W. M. Alexander's Sopwith Triplane 'Black Prince'

[michael]

Great stuff Chris, that wood effect looks fantastic.

michael

[Chris Johnson]

That looks excellent Chris. Great progress!! 502 again for the wood effect?

Yes indeed. Straight out of the tube for a light woodgrain effect.



Cheers,

Chris

[RAGIII]

Lovely wood grain Chris! I just did my woodwork for my Tripe. I will start a build blog soon.
Yours is looking terrific!
RAGIII

[bobs_buckles]

You're doing great work, Chris  Long may that continue.

Vb

[coyotemagic]

Brilliant work on the cockpit, Chris.  The wood grain is fantastic.
Cheers,
Bud

[GAJouette]

  Chris,
Excellent wood grain my old friend. Looking forward to seeing more.Until keep up the outstanding works.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[LindsayT]

Likin' what I'm seein', Chris. Did you end up masking the stringers?

LT

[uncletony]

Looks great Chris

[Chris Johnson]

Thanks to one and all for your comments!

Did you end up masking the stringers?

Nope. I used the artist pens as suggested and did it freehand. Not surprisingly, I had to touch up some of the linen colour when the pen took on a life of its own and strayed off course. All in all though, I'm turning into a big fan of these coloured pens for detail work.

Cheers,

Chris

[Pete Nottingham]

Chris, stunning woodgrain mate, lovely job.

Cheers

Pete.

[pepperman42]

re the coloured pens - sounds like this tip has been mentioned before but I did a search and couldnt come up with anything. These are found at art stores by the sounds and are soft tip? hard/ waterbased? manufacturer? Sorry if this is a repeat.

Steve

[Chris Johnson]

re the coloured pens - sounds like this tip has been mentioned before but I did a search and couldnt come up with anything. These are found at art stores by the sounds and are soft tip? hard/ waterbased? manufacturer? Sorry if this is a repeat.

Steve

Check out this thread Steve.

http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=1667.msg27096#msg27096

I found a set of the Faber Castell pens at Michaels. I thought Curry Arts would have them, but I was wrong.

Cheers,

Chris

[pepperman42]

Thanks Chris - off to Michaels I go!!

Steve

[Chris Johnson]

A little more progress to report. I have the undercarriage and wheels assembled.



I have to say that I struggled with this assembly right off the bat. WnW would have you assemble it as a stand-alone sub-assembly and after it's together, attach it to the fuselage. The problem here is that the locating points are poor at best where the axle and airfoil (if that's what it's called) attach to the legs. There's just no structural integrity to the sub-assembly at all.

I initially pre-painted the pieces and then glued them together with superglue, hoping that I had guessed at the correct angle for the legs. There's simply no positive locating points to guide the modeller. I left the assembly overnight and when I picked it up the next day, it literally just fell apart into its component parts. Second time around, I tacked it together with superglue and reinforced the joints with 5 minute epoxy glue. I may get a rude awakening when I attach the undercarriage to the fuselage if I don't have the leg angles correct. Oh well, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it, but 5 minute epoxy isn't conducive to taking it all apart if necessary!

Cheers,

Chris

[Dave W]

Excellent work on your Tripe Chris. As you know the kit has some design/ engineering issues and the tricky undercarriage is one of them. Rest assured when you progress past the fuselage/ lower wing fit issue and non-fitting cockpit coaming, most of the build is straightforward.

The thing about WNW kits, like any model kits, is that they have faults and flaws too, but the great mass of WNW fans out there wants to maintain the myth that WNW kits are perfection in every way. The kits are state of the art and without doubt the best WW1 models on the market right now, but they have some faults too and need a careful and considered approach to building to get that showroom result.

Your Tripe is looking really impressive and the wood effect is very well done.

cheers

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia