Thank you all for your warm encouragement and support. It's always greatly appreciated.
Heello Bud!
what a great new! il you are talking about this plane, we have the same project!
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N62 had three sopwith and the picture shows clearly they were 1916 camouflage painted, when almost all french strutter were painted in aluminium colour.
exiting ! I take an armchair, go on!
by the way, nice beginning!
Xan
That's a great photo, Xan! Now you've got me reconsidering the scheme I plan on doing. I'm basing my build on the photo on page 13 in Osprey's
Reconnaissance and Bomber Aces of World War 1 depicting number 6, one of six Strutters built by Sopwith for the Aviation Militaire, before Hanriot began building them under license. It is shown in overall CDL with upper surfaces and rear decking doped in khaki with a number 6 on the rudder. The top photo on page 16 of Datafile 34 shows the same scheme on number 2 of the same Sopwith batch. I'd love to do a Strutter in two color camo, but where would I find the white cockerel? What markings would have been on the rudder? Any other markings that you know of?
Hi!
Great project.
It should be easier than the single seat version as you won't have to worry about matching the two part top decking. It was a nightmare to redo everthing.
The Part pe set is great, though you should know that the top wing hides everything in the pilot opening.
I know I won't bother detailing that part much when I come around to build the two seater version.
Great work!
Hopefully we'll see the next step soon!
cioa
Iiwk
I still had to modify the top decking, Iwik, since the plane I'm building didn't have a Vickers gun, but a forward firing Lewis over the wing.
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Dirtied up the insides and added the air brake control system.
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I closed up the fuselage at this point and now all additional detail will be added from the top. Kind of a challenge, but it will prepare me for detailing my Jager and Legato kits.
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I glued the bottom wing in place and now I'm cleaning up the seams. More photos later, once I get the rest of the innards completed. I'm using interior photos from the Datafiles and from Memorial Flights stunning reproduction to detail the interior, although my metal fittings will be black instead of the French blue since my ship was built by Sopwith. I'm also going with a Sopwith instrument panel rather than the more spartan French style.
Xan, if you have any more info on this particular kite could you please share it with me?
Cheers,
Bud