Author Topic: WNW Sopwith Camel (Comic) (Read 12712 times)

coyotemagic · « **Reply #30 on:** July 07, 2017, 06:22:28 AM »

Love what you've done to the place, Matt! Looking like a proper Comic interior.
Cheers,
Bud
PS-Just a tip: No need to overstretch the EZ line.

Matt · « **Reply #31 on:** July 07, 2017, 08:20:18 AM »

Quote from: coyotemagic on July 07, 2017, 06:22:28 AM

PS-Just a tip: No need to overstretch the EZ line.

Ha.. ha.. Bud.. I was getting to the point where I was going to call it HARD line... I think (thankfully) the bits in the actual 'pit went ok as I was able to hold the line across the CA glue. But when it came to the bracing down the fuselage interior I got into a bit of a pickle a couple of times.

Dab of CA, hold line near end with tweezers, offer up to CA.. count to ten remove tweezers... line glued to tweezers.. argh! Use cocktail stick to hold line down, tweezers, EZ line and cocktail stick all stuck to each other..

So, in a couple of places the line got very stretched as I fumbled trying to get it stuck to the right thing... If it'd been in the 'open' I'd have re-done...

Let's see if I can do a perfect stbd side...

Matt

lcarroll · « **Reply #32 on:** July 07, 2017, 12:18:27 PM »

"Dab of CA, hold line near end with tweezers, offer up to CA.. count to ten remove tweezers... line glued to tweezers.. argh! Use cocktail stick to hold line down, tweezers, EZ line and cocktail stick all stuck to each other..

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Matt,
I needed a good chuckle tonight and this did it for me....................how many times I realised have I been there and done that!?! Like you say though, there's always the other side!
Cheers,
Lance

Matt · « **Reply #33 on:** July 19, 2017, 05:22:32 AM »

Just a note to say I haven't given up or shifted paradigm...

I'm waiting on some plastic section to finish some of the interior bits. Cleaning up wings, which isn't really particularly photogenic.

Matt

Matt · « **Reply #34 on:** September 29, 2017, 06:07:02 AM »

Just a quick note to say that while waiting for the plastic section (from China as I'm a cheapskate) I got sidetracked onto something else (wrong era to mention on here

and I'm trying to finish it in time for the big UK show at Telford.

The Camel is still sat here watching me, so I won't forget it or give up on it (all the hard bits are done).

So do hang on and I'll be back (as Arnie once said).

Matt

RAGIII · « **Reply #35 on:** September 29, 2017, 06:20:51 AM »

In spite of your super glue and EZ line adventures your interior looks gorgeous! Beautiful wood grain effect and fudging of the details. You are making me think about looking inside of my Camel box

RAGIII

Matt · « **Reply #36 on:** September 29, 2017, 07:21:59 AM »

Thanks

I was happily surprised how the interior looked when I saw the photos (they're a much tougher hurdle than my ageing eyes..

.

It is a nice kit, even their seat scrubs up well enough in my view (and it is a lot more visible in the Comic). I've noticed a couple of omissions, one that comes to mind is that while the pipework (is it a pipe) leading from the venturi into the upper wing is nicely portrayed, it is not shown re-emerging and leading don the forward stbd cabane into the fuselage... that'll need to be added..

Matt

rhwinter · « **Reply #37 on:** September 29, 2017, 03:14:59 PM »

I love the Comic and am eagerly looking foreward to YOUR Comic, Matt!
Richard

seiran01 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 01, 2017, 03:45:57 AM »

Great job so far! I've been looking at doing a Comic as well with the Clerget in the duellist kit. Following with interest

Matt · « **Reply #39 on:** November 27, 2018, 02:39:34 AM »

Well, the Camel Comic and I have stared at each other for just over a year..

Time for some action again. Started attaching interior parts.

Pics later..

Matt

Europapete · « **Reply #40 on:** November 27, 2018, 02:54:50 AM »

Glad to see this back Matt, I think yours is the first comic conversion. Regards Pete in RI

RAGIII · « **Reply #41 on:** November 27, 2018, 09:53:13 AM »

I am also happy to see you back at this one! Looking forward to your updates!
RAGIII

Juan · « **Reply #42 on:** November 27, 2018, 10:59:54 AM »

Glad to see you back on this one Matt (still have time as WNW has not released this version).

lcarroll · « **Reply #43 on:** November 27, 2018, 12:01:22 PM »

I'll join the growing list of those pleased to see this one appear back on the "active list" Matt. It's still a project I'd very much like to try so I'll continue to follow your progress here and hopefully you can inspire me to get going on it! I'm really lacking good references for this version despite a shelf full of Camel publications. Were the Comics mostly Clerget versions or just what was on hand?
Cheers,
Lance

Matt · « **Reply #44 on:** November 28, 2018, 04:15:38 AM »

Hi Lance

My understanding is that they were wholly or at least overwhelmingly ~~Clerget~~ Le Rhone powered. My source https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/142947-sopwith-camel-comic/?do=findComment&comment=1366901 says that all HD Camels were Le Rhone powered...

I only have a couple of photos of them... same stuff everyone sees on a Google search. I did find a photo of a two seat conversion with very few parts in place. This gave me an idea of component placement as the second seat must be about where the Comic's seat was.

At the end of the day, there's not a great deal to be seen inside.. I may purchase one of the rather nice looking Copper State Camel pilots to totally plug the cockpit view..

Matt

Edit to change engine type to 'Le Rhone' after re-checking my ref.