate and compliment to each other. I hope this helps and serves as an inspiration to try each detail as its own special project to be added to the larger model.
Sincerely,
Skye