Author Topic: 1:48 Eduard Sopwith Triplane AND 1:32 WNW Sopwith Triplane dual build (Read 10721 times)

Iancshippee · « **Reply #30 on:** January 07, 2018, 10:55:42 PM »

Hello again everyone, getting ever closer to the end of this build! It is time to give my little Eduard tripe some love. The wings attach to this kit in a slightly more unusual way: the cabanes are mounted to the fuselage, and then the top wing is put into place. once it is mounted, it's important to make sure it is at the same angle of incidence as the lower wing, and that it is parallel to it as well. once it is where you want it to be, give the glue ample time to set!

IMG_1014 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

after the glue has formed a nice firm bond, the middle wing and struts are swung into place. it's somewhat fiddly, and its crucial to trim the strut opening and the cabane attach point so the middle wing can be angled correctly. At this point, I have not glued the middle wings at all, I have only glued the strut in place. The geometry of the middle wing looks funny, but the leading and trailing edges are all parallel right now, which is the important thing. once the glue on the struts cures, I will place the middle wings where they belong with the correct dihedral and incidence. coming along!

IMG_1015 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

RAGIII · « **Reply #31 on:** January 08, 2018, 01:11:29 AM »

Looking very nice Ian! It looks as though you got the fiddly wing alignment done well.
RAGIII

Borsos · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2018, 11:50:32 PM »

You are on the finishing line with this pair. Well done!
Borsos

mgunns · « **Reply #33 on:** January 20, 2018, 01:38:24 PM »

Hello Ian:

You are getting there alright. Interesting about the "headbutting" incident on the WNW Tripehound and thanks for your kind words on the Dolphin. Each kit is certainly a learning experience. Hopefully your Tripehounds will be able to make to the end without further ado or head butting. They will make a neat combo.

Iancshippee · « **Reply #34 on:** January 21, 2018, 06:54:25 AM »

Thanks Mark, Borsos, and Rick! I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! I have the middle wings placed where they should be, and couldn't resist getting it "on its feet" and adding the prop. all that remains for this girl now is paint touch-ups, the PE control horns and brackets on the struts, and rigging.

IMG_1063 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

IMG_1065 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

I also repaired the damage to the WNW tripe from the "head-butting" incedent. The kit rudder blaze decals shattered when my son crashed his cranium into the rudder, so I used the blazes from my RFC pup kit. the only issue here was that the blue stripe is considerably lighter than the darker RNAS blue, but it is what it is.

IMG_1066 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

IMG_1067 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

I have a Pheon RNAS pup set, but I'm saving them for when I do the pup kit as "Mildred H." Sometimes i paint the rudder blazes, but I wanted to contrast the blue vertical fin on MAUD. I'm still happy with the results thus far. next post will likely find them both complete! Thanks for checking in! For fun, a size contrast:

IMG_1042 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

IMG_1038 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

RAGIII · « **Reply #35 on:** January 21, 2018, 09:38:15 AM »

Continuing to be a very nice duo! You are really close now to the finish line!
RAGIII

Iancshippee · « **Reply #36 on:** June 04, 2018, 02:54:44 AM »

Hello everyone! It has been quite some time since I've posted in this thread; my 1 year old son has drastically slowed my progress on this pair of triplanes. since my last posting, I have almost fully rigged the WNW bird. I have already tensioned the landing gear and tail rigging, and all went well there. One of my top wing lines fell off while I was attaching it, so once that and my aileron cables are run, I will be finished with this one! Then it's PE and rigging on the eduard tripe and this project will be finished! here's the WNW triplane progress.

IMG_1763 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

IMG_1764 by Ian Shippee, on Flickr

RAGIII · « **Reply #37 on:** June 04, 2018, 03:08:55 AM »

Good to see you back on these! The tail rigging looks great!
RAGIII

krow113 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 04, 2018, 03:26:47 AM »

Looking very nice!

GazzaS · « **Reply #39 on:** June 04, 2018, 05:54:53 PM »

Very nice, Ian!

andonio64 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 04, 2018, 08:29:53 PM »

Great steps forward, Ian!

Trackpad · « **Reply #41 on:** June 05, 2018, 02:41:22 AM »

Well done, Ian. Good work. You're almost there!

Iancshippee · « **Reply #42 on:** June 05, 2018, 04:12:20 AM »

Thanks everyone! It's good to be so close to the finish line.

Iancshippee · « **Reply #43 on:** February 18, 2019, 10:50:19 PM »

Well, it has been a very long time, but at long last I have completed the Wingnut Wings Triplane. after 2 separate rigging disasters, I nearly gave up on it. Fortunately, I happened on some Prym elastic thread and was finally successful. The end result was not as clean as I would have liked, thanks to much of the damage from the first two attempts. Here are some pictures of the end result, some paired with the Eduard triplane which is about 98% complete, just final PE and rigging on that one. I'm going to shelve it for now so I can get cracking on the Group build entries.