Sopwith Pup - RNAS : WNW's 1/32

[Dal Gavan]

That's brilliant, Andy.  I was thinking of doing "ANZAC" for my RNAS Pup, but I think I'll be doing this scheme- once I get to that Pup.

Lovely stuff, mate.

Dal.

[LindsayT]

Looks bang on to me, Andi. Great job!

[RAGIII]

Andi,
Absolutely Stunning work! Your Weathering and the overall finish is FANTASTIC!
RAGIII

[Ernie]

Andi, I can't add much other than my admiration for your talents.  She's a superb
Pup and your weathering treatment seems to me, perfect.  Well done, my friend!

Cheers,
Ernie

[Andi Little]

An interim "catch-up" rather than an update. This then my first real foray into the methodology of painting these fabric covered wings (the Morane more of a "sling paint at it and see what happens" kind of project).
Here I've sprayed the whole in my choice of CDL ... Life colour pale stone, masked off the ribs with 1.5mm strips and a gentle shot of pale stone plus a lick of French Matt blue. Then masked off the front and rear spars and with a darker mix I've ran along all maskings with a pretty strong tone.



On the left, or lower wing I've removed all the tape, and on the right (upper wing) I've just taken off the tape for the leading spar. The elevators of the tailplane give you an idea of the initial colour, and the main part that bit darker to accommodate the lack of internal depth and close proximity of the two canvas skins.
The plan is now to give the whole a unifying mist of the original pale stone (CDL) and when dry will scumble with an oil paint mix of Ochres and Sienna's ala the fuselage - and eventually some oil stains and perhaps even brine residues?

More when I've got it sorted.

[RAGIII]

Outstanding work Andi! Very effective. I am looking forward to your Staining work with the oils!
RAGIII

[Andi Little]

Arrrrrgh! ................................




A rather chaotic shot I'll agree ............. but really to illustrate a minor catastrophe. Whilst rigging the cabane struts, and although looking forward to it after my successes with the Morane? I was having a devil of a time, constantly losing the end of me thread - brass ferules disappearing into the abyss, indeed after much ado I finally finished, and then noticed how slack the port side was!!! "Now what" thinks I ............... whilst struggling with said rigging I had somehow caught the darn thing on the bench or my jumper - who knows? but that leading right hand strut was completely broken at its root.
I practiced my Anglo-Saxon at length (I'm now quite fluent) realised I was going to be fighting against the very tension I'd just instilled into the assembly, decided against pinning the joint for fear of getting it all plobbletopid and ugly, but then noticed it had broken with a kind of ball and socket effect ... I wonder if there had been a slight "flow" fault in the styrene?
Anyhoo - with a bit of cement and with the wing holding things in station, and to take what is quite some weight over the repair.
I can report that 24hours later it is a strong joint with nary a mismatch to worry about - "phew".
I do think with the wing to hold things together later on, and a tickle of paint, it should be an invisible mend and no one will know the difference..................

Apart from all you lot like!!!

[PrzemoL]

Well, great that you have repaired the strut.
However, I cannot at all understand, why have you started with the upper wing?

[Andi Little]

"Smiling" ................

"Prez" ............... I've not! The wing is placed over the struts in order to locate everything in its correct place, and to take the weights - it isn't cemented.
As soon as I'm confident the broken joint is fully strong enough - I'll take the upper wing off and proceed as normal.

Sorry if that put the wind up you .... I thought I'd explained it?

[PrzemoL]

Absolutely clear now! 

[IFF1418]

Hello Andi,

Sorry to hear that you've gone trough all this trouble. The cabane struts are really painful for almost everybody. I think it was Nigel who said that WnW should do the struts in metal. Is it common to do the rigging of the cabane struts before both wings are installed? In my current build I fixed the eyelets and tubes, but didn't tension them yet.
Anyway as you say, all these problems will not be seen when finished and your build is still gorgeous my friend.

Kind regards
Patrick

[Andi Little]

Thanks Patrick .................. I've actually broke the dang thing again!! So they're both wearing splints till it's time to put the top wing on.

Anyway, without much further ado ... proof positive that I'm still chipping away at this build - I know it's slow ... bear with me?

But here it is looking a bit more purposeful now - main wing is just posed with fuselage balancing atop, but I wanted to show the "bleaching/weathering" effect I've been after and see if it passes muster? A bit more work on the fuselage with weathering and staining to pull things together a bit better - Actually I quite like it, although suspect it's hardly prototypical?
So here you go then, a start on the build assembly, with just a touch of rigging.........................






Hopefully not too long a time before I can manage another update? - But don't hold me to that of course ..............

Cheers chaps................

[IFF1418]

She is just looking gorgeous Andi. The color is beautiful, your weathering outstanding. This is going to be a top build. No hurry needed. You are doing a great job!

Kind regards
Patrick

[Des]

The CDL and weathering on the fuselage looks perfect, very well done Andi.

Des.

[Ernie]

Despite the troubles with the Cabanes Andi, the Pup is looking absolutely
amazing!  Your weathering is superb without being too much.  I'm looking
forward to the next updates.  Great job, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie