W. G. Barker's Sopwith F.1 Camel B6313 1/144 scratch

[smperry]

You could use a piece of clear decal material painted black or very dark gray and then cut to the desired shape of the slot. Advantage here is you can cut as many as you need until you get one just right. Can't do that with a knife, drill or paint brush.

Listen to me advising someone who can work such magic in 144 th scale.
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[Ryan]

Should anyone have an idea how to cut out the slots without the danger of ruining the part, all advices are warmly welcome.

Cheers

Ondra


Could you remake the part in (2) pieces, front and back and then add small plastic strip in locations between to locate the slots? The front and back would be too short if glued together, the space between is where you would space the slots.

[Mike Norris]

Hi Ondra,
As a follow up to the cockpit decking - here's some shots of how mine turned out,

Mike

 

 

 

[ondra]

Many thanks to all of you for your suggestions!

Special thanks goes to Mike for posting the pictures of his build, these are a great help!

I marked the areas to be removed on the fuselage and will start working on the adjustment next weekend.




While masking the wings for the wingribs I experienced one of the hardest struggles in my modelling history, the tailplane took me over 20 trials to get it about right. Corrections will still be needed, but this will be a minor issue.



Cheers

Ondra

[Mike Norris]

Hi Ondra,
No problem.
Good luck with your build - I can't imagine what it must be like to model in such a small scale!!

Mike

[lone modeller]

You never fail to amaze me with your tiny but near perfect builds. The level of skill that you demonstrate is a wonder to behold.

Stephen.

[RAGIII]

I thought I had commented on your update but apparently have not. So let me correct that now. Amazing work on wings and in particular the fuselage. You are the Tiny Master of DETAIL!
RAGIII

[Borsos]

Wow, what an amazing progress on your Camel, Ondra. These flying surfaces at least go for 1/48 scale. Wonderful!
Andreas

[ondra]

Many thanks for your supportive comments, Mike, Stephen, Rick and Andreas, they are highly appreciated!

While I was out of home during this week, I was thinking about possible solutions for the opening in the engine cowling.

In the first step I will test out how the decal solution will look, but plan B never goes amiss, right?

So the plan B will be a cylinder made of brass I will insert the cowling into. The bottom side of the cylinder will have openings identical with the ones I want on the cowling and thus serve as a guide while drilling out the holes.

Will see, how it will work.



Cheers

Ondra

[Bughunter]

This project is making a damn good progress! A Camel is not a big aircraft in 1:1, but in this small scale this is again unbelievable, how clean and precise your parts are created.
For your cowling it sound like a plan. May be you need only one slot and a 90° mark. So you can rotate the cowling in the cylinder and all 4 cutouts are done my the same template.

Good luck and Cheers,
Frank

[ondra]

Many thanks for your supportive comment, Frank, and also many thanks for the idea with the slots!

Not much progress this weekend, only the wings and tailplanes received several layers of surfacer, now I will leave them to cure until next weekend, will see how it turns out then.



I spent most of the time at the workbench adjusting the cockpit opening. I did not want to damage the interior, therefore I could not use my Proxxon and had to remove all the material using a sharp blade and small files. But the result looks acceptable.




Cheers

Ondra

[lone modeller]

As usual Ondra. your work is very impressive. The patience that you must have must exceed that of many of us forumites combined!!

Stephen.

[RAGIII]

All looks Outstanding as always Ondra! Looking forward to your progress!!
RAGIII

[ondra]

Many thanks for your nice comments, Stephen and Rick!

In preparation for the scribing I made the drawing to keep better overview, so I will leave it here should anyone find it useful.



Cheers.

Ondra

[ondra]

Today I removed the masking tape and unfortunately the wing ribs did not turn out up to the standard I want, so I will have to rework them. Nevermind, back to the drawing board.





Cheers

Ondra