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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Specific Aircraft Build Links => Topic started by: macsporran on August 08, 2020, 05:33:57 AM
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Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter - No3 Wing RNAS, Luxeil 1916
Flying 9407, FltSubLt Raymond Collishaw shot down a Fokker during the Oberndorf raid in November 10th.
Another of my old 1/48 (Tom's Modelworks vacform) kits. Looking forward hopefully to a new one in 1/32 from Roden. I'll buy several - single seater, two seater, French, RFC, etc, etc...
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Like your Tripe, well done !
Ed
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Nice one!
The 1/72 Toko "Comic" strutter was actually my first WWI model so I'm kind of fond of the 1 1/2 Strutter :)
I still have it, so I'll see if I can take some pictures for the gallery here, though it's far from my best model ever!
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Simply gorgeous, Sandy! I remember her from when I first joined wwi-models.org. It was the first 1 1/2 Strutter model I had ever seen and I fell in love with it immediately. Right then and there I knew I had to have a Strutter or two in my collection. I think at that time, Tom's kit was no longer available, but soon after, the Roden kits came out and I picked up a few of those.
Here's mine:
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter No.6 of Sgt Gabriel Herbert and Adj Charles Borzecki, N62, 1916
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/sopwith%20strutter/.highres/2016-07-30%2019.16.24_zpsomsmrm81.jpg) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/coyotemagic_photos/a/8f9dada7-bd3b-4e95-a7ed-473598461139/p/ffae4ef8-1e4c-48c8-a73e-f4c4e5fa2db5)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/sopwith%20strutter/.highres/2016-07-30%2019.15.40_zpstzii4tqk.jpg) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/coyotemagic_photos/a/8f9dada7-bd3b-4e95-a7ed-473598461139/p/27e7668f-e721-453b-a332-a6d6df173991)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/af342/coyotemagic_photos/sopwith%20strutter/.highres/2016-07-30%2019.14.31_zpsxuaicq7c.jpg) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/coyotemagic_photos/a/8f9dada7-bd3b-4e95-a7ed-473598461139/p/23b416ff-cd23-40f8-ba56-5d772a72debc)
Thanks for the inspiration, Sandy!
Cheers,
Bud
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Nicely done Bud, especially the cowling. How did you get that effect, it is some of the best I have ever seen.
sp
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Thanks, Steven! First coat was semi-gloss black from a rattle can. Then I applied the dots with a silver sharpie. Lastly, I sprayed a coat of Model Master buffable aluminum and buffed it until the dots showed through. Really quite easy.
Cheers,
Bud
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Bud
Now that's a new one on me. I'm going to have to try that, It will work in any scale too depending on how blunt your Sharpie point is. You have no idea how many things I have spun in a Dremel trying to duplicate the look using that silver paste in a tube, I forget what they call it.
sp
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Nice!
Here's mine - Flashback 1/72:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/b387/bradcancian/1-72%20Sopwith%20Strutter/.highres/72strutter14_zps3qbux8bi.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/b387/bradcancian/1-72%20Sopwith%20Strutter/.highres/72strutter13_zpsclq9a6zr.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/b387/bradcancian/1-72%20Sopwith%20Strutter/.highres/72strutter12_zpsksi4ctch.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/b387/bradcancian/1-72%20Sopwith%20Strutter/.highres/72strutter16_zpsahb8ytww.jpg)
Cheers,
BC
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She's a beauty, Brad! Like all of your 1/72 scale models, she looks much larger. Very fine craftsmanship.
Cheers,
Bud
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Very nice, guys.
When I started to scroll down Bud's post I thought, yes these are good shots of a real aircraft but where's the model - until I realised! Outstanding, Sir!
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Some really beautiful models here Guys, nice to see. That cowling is sheer magic Bud, so glad you posted it and I've recorded your technique in my "Color Notes", many thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Lance
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This is an ancient build I did for August Blume. It is in Latvian markings, though the salmon color of the swastikas didn't come out well on the 4 megapixl camera I had back then. IIRC it is the Toko kit and blue rider decals.
sp
(http://i.imgur.com/eSaKhq5.jpg) (https://imgur.com/eSaKhq5)
(http://i.imgur.com/Pia1n8p.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Pia1n8p)
And this one is a Peter Rake design prototype. He sent me the plans as an attachment on an email. I had them printed, cut all the parts and built and flew the model. IIRC the markings were for the RNAS squadron that shared the airfield with the Lafayette Esquadrille. I think it was supposed to be Collishaw's machine, but I recently saw a model with different markings supposed to be his. so I'm not for sure on that. BTW the model flew really well.
(http://i.imgur.com/1MWIdOG.jpg) (https://imgur.com/1MWIdOG)
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The Strutters posted here are Outstanding examples and certainly an Inspiration! I am really looking forward to Rodens 1/32nd kit Now More than ever!
RAGIII
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My first ww1 aircraft, of course I had to start with something complicated! Nowehere near as nice as those shown already, I still have it for memories sake. I have to say I learned a lot since then! (like alignment, not to use copper wire for rigging, etc etc). It's been standing so long I can't even get the dust off ;)
It's the Toko 1/72 "Comic", including kit decals. Finished in Humbrol 108 on top and 74 underneath.
(https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/43/d3/43d341ce6d658d4c7659f85a1f60ccbc.jpg)
(https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/92/02/9202e40f4ec05d3214bcf71254feba76.jpg)
(https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/66/d8/66d8f12b9e104fa45d4d07c1f3b0cd40.jpg)
Jeroen
PS I reallllllllyyyyyyyy hope Roden will do the Comic in 1/32 so I can re-do this one on a bigger scale!
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Excellent Strutter, Jeroen - and especially for a first build. I think my first biplane kept reverting itself to a monoplane, so congrats on such a successful launch.
Sandy
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Nicely done! I only wish My first biplane had been done so well !
RAGIII
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Jeroen
A costton bud, Q-Tip, slightly moistened, will get the clinging dust off a model. You will use a boat load of them. I have some tiny versions of a cotton bud sold as a paint applicator which will get around the base of struts and wires. A little bit of cotton wrapped around the end of a toothpick will do as well and is much cheaper. I still have a shelf or so worth of models to clean.
sp
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Some very nice Strutters here!
But Bud, you nailed it! This bird looks so real :o Is it 1/48?
Cheers,
Frank
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Thanks! I remember I had to glue the Toko decals on with clear gloss, or they kept falling off- as if someone forgot the glue... ;) At least they didn't shatter, like those of the Gotha. (the shattering on contact with water seems to have been an issue with the very flat decals, and only those printed in black, apparently...
I'll try the q-tip-tip! :)
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Adding my 1/32 scale Roden Strutter.
Completed thread https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=14044.0
Build log https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13837.0
(https://i.postimg.cc/0Qc6ZKKQ/Roden-Sopwith-Strutter-118.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nzHjvGzg/Roden-Sopwith-Strutter-117.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BZp5wXf2/Roden-Sopwith-Strutter-106.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nLqBKL1j/Roden-Sopwith-Strutter-104.jpg)
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Exquisite, Ken, I absolutely love your rendition. And glad to see this thread is alive and well... soon to be thriving, if the Roden builds currently going on all get done!
Dutch