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Offline rhallinger

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WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« on: December 30, 2012, 04:42:10 AM »
Here is the latest effort completed.  I am very pleased with it!  :)







Close up of wing light and Holt flare on right bottom wing:





















I hope you enjoy viewing this Pup as much as I enjoyed building it.  Thanks!

Regards,

Bob





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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 06:03:19 AM »
That is a fantastic scheme an a great airplane. Excellent work!!

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 06:10:11 PM »
the scheme is really attractive..never assumed that such was existing!
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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2013, 11:18:41 PM »
As posted elsewhere - this is a great looking bird!!!

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 01:47:44 AM »
you should be more than quite pleased Bob! that is top notch work, superb

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 03:44:28 AM »
Very nice!

I always like these unusual marking/colour schemes.

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 02:12:43 PM »
really like the markings, beats the snot outa pc-10

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 10:35:02 PM »
That is indeed quite epic - congrats on such an excellent build!
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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 06:19:23 PM »
Beautiful! The star night scheme is just fabulous! Fine shading at the bottom.
And one question - the Holt flare brackets on FE2b were additionally supported by a drag wire - was it not a case on Pup?
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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 07:31:08 PM »
Looks superb. I particularly like the shading of the underside of the wings.

Just out of pure curiosity: did you apply shading on the top as well? I am interested because I am building a Fokker D.VII with a complete khaki top and I am not sure if I should apply any shading there. I could spray the top of the ribs a shade darker, but I am not sure as I don't see that very pronunciated on the real thing.

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 10:45:29 PM »
Hi Bob,

hmmm, nice camo and nice building. Bravo.

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2013, 12:36:49 AM »
Thanks guys!  This was a great kit to build, and the Pup is a very handsome and elegant aircraft, IMHO.

Przemo: I think you're probably correct about the drag wire for the Holt flare brackets, however I could not find a photo to confirm, and the Pheon decal instructions and plans didn't show a wire, nor could I find one shown or mentioned in the Biff instructions, which was the kit I "borrowed" the flares from per the Pheon instructions.  I have seen the wire in other drawings of the Holt flare assembly.  Since I was not sure, and this model was for my daughter, I got lazy and didn't go to the extra trouble.  ::)  If I find a confirming photo, I can always go back later and add the wires! :)  They might be a nice extra touch, as the flares do look a bit Spartan hanging out there all by themselves!

Regards,

Bob

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2013, 04:58:36 PM »
Beautiful work Bob, I hope your daughter was suitably impressed with dad for producing such a great beastie!!

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2013, 05:11:08 AM »
Ivo:

I did preshade the top wing, but it is very subtle, visible only upon close visual inspection.  I did it by airbrushing black along the ribs.  I then airbrushed the primary color, actually avery dark gray, over top.

For the bottom of the wings, i masked the ribs over the CDL and used Bud's powdered chalk technique, sealed with Future.

I'm not sure that the preshading makes much difference with black, but it would with a PC-10 scheme.

Regards,

Bob

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Re: WNW Sopwith Pup Night Trainer C-312: Moon & Stars
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2013, 06:01:15 AM »
I think I do see what you did on the top wings, when I enlarge your pictures. If I am correct you masked the top of the ribs and then sprayed a line of black over it? Or do I now misinterpret your reply?

I'll have to look for Bud's powdered chalk technique, because I really like the bottom of the wings. I have a WNW RNAS Pup lying in my stash waiting to come alive as an LVA version, but with the ordinary british paint scheme.

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Ivo