Author Topic: W. G. Barker's Sopwith F.1 Camel B6313 1/144 scratch (Read 42355 times)

Manni · « **Reply #210 on:** February 26, 2020, 04:38:07 PM »

So nice to see this tiny pieces of art, Ondra. Great!
Bye,
Manni

ondra · « **Reply #211 on:** March 23, 2020, 09:46:45 PM »

Many thanks to all of you for your kind and generous comments!

I have been using the quaranteen time to move on with the build, the fuselage has now all details, one more coat of primer and I can move on to painting.

Cheers

Ondra

RAGIII · « **Reply #212 on:** March 23, 2020, 09:58:27 PM »

Terrific progress Ondra! As always your talent amazes Me!
RAGIII

lone modeller · « **Reply #213 on:** March 24, 2020, 05:25:36 AM »

I am still struggling to get my head around how small that is. That is a simply wonderful piece of modelling.

Stephen.

Alexis · « **Reply #214 on:** March 25, 2020, 10:49:33 AM »

Fantastic job on the fuselage , can't wait to see her with paint now !

Terri

RichieW · « **Reply #215 on:** March 27, 2020, 06:15:02 PM »

Love seeing updates on this, makes me smile every time. Brilliant work!

ondra · « **Reply #216 on:** May 13, 2020, 01:33:04 AM »

Many thanks for your generous comments, Rick, Stephen, Terri and Richie, they are greatly appreciated.

The fuselage somehow disappeared from my workbench unfortunately, but after 14 days of searching I finally found it so I can move on.

I masked the pulley inspection windows, so the parts are now ready for painting.

Masking those 13 stripes on the fuselage was an exceptional experience I do not want to repeat in the near future.

Last but not least I assembled the undercarriage, fortunately all angles seem correct so far.

Cheers

Ondra

Bughunter · « **Reply #217 on:** May 13, 2020, 04:13:23 AM »

Hi Ondra!
Good to see you back and working on this Camel!
I'm looking forward to seeing this little guy in the color dress.
Regarding the stripes on fuselage: you will remove every second one for painting?

Cheers,
Frank

RichieW · « **Reply #218 on:** May 13, 2020, 05:23:07 AM »

Oh wow, that is incredible! Masking those fuselage stripes must have taken massive patience and determination. Of the kind that enables you to spend 2 weeks searching for fuselage!

Seriously though, this is absolutely brilliant!

smperry · « **Reply #219 on:** May 13, 2020, 06:39:22 AM »

That, as everything else on this build, is amazing, ( I await the red devil in 1/144 with baited breath).
I doubt it would be easier or less fiddly, but wouldn't it be less error prone to cut thin decal strips? The masked stripes are no doubt to scale, but any leaks under the masking will be in 1:1 scale.
sp

RAGIII · « **Reply #220 on:** May 13, 2020, 08:42:11 AM »

Well, I thought I had posted a comment Hours ago. So making up for My Mistake Now. Your work in this scale is as I always say, remarkable! I can't even imagine doing the masking for those stripes in 1/144th scale! You Rock Ondra!!
RAGIII

Alexis · « **Reply #221 on:** May 13, 2020, 11:21:20 AM »

Nice masking and not one I would want to redo either . Looking forward on seeing her with livery .

Terri

ondra · « **Reply #222 on:** May 13, 2020, 05:34:43 PM »

Many thanks to all of you for your generous comments!

@Frank: yes, that is the idea. The fuselage got a coat of white, so afterwards I will remove the masks covering the black stripes and put a layer of black paint.

@sp: the idea with decal strips is plan B, should this method not work out. As I will be using airbrush and Drooling Bulldog paints (only very light coat covers perfectly), I hope for a good result, but at the end of the day I might be wrong. The trouble with decal strips is keeping constant spacing between the stripes, therefore I decided to use it as plan B.

Cheers

Ondra

lone modeller · « **Reply #223 on:** May 14, 2020, 02:33:00 AM »

Good to see that you are continuing with this Ondra: and really pleased that you found the fuselage - if you had lost it permanently I cannot image how you might have felt. Painting stripes on the fuselage in any scale would drive me to desperation, but in that scale....

Stephen.