TVAL Sopwith Pup reproduction

[Jamo]

TVAL have commenced their Open Hangar hospitality each weekend through to April 2014 so I took the opportunity to check out their latest reproduction. TVAL's Sopwith Pup is finished in the markings of RNAS Pup N6205 ‘Betty’ flown by FSLt J.S.T Fall. It has the civil registration number ZK-PPY.

Here are a selection of photos. The hangar is certainly crowded so backgrounds can be a bit busy.

[Jamo]

Notice the shape of the cutouts in the cowling for the bracing wires in the forward fuselage


Notice the cowling retaining cable












This item is not moulded very well in the WNW kit:

[Jamo]

Although relatively new, the aircraft already demonstrates significant exhaust staining, mostly under the port side

[Jamo]

The link to the album:
http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Jamo_kiwi/TVAL%20Sopwith%20Pup/?start=all

77 images in total. I will post some more after TVAL's airshow on 10th November.
Regards
James

[IanB]

Great pics, thanks so much for posting them!
Just out of interest, do you have any idea what  the thickness of the rigging wire is, and what would that scale out to in 1:72?
Thanks,

Ian

[Jamo]

Thickness varies depending on where the wire is on the plane, but in 1/72 scale I would just go for really thin. I use 0.005" stainless steel wire from Smallparts.com and it looks pretty good in braille scale.
Cheers
James

[Whiteknuckles]

Thanks for the detailed photo's James, much appreciated

Andrew

[drdave]

My WNW Pup is now off the shelf and sprues have been cut!

[GHE]

Hello James !

Klasse Bilder!!
Tolle Maschine

Thanks for posting!!

Gunther

[WarrenD]

Thanks so much for posting these!

Warren

[pepperman42]

Excellent reference. Thankyou!!

Steve

[Jamo]

Thanks for the feedback everyone, much appreciated. I hope to have some more photos from the TVAL airshow coming up in two weeks. I know there will be more nice surprises at the show, so lets all hope for good weather!
Cheers
James

[lcarroll]

James,
   As with your other features Thanks for your efforts and sharing; Great Stuff!
Cheers,
Lance

[Des]

Thanks very much James for this wonderful collection of photos, they will cetainly be very helpful to anyone modeling the Sopwith Pup.

Des.

[Whiteknuckles]

....I know there will be more nice surprises at the show....

Sounds intriguing James.....

Your photo's are very much appreciated!!

Andrew