Sopwith Baby (1/32, Lukgraph)

[Mike Norris]

Lovely! Floats seem to be in fashion.

Isn't it supposed to be a tail sitter? 

Good point 

[Bughunter]

Seems to be a nice kit, and in the hands of such a master this will create a great model!
Some parts are now well know to me, since I create a Schneider, which is the precursor of the Baby, in the neighbour thread.
And to avoid a tail sitter I put lead in the main floats 

Cheers,
Frank

[PrzemoL]

Thank you all for the interest and your kind words.
As for the tailsitting, yes I am quite sure it will sit on the tail. Putting the lead into the floats is out of question because they are bulk. But I am not concerned, I plan to display the model on the trolley and with a trestle under the tail float. All that beaching gear is suitably provided in the kit.

[PrzemoL]

More prep work...

The internal truss elements armed with eyelets for rigging. Also all the transverse elements - four cross-bars, the floor and the fire-wall equipped with wire pins which will facilitate the assembly after the painting. The rudder bar and the control column have the turnbuckles attached. It seems that some colours will be added soon.

[PrzemoL]

The work on the cockpit is completed.
I have added 22 rigging lines and the control lines which will go to the elevator, rudder and float rudder. Also - the pre-painted black bezels from HGW and scratch-built switches enriched the instrument panel. And finally - the ad-hoc paper "floor" airbrushed in linen colour was glued to the bottom of the truss and it will cover the little representative seam line at the bottom of the fuselage which would pop out here and there when the innards are enclosed.

[jeroen_R90S]

Very nice work, I don't really like working with resin (guess I've been put off by some rather poor resin conversions in 1/72), but this model looks quite good! Interesting idea with the paper to hide a difficult seam, too!

[Robin]

Wonderful...as always.

Interesting idea with the paper to hide a difficult seam, too!

Indeed!

Robin

[RAGIII]

Your interior work is Gorgeous as always! Like the others I am impressed by your solution using the paper to cover the seam!
RAGIII

[PrzemoL]

Thanks...

Work on the resin goes on. The fuselage has the major surface faults filled, is now closed, the seams filled with liquid CA glue which is now left to set.






The cardboard jig prepared and the upper wing is under assembly. Luckily the geometry of the wing cellule will allow to use the same jig for the assembly of the lower wings to the fuselage.

[RAGIII]

Terrific work all around! The jig provided will certainly assist in the construction!
RAGIII

[Alexis]

Really nice job on the pit with the details and WOW that was a lot of bubbles to fill in the resin .



Terri

[pepperman42]

Nice work on a great looking machine. That is peppered with air holes though.

Steve

[gbrivio]

Great build and really interesting subject. Will be another gem.
Ciao
Giuseppe

[Mike Norris]

This is shaping up to be another great build.
I was confused by the apparent 12 flight control lines rigged from the cockpit.
Then I realised there are shadows from the lighting used to take the photographs 

Mike

[Dave Brewer]

Coming along nicely;curious about those pinholes,I just checked another Lukgraph kit in my stash it is virtually flawless.

Dave.