Sopwith Baby (1/32, Lukgraph)

[PrzemoL]

On and on...

Clerget complete with stains of burnt castor oil, test-fit to the fuselage nose under the cowling. Push rod tappets painted brass, valve rockers copper, as per the instructions in Taurus Models Clergets. The electric wires are also courtesy of Taurus - Lukasz sent me some lengths of that fine copper wire he usually adds to his engines.

Lower wings attached to the fuselage. The joints, those on the upper wings, too, filled and CA glue curing - round two, and hopefully the last one.

[UFAG]

Beautifull subject, beautifull build..

[RAGIII]

Your engine looks superb! You are making terrific progress!
RAGIII

[jeroen_R90S]

Very nice so far! Lovely subject in any case.
Quite a few pinholes, though. Things like that kind off put me off resin kits, but I guess I do miss out on some nice subjects, though!

[Alexis]

Engine looks good in place , coming along nicely Pzre 



Terri

[Borsos]

Great engine and flawless interior. This will fit well into your row of masterpieces in the cabinet.
Andreas

[PrzemoL]

Recent progress:
- beaching gear elements cleaned and assembled for airbrushung
- Lewis and bombs with carriers prepared (3D printed bits are very fine)
- ailerons and elevator have the hinges reinforced with wire bits
- control horns for the ailerons scratch built from Contrail profile and armed with rigging end-stations.

[Alexis]

Still can't get over the amount of filling you had to do on all those air bubbles , but those details are looking mighty sweet . Looking forward to the painting . 


Terri

[Mike Norris]

Terri:
I've just received my 'Ansaldo' version and it doesn't seem to have as many resin 'blow holes'.
That said it's inevitable with resin kits that you'll get some surface imperfections like this - one of the joys working resin kits,

Mike

[RAGIII]

Outstanding details Przemo! Moving along nicely!
RAGIII

[PrzemoL]

Thank you for your kind comments. And a brief explanation regarding air bubbles. Not all white dots seen in the photos represent the filled bubbles. The tiny irregular white spots are in fact inherent to the resin I have in my copy, and they are not a problem. The surface there is usually flat as it should be. Contrary to that the circular white dots are indeed the cross sections of Evergreen profile bits I used to fill the holes that I drilled at some places where the surface had some indents, usually not due to air bubbles. I have already worked on far worse resin that the one in this kit.

[PrzemoL]

Now all the replacement control horns are prepared - here those for elevators, rudder and tail-float-rudder. I decided the mere butt joint wil not be sufficient to bear the load from tightened control lines, so I decided to reinforce the elevator and rudder ones with wire bits.

[Alexis]

Well , wasn't I fooled !!! Thanks for clearing up the air bubble thingy . I just never seen resin like that and I do have a fair amount of them in the stash . Nice job on the control horns , I would made a mess out them trying to drill them for eyelets , it's true ! I'm talking to the point I would be re-making the piece    I do like your method with the longer pin so when the horns are in place they line up perfect , I'm going to steal this from you if you don't mind ...... You'll get a free hug !



Terri

[PrzemoL]

Well , wasn't I fooled !!! Thanks for clearing up the air bubble thingy . I just never seen resin like that and I do have a fair amount of them in the stash . Nice job on the control horns , I would made a mess out them trying to drill them for eyelets , it's true ! I'm talking to the point I would be re-making the piece    I do like your method with the longer pin so when the horns are in place they line up perfect , I'm going to steal this from you if you don't mind ...... You'll get a free hug !
Terri

You are welcome, Terri. A hug is just fine 

[Ryan]

Hello, what are you using for your internal eyelets?

Ryan