WNW Sopwith Tripe - N5376 Black Sheep

[RAGIII]

Your under surfaces look PERFECT! Beautiful work!!
RAGIII

[lcarroll]

Your under surfaces look PERFECT! Beautiful work!!
RAGIII

Ian,
   What Rick said, coming along beautifully!
Cheers,
Lance

[Ernie]

Wonderful work on the underside weathering, Ian.  Very nice update.

Cheers,
Ernie

[mgunns]

Hello Ian:

I like the effect of the glossy rib tapes, sets them apart and adds additonal detail to the wing surfaces.  I also like the shading on the rudder.  I am a bit leary of taping over a decal, but; may have to give it a go.

Looking forward to the next update.

Best

Mark

[IFF1418]

Hello Ian,

I can only echo what Rick, Ernie, Lance and Mark said. Outstanding work!

Kind regards
Patrick

[andonio64]

Hello Ian,

I can only echo what Rick, Ernie, Lance and Mark said. Outstanding work!

Kind regards
Patrick

Ditto!

Great work Ian!

Antonio

[Ian from Doncaster]

Thank you everyone - my plan to show an aircraft fresh out of the factory has now gone, but never mind.

Now that the wings and fuselage painting is done, the rest of the masking is removed.  I attached the tail surfaces, engine, and the front cowlings as seen here.  There is some touch up paint to do, and additional painting such as the pump on the cabane strut, the strut brackets etc, and some work to blend the top cowling in with the rear fuselage. 

I also dry fitted the outer struts and all the wings - they go on simply and (to my eye) reasonably accurately.  I did the same with the undercarriage struts - again a positive fit which should make the geometry work!  The prop is not glued on, just sat here for the pics.

[Ian from Doncaster]

Hello Ian:

I like the effect of the glossy rib tapes, sets them apart and adds additonal detail to the wing surfaces.  I also like the shading on the rudder.  I am a bit leary of taping over a decal, but; may have to give it a go.

Looking forward to the next update.

Best

Mark

Hi Mark,

Taping over decals is a very delicate affair!  My approach is to try and ensure the decal is bedded down properly and completely dry, then coated with a couple of layers of klear.  Let everything cure for a couple of days and then and only then apply the tape.  I used Bob's Buckles strips over these decals, first pressing the tape on my hand a few times to remove the sticky as much as I could.  Even then, there were one or two bits of decal that lifted despite how carefully I removed the tapes.  However, by doing that slowly, I was able to retrieve the decal pieces off the tape with a sharp blade and re-position them on the model.  Ideally, I would paint the markings rather than use decals.  The Klear coating also prevents the overspray of satin varnish reacting with the decal material, as has happened to me before!

Taping over decals is a risk, and an individual choice.

[jknaus]

What a beauty. 
James

[IFF1418]

Hello Ian,

James is absolutely right. A real beauty. This will be a gorgeous Tripe. Great modeling!

Kind regards
Patrick

[Ian from Doncaster]

Thank you James, Patrick...

The undercarriage struts are fitted and rigged - the fit was straightforward and looks accurate judging by eye.  I also blended in the top panel with the top of the fuselage matching the paint and weathering.  I also blew some "oil" coloured pastel powder into the engine, and behind the cowling for extra weathering, as I had weathered the wings the engine was too clean.  The engine cowlings have some metal paint dry brushed on for wear and tear.  Again the prop is just sat here.

[coyotemagic]

Really beautiful, Ian!  You're inspiring me to get to work on mine.
Cheers,
Bud

[Epeeman]

Ian,

That looks great - your tempting me into going for one of these .................

Regards

Dave

[RAGIII]

Ian,

That looks great - your tempting me into going for one of these .................

Regards

Dave

Agrees, only in my case you are tempting me to think about a second!
RAGIII

[Ernie]

Amazing work, Ian.  I really like the staining on the lower wing/fuselage.
The whole build is just mind-boggling stuff, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie