« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 7 8 [9] 10 11

Author Topic: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214  (Read 27078 times)

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #120 on: April 25, 2021, 03:57:27 AM »
I say, someone's pranged the Tabloid!

Richard
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline lone modeller

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5523
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #121 on: April 25, 2021, 05:00:51 AM »
Blast!!  or even something completely unprintable....! That is what I dread when a model nears completion. Good luck with the repairs - I am sure nobody will notice when they are done.

Stephen.
Logged

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #122 on: April 25, 2021, 05:56:33 AM »
Quote from: lone modeller on April 25, 2021, 05:00:51 AM
Blast!!  or even something completely unprintable....! That is what I dread when a model nears completion. Good luck with the repairs - I am sure nobody will notice when they are done.

Stephen.

The chassis is dismantled, I'm just making a new fairing.

And I have trued up the top wing. I use invisible thread with brass tubing (a la Bobs Buckles) for rigging, and the thread actually pulls the wing around. One of the diagonals on the cabane struts had broken, once I replaced it everything went back square

Just like rigging a biplane I guess

Richard
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #123 on: April 25, 2021, 08:20:54 AM »
Coming together again now:



Richard
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline kensar

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2513
  • Reshaping the world - one piece at a time.
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #124 on: April 26, 2021, 05:52:07 AM »
Jolly good show!
Logged

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #125 on: April 26, 2021, 06:46:49 PM »
OK, I'm back on course, and considering contemporary armament:



Richard
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline RAGIII

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19694
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #126 on: April 26, 2021, 11:01:24 PM »
Amazing recovery Richard! It seems the rigging worked in holding things "Mostly" in place  8) The fire arm looks amazing!
RAGIII
Logged
"A man has to know his limitations": Harry Callahan

"Don't slop it on" Lynda Geisler

Offline RichieW

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1966
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #127 on: April 27, 2021, 02:57:02 AM »
Good to the Tabloid back on her feet Richard. Did you scratch that beautiful rifle too?
Logged

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #128 on: April 27, 2021, 03:05:28 AM »
Thank you both.

No, the Lee Enfield SMLE is from Scalelink: https://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Army_Equipment.html. They have quite a bit of 1:32 stuff

Richard

Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline lone modeller

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5523
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #129 on: April 28, 2021, 01:56:15 AM »
Super armnament and horn on the gramaphone. What will the pilot be listening to: "Keep the Home Fires Burning?"

Stephen.
Logged

Offline RichieW

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1966
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #130 on: April 28, 2021, 05:26:36 AM »
Just had a look at that link Richard, thanks, some excellent stuff available there!
Logged

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #131 on: April 28, 2021, 05:29:09 AM »
Quote from: lone modeller on April 28, 2021, 01:56:15 AM
Super armnament and horn on the gramaphone. What will the pilot be listening to: "Keep the Home Fires Burning?"

Stephen.

I thought maybe the St Louis Blues, or the Darktown Poker Club

Richard
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline Alexis

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8085
  • Love the self
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #132 on: April 28, 2021, 10:55:06 PM »
Most excellent Richard and nice touch with the accessories  :)


Alexis
Logged
Hurra ! , Ich Leben Noch
Body and life is a vessel we use to travel the planet . Femininity is the gift , The miracle comes from what we do with it .

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #133 on: May 01, 2021, 06:15:33 AM »
Good News! I've finished the 7 cylinder Gnome:





Bad News!

It's the wrong flamin' engine!



That's clearly got a pushrod on the front attached to a lever arm - It's a LeRhone!!

So, the Gnome goes into stock, and I find a LeRhone. I think I've got a Vector one somewhere

Richard
« Last Edit: May 01, 2021, 06:19:40 AM by RLWP »
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!

Offline RLWP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1494
  • Bodger
Re: Gordon Bennett! RNAS Sopwith Tabloid 1214
« Reply #134 on: May 01, 2021, 06:31:08 AM »
OK, I need a few more pairs of eyes on this:



I think that is a LeRhone 9C nine cylinder rotary engine. But:



The air inlets are on the wrong side, and the rocker lever for the valves is the wrong way around. Either I've identified the wrong engine, or the print is back to front

Help!

Richard
Logged
Hendon for flying - the fastest way to the ground!
Pages: 1 ... 7 8 [9] 10 11
« previous next »