1/72 Flashback Sopwith 1.5 Strutter

[Rip Van Winkle]

  Flashback Sopwith Strutter straight out of the box.  No big problems with this build. Rigging was the most challenging part.

[Rip Van Winkle]

  Paint was Misterkit Fr04 clear doped linen.  Rigging was .04 stainless steel. I like that there are some extra parts that can be used on other models.

[Rip Van Winkle]

 I prefer this kit to the Toko/Eastern Express and will be building a few more since there is now a new decal sheet from Print Scale.

[lone modeller]

Nice to see one of these important types modelled. Very well made and presented.

Stephen.

[PrzemoL]

Very nice one, indeed.

[Brad Cancian]

Lovely job!

I built one of these a few years back and can agree that this kit is indeed a nice one. I seem to remember it being largely trouble free, save some fiddling around with the struts, to get it all to come together. Yours is a nice build

I see reference to there being conjecture now that the French strutters weren't left clear doped linen, but were silver doped? Anyone care to weigh in on this?

Great stuff!

Cheers!

BC

[DaddyO]

Very neat.

I've always liked a struuter and have a couple on the 'to do' list

Paul

[macsporran]

Nice one. Great to see the LCT strut it's stuff proudly!
Sandy

[Davos522]

Great job, Jim! I absolutely love the French Strutters—oddly enough, the French built three times more of them than the British—and this is a particularly beautiful example. You guys are going to get me back into 1:72 if I keep seeing stuff like this one and Paul/DaddyO's N.27...

Like Brad I'd be interested in a definitive answer to the silver-doped vs CDL question, but there may not be one. The Summer 2023 C&C Journal had about as definitive an article on the French-built machines as I've ever seen, written by David Méchin. On page 111 he wrote: The finish of French-built 11/2 Strutters could be either clear doped linen (as on this surviving fin) or aluminium pigmented doped, as shown in this contemporary painting of a Sopwith 1A2. The same issue has profiles by the same gentleman, one of the great authorities on French Great War aviation, showing both CDL and silver finishes.

Sounds like chacun à son goût to me

Dutch

[NigelR]

Lovely work, I really like your treatment of the rib tapes, very nicely done. I've just started the 1/32 Strutter so this is a great inspiration!

[DaveB]

Another little gem from your stable, RVW!

Regards

Dave

[WD]

Lovely build!  Did you experience any issues with the struts? I wanted to say some folks in the past have said you have to cut the cabane struts apart to get them to fit, or some such thing.

I do love this marking scheme in CDL finish, but like many of you, the alu-doped birds seem to be the way to go on most of them. We'll likely never know!

Warren

[Tim Mixon]

Who doesn’t love a Strutter?  Very nice representation of this iconic aircraft. 

[Rip Van Winkle]

To answer the strut question:
                                     I set the outer struts first as I felt the cabane struts were very weak.  The key was getting the bottom wing dihedral correct.  In this case I had to make some minor adjustments to the cabanes.  It was a quick and easy fix. 

[ScottJ]

 Very nice looking Sopwith, and interesting to see in French markings (I didn't realize that the French built the majority of these aircraft?).
I like the subtle wear/weathering you've applied, something I need to start doing on my builds (I'm afraid mine all look as if they just rolled off of the production line).
I also have both the Flashback and Toko kits, the Flashback does look the better of the two (was Flashback pre- Eduard?).
Take care
Scott...