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Offline MR Bentley

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1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« on: February 07, 2025, 12:56:15 AM »
Hey all! Here are a few shots of a French-built USAS training Strutter I completed recently. The exact color scheme is an extrapolation of some images provided by Greg VanWyngarden.

The kit itself is decent, not at all bad for an almost 20 year old tooling. The only major problem were the undercarriage struts, which had incorrect dimensions. You can find more details about that on my socials.












Enjoy!
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Offline Allan31

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2025, 02:04:04 AM »
Nicely done, your weathering looks spot on.
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2025, 02:09:55 AM »
Interesting scheme, beautifully executed! Like that cowling. And the scale.  :D
Joachim
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Offline NigelR

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2025, 02:56:59 AM »
Lovely job. Those Roden kits require some modelling skills, and you clearly have those in spades. This looks really good, nice weathering.
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Offline RAGIII

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2025, 03:23:48 AM »
Wow, that is gorgeous! Fantastic build.
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Offline DaddyO

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2025, 05:04:22 AM »
That's a right pretty little 'Strutter' (I might even pinch the scheme for my own build)  ;D

Paul
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Offline Richtrad

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2025, 06:47:43 AM »
Hard to believe this gem is in 1/72. It would be brilliant in 1/24. Well done!
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Offline IanB

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2025, 11:15:40 PM »
Beautifully done, and a very unusual scheme too. I love it!

Ian
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Offline Rip Van Winkle

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2025, 02:07:56 AM »
Well done! The Strutter was quite a versatile aircraft.
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Offline lone modeller

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2025, 04:59:16 AM »
Very difficult to imagine that that is in God's Own Scale!

Superb finish and rigging.

Stephen.
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Offline Will Levesley

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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2025, 02:56:03 AM »
Interesting colour scheme and the rigging looks superb.
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2025, 09:48:53 PM »
Great work on this small kit and I like your chosen colour/marking scheme too.

Regards

Dave
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2025, 11:51:45 PM »
Extremely fine result here as others have noted hard to believe this is 1/72nd scale - kudos on the exceptional build and finish!
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2025, 05:16:38 AM »
Very finely done.
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2025, 06:01:39 PM »
This is excellent, and such a striking and interesting scheme! And in my favourite scale to boot! Well done, sir, I hope to see more of your wonderful builds!

Cheers,

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