Show us your - Sopwith Triplane

[Des]

Beautifully done Ian, the finish on this tripe is immaculate.

Des.

[coyotemagic]

Truly gorgeous, Ian!  Inspiration as I complete mine.
Cheers,
Bud

[Nigel Jackson]

Lovely work, Ian, well done.

Best wishes
Nigel

[dr 1 ace]

Lovely work, Ian, well done.

Best wishes
Nigel

Big Ditto, well done.

ED

[lcarroll]

   Truly a thing of beauty, Ian. I like ALL of it, congratulations on an incredible Build, it`s a model to be truly proud of!
Cheers,
Lance

[Ernie]

Ian, you have made a Tripe to be proud of.  An absolutely superb aeroplane!
The PC10 is very attractive and really well done.  Well done, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[RAGIII]

Ian,
Can't add much but yet another Very Well Done Build! I Love the weathering and the less used greenish PC10 look.
RAGIII

[Mike Norris]

Hi all,
Sopwith Triplane, Serial No:N6301 ‘Dusty II’of No.8 (N) Squadron during May 1917, as flown by R. McDonald (8 victories).,

Mike
This model represents the Sopwith Triplane, Serial No: N6301 “DUSTY II” of No.8 N (Naval) Squadron during May of 1917.

The pilot :
Flt Lt (RNAS) Roderick McDonald (8 victories). He was born in St. Joseph’s, Nova Scotia, Canada on the 31st October 1893, the son of Angus R. McDonald and Catherine McDonald (of James River
Station, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada).
Roderick McDonald joined the RNAS in August 1916 and was posted to No.8 (N) Squadron in early 1917.  He scored 2 shared victories whilst flying Sopwith Triplane Serial No: N5472 and a single victory flying N6301 “DUSTY II”.  Later he scored a further 5 victories when flying the Sopwith
Camel.  At the age of 24 and as a Flt. Lt  in the newly formed No.208 Squadron, RAF, he was shot down and killed by Vfw Julius Trotsky of Jasta 43 on the 8th May 1918 (Trotsky himself was shot down and killed nine days later).   
 
The aircraft:
This aircraft was one of 20 manufactured  from an order placed in January 1917 (Serial No’s: N6290 to N6309).  It arrived in France on the 24th May 1917 and was with No.8 (N) Squadron by the 28th of May.  On the 7th of June it was operating with No.10 (N) Squadron.  It moved back to No.8 (N) Squadron on the 12th of June, but by the 13th of July had been moved to No.1 (N)
Squadron.  It was while it was with No.1 (N) Squadron that this aircraft scored 2 more victories. when piloted by Act Flt Cdr FHM Maynard and Acting Flt. Lt. HV Rowley.  This aircraft was
eventually destroyed by fire in October 1917.

[IanB]

Here's my build of the old Revell 1:72 Tripe. It needs a LOT of correcting, including modifying the fuselage profile at the tail, scratchbuilt tail surfaces, interior, and undercarriage, modified wing mountings and cowling, correcting the shape of the cockpit opening, and reskinning with .005" sheet to reinstate the longerons, but the end result is well worth it.

















Ian

[RAGIII]

Gorgeous Tripe Ian! Like you said it was well worth the extra effort!
RAGIII

[pepperman42]

A definite silk purse!!

Steve

[coyotemagic]

Stunning little Tripe, Ian!  I know this is becoming cliche, but that really looks larger than 1/72 scale.  True modeling artistry.
Cheers,

Bud

[coyotemagic]

In reviewing this thread, I realized that I hadn't posted any photos of my Tripes.  I feel I'm not being a team player, so here they are.

I built both the Eduard 1/48 Triplane and the WNW 1/32 Tripe side by side in order to use the WNW kit as a reference in detailing the smaller one.  Pheon decals were used on both.

[coyotemagic]

And here's the big one.












Thanks for looking in, my friends!
Cheers,
Bud

[RAGIII]

Both are Stunning Builds Amigo! To re affirm your cliché, that 1/48th Triplane could easily be mistaken for a larger scale! I enjoyed your build log back then and certainly enjoy seeing them again!
RAGIII
PS: In the spirit of the original purpose of these threads could you post a link to your build thread?