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Offline markleecarter

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Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« on: April 03, 2018, 05:46:26 PM »
While waiting for some glue to dry on my BE2c I pulled this little one out of the stash.
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It's certainly quite fiddly but didn't take long to get a little tail plane together.

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Offline markleecarter

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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2018, 05:49:21 PM »
The upper wings were a bit more tricky. You have to build the centre section and wings separately and thread them all together.

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But I got there in the end! Lots of little bracing pieces which are very hard to keep straight. The whole thing is very very flimsy and delicate at the moment but under a lick of paint I quite like how it looks.

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Offline jeroen_R90S

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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2018, 05:50:19 PM »
Cool!
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Offline gbrivio

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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2018, 06:13:35 PM »
Stripdown kits are alwais amazing. Nice wing.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Offline GazzaS

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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2018, 06:31:00 PM »
Cool!  I'm impressed.  My fumble fingers are aching from just the thought!

Gaz
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2018, 10:03:51 PM »
Outstanding job on this 1/72 kit.  Would be hard enough in a larger scale, but you make this look easy.
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2018, 10:27:46 PM »
  AWESOME project my friend. Ah so small,I'd need a microscope.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2018, 12:43:51 AM »
WOW! Enough said!
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2018, 12:51:54 AM »
Quote from: RAGIII on April 04, 2018, 12:43:51 AM
WOW! Enough said!
RAGIII
Agreed!
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2018, 07:25:53 AM »
Wow! Thank you so much for the enthusiasm for this build everyone! I don't know if this was a foolish decision or not, but I decided to go the whole hog and have begun adding the internal bracing wires to the wing. I could only get a bit done before my eyes stopped working!

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Offline GazzaS

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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2018, 04:12:55 PM »
Impressive!
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2018, 04:26:53 PM »
I am always impressed by the courage to tackle one of these PE kits. It’s incredible how fiddly they are.
You are making good progress here!
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2018, 09:43:02 PM »
Amazing work on this mini masterpiece.
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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2018, 11:20:42 PM »
Very neat!!

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Re: Stripdown Sopwith Camel
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2018, 11:24:22 PM »
Great decision to add the wires. Looking terrific!
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