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Offline Jacek

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Sopwith F.1 Camel
« on: July 12, 2013, 12:38:52 AM »
The present aircraft, serial number B 7280 was built in Clayton & Shuttleworth factory in Lincoln. On March 30 1918 r  it was assigned to 1 RNAS squadron (renamed 201 RAF Squadron on 1 April 1918). Flying Officer J.H. Foreman destroyed two German aircrafr flying this plane. After overhaul, this aircraft was assigned to 210 RAF Squadron and was flown by Flight Lieutenant H.A. Patey, who scored nine victories between June 16 and September 5 1918 r.
On September 5 he force landed behind German lines. The aircraft was capturet by German.
Donated to Polish Aviation Museum in 1964, where it was restored.
It is one of five aircraft of the type remaining.













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Offline lcarroll

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2013, 12:57:31 AM »
Very nice Jacek, as you said elsewhere this Museum has some very nice aircraft on display. Keep the photos coming, much enjoyed!
Cheers,
Lance

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2013, 11:38:05 PM »
Thank you for the posting, Jacek.  These
are a great help with the modelling. :)

Cheers,
Ernie :)

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2013, 01:30:55 AM »
Thank you for the posting, Jacek.  These
are a great help with the modelling. :)

I am glad that the pictures helped.


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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2013, 05:47:45 PM »
Hi Jacek,

Thank you very much for posting the photos!

I don't think I have ever seen any photos of this particular Camel before now.

Regards,

David.

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2013, 11:52:20 PM »
My attention was immediately drawn to those wheel discs where the paint is peeling off them. Having seen this, I know now that I could've left that effect on those on my recent Sopwith Triplane build.

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Chris
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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2013, 08:53:04 AM »
My attention was immediately drawn to those wheel discs where the paint is peeling off them. Having seen this, I know now that I could've left that effect on those on my recent Sopwith Triplane build.

Yeah, but it's peeling off of doped linen...  :P ;) :)

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2013, 10:08:48 PM »
Thanks very much Jacek for posting these wonderful photos.

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2013, 11:08:15 PM »
Hi Chris and Bo,

Such peeling of paint on wheel covers is not uncommon.  When the aeroplane was built it would have been painted in P.C.10 which is technically a pigmented dope rather than a paint, but it has almost certainly been finished with paint when it was restored, as is the case in most restorations.  I don't know if you are aware Bo but P.C.10 was actually applied over clear doped linen.  The CDL on this aeroplane is very yellow.  This could be a result of the yellowing of the varnish with age.  Jacek has informed us that the aeroplane was donated to the museum in 1964 and subsequently restored, so it might have yellowed with age if the restoration was carried out in the 1960's or 1970's.  More commonly, however CDL is restored as yellow or yellowish due to the fact that pieces of CDL used for reference have yellowed with age.  It took a lot of searching but I was eventually able to find a piece of CDL which had been relatively well protected, and it is an off white colour.  This confirmed what I had suspected, which is that the yellow colour of the undersides is due to ageing and weathering.  The correct colour for CDL is an off white colour, similar to cream.  TVAL have done an excellent job with their research, and their colours are very accurate.  I'm sure you've seen plenty of photos and video clips of TVAL aeroplanes, thanks to James!  I've certainly been enjoying a lot of videos of TVAL aeroplanes here since I joined a few days ago.

I hope this is helpful.

Regards,

David.

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2013, 12:43:37 AM »
Yeah, but it's peeling off of doped linen...  :P ;) :)

Peeling is peeling and I'm enthusiastic about that effect!  ;D

Cheers,

Chris
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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2015, 04:37:31 AM »
Thank you for these nice pics!

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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2017, 04:02:52 AM »
Photos came back:








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Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2017, 04:09:04 AM »
Keep up the good work on replacing your pictures, Jacek. It's really appreciated

Richard
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