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Offline Ernie

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Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« on: July 11, 2013, 10:25:20 AM »
Hi everyone.
  I'm a little embarrassed to submit my current build, having seen
the amazing modeling here.  I have very little experience in the
hobby...more or less at the stage of trying to put things I have
learned into practice.  I chose the Camel even though I have read
it can be a bit of a bear to build.  For me, it is trying to make at least
a fairly decent model, but more importantly to hopefully become a better modeler.
  I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.



First I primed everything with Tamiya fine white primer.



Work on the engine comes next.  I managed to break off half the
delicate pushrods from Eduard's engine so I was forced into the world
of scratch-building.  I used 0.4mm brass tubing, CA'd into place.  So far,
so good.



Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
Ernie :)

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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 10:42:45 AM »
Good choice of subject Ernie, you will have a lot of fun building this kit. The engine looks fine so far, and don't worry about the push rods, I always replace them with brass tube as they look a lot better, looking forward to seeing more updates.

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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 11:32:26 AM »
Nice start Ernie, looking forward to watching this progress.
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 11:42:48 AM »
Great start Ernie, never apologise for being a "newbie" to the Hobby. I used to think I was pretty good at this until I started really looking at some of the subjects here. Point is......ENJOY what you do, work at getting better by learning from others, ENJOY what you do, and, ENJOY what you do!
I'll be enjoying following your Build Thread here. Have Fun!
Cheers,
Lance ;)
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 02:12:55 PM »
I'm really looking forward to following your build, Ernie.  Lance is right.  Have fun.  I know I will.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 03:51:52 PM »
Thanks very much fellows.  Your encouragement means a lot
to me, coming from such accomplished modelers. :)

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Offline Whiteknuckles

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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 04:05:59 PM »
Ernie, you've got nothing to be embarrassed about!

Especially when you trot out that very nicely done engine :)

Andrew
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2013, 08:03:59 PM »
Go for it Ernie!

This is a very friendly and helpful forum, and from what I've seen so far, you'll get nothing but encouragement and helpful advice  ;)

Good luck

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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2013, 12:42:50 AM »
Nice engine. It may be useful to those pictures: http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=2053.0

Good luck with your construction :)
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2013, 01:09:48 AM »
That engine already looks very good Ernie! :-)
Indeed absolutely nothing to be embarrassed of :-) building scale models
Is a life long learning experience, and that's good because
It keeps this hobby interesting :-)
Will follow this one closely, since I have this kit in my stash too, and I'm curious to see
How it will come together.

All the best

Flip
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2013, 01:18:47 AM »
I like that plane Ernie and your engine looks great so that's a good start. I agree with you that for a beginner (like i am too) it's a bit embarrassing to show once work. But indeed these people on the forum are so kind and helpfull. And they are a great help to get better and to continue to enjoy this hobby. I wish you well with the Camel and I will continue to follow your build.

Very kind regards

Patrick
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2013, 01:35:17 AM »
Thank you for your kind comments, everyone. :)
  Just a quick update for now.  I wanted to give the
engine a bit of a used look, so I gave it a little wash
with MIG's #502 grease & oil, which I think look pretty
much just like it.





I think the wash helped bring it to life a bit more. I hope I didn't
overdo it!

More to come, but for now thanks for your interest.

Cheers,
Ernie :)


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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2013, 02:02:10 AM »
Hello Ernie:

I concur, never apologize, everyone here was a newbie at one time and we all build to our own standard.  Your engine looks the business.  I am looking forward to seeing you progress through the build.  I did this scheme using the 1/32nd Academy original issue kit.  The scheme is a bit different from the box art for the Eduard, whcih I wish I would have used, a little more colorful.  So continue to march.

Best

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Offline Zabu

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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2013, 10:28:12 AM »
Hi Ernie.
I'm just a newbie but i'll tell you this... there's nothing to be emabarrassed to. We are all here with the same purpose. We love ww1 aircraft and to share our experience.

It's amazing what we can learn from each other, trying to make that extra step forward.
I'm a braille scaler, but i love what i do... and i love what you guys do. Nothing can take that joy from me.

Besides you already have a great start. Model on and post it in... it will always be a pleasure to share what i know and to learn from all of these great modelers we have here.

Cheers.
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Re: Eduard's Sopwith Camel F.1 1/48
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2013, 12:13:33 PM »
Ernie,
Certainly NOTHING to be "Embarrassed" about so far! Your Engine is excellent!
RAGIII
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