WnW Sopwith Pup

[Alexis]

Now that was a excellent idea !



Terri

[Gisbod]

I think it’s a good effort Fredrik  ; D

I like your lateral thinking! I tend to think of ways around things like yours lying in bed trying to sleep!

Guy

[Gisbod]

Ps

I’m surprised there aren’t turned metal cowl replacements on the market these days. We have wooden props.

Guy

[FAf]

This was my attempt at this  - it's tricky to replicate:



Richard

Nice effort though and tricky just means it's more fun to overcome! 😀

[FAf]

I like your results. A very good technique to replicate, not duplicate, the pattern.
RAGIII

I had to look up the definitions for 'replicate' and 'duplicate', so now I've increased my English vocabulary! 👍 Replicate seems to sum up the idea very well!

So based on your comments it seems as if the idea is good. Thanks for the feedback! I'll make some tests with different colours and take it from there.

Take care!
/Fredrik

[RLWP]

Nice effort though and tricky just means it's more fun to overcome! 😀

I'm all for finding simple ways to replicate this tricky finish. I wanted to be sure you understood what it is you are replicating, which is a hand finished mechanical method. Finding a good period photo isn't easy

It is the kind of challenge I like too

Richard

[FAf]

New efforts have been made at replicating that illusive pattern...

I believe it too be much better and I have already stripped the Pup of its colour. The question now is if I should go for the aluminum look with a very faint but still visible pattern or for a dark aluminium look with a more obvious pattern. The jury is still undecided on that...

This was the first try, which you've already seen.


This is the aluminium look, where the lighter chrome dots are there but not in a very obvious way. From a distance you catch that there is something going on, but you have to be fairly close in order to see the dots. When looking at it with light coming in at certain angles the dots are hardly visible.




This is the dark aluminium look. The chrome dots are clearly more apparent, even from a distance, but not as apparent as on the first try. The dots are always visible, but they do change their appearance slightly with light coming in at different angles.


It is difficult to catch this with the camera so that it looks like it does to the naked eye. But if anyone has any thoughts on this feel free to voice them. I'm leaning towards the lighter version myself.
/Fredrik

[kensar]

From the options you are showing, I think the lighter aluminum color looks best.

[gedmundson]

I'm with you on the lighter version, Fredrik.

Like Guy, I too lay trying to sleep whilst trying to come up with how to solve modelling steps 

Cheers,
Gary

[RLWP]

From the options you are showing, I think the lighter aluminum color looks best.

I agree

Richard

[Gene K]

Good reference shots in this thread -- http://tinyurl.com/tvqplaw , for example:

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Gene K

[RAGIII]

From the options you are showing, I think the lighter aluminum color looks best.

I agree

Richard

Same here although all are better than I will do 
RAGIII

[Gisbod]

That does look a lot more subtle Fredrik..

Very nice, I’d be pleased with that.

Guy

[Gene K]

Interesting variety of swirl patterns.

Gene K

[FAf]

Thanks for all of your input! Great pics in that link Gene!

I have, however, made a horrible discovery! 😨
My planned scheme doesn't have bare metal cowlings. They should be painted Battleship Grey... Stupid mistake! But on the other hand I don't have to think about this as I go to sleep in the future. Yes Guy and Gary, I too use the time going to sleep to figure out possible solutions to modelling problems.

I wanted to be sure you understood what it is you are replicating, which is a hand finished mechanical method. Finding a good period photo isn't easy
Richard

Richard! The pictures in Gene's link show better what you were referring to about size. I still think my method could be a good way to replicate the pattern, but there's definitely room for improvement as well as other methods.
/Fredrik

PS
If anyone has a suggestion for a Pup-scheme with metal cowlings, I'd be very interested in hearing about that.