Revell sopwith triplane 1/72

[mossiepilot]

Alway impressed by your builds.

really nice paint job.

Tony

[colin m]

Looking very nice Tony, but you're going to have to explain your wood to me, it looks great. I've read so many different ways to do it, some seem quite complex, so what's your trick ? I was at the shuttleworth collection on Saturday looking at real props, how are we supposed to get that sort of grain in 1:72 ??

Colin M.......

[Vaughan]

Very nice Tony don't know how you build on such a small scale.

Vaughan.

[yak face]

Cheers chaps, colin , the grain on the prop was very simple, i just gave it a coat of brown ( Games workshop vermin brown) the when dry, i gave it a coat of black which i straight away wiped most of it off lengthways with a dry brush. Then when that was dry i gave it a coat of tamiya x26 clear orange. I did the same thing for the struts and plywood decking round the cockpit. Hoping to get the wing assembly started today , then its just the rigging. :thumbsdown: .cheers tony

[papa 695]

Good luck with the rigging Tony

[spanner570]

I missed this thread. Sorry Tony.

What a nice wee aircraft, you are doing a great job on it.

I have just noticed your last post....Please tell me you still intend to use fishing line and are not going to attack poor Helen's bonce for the rigging wires?!!!!!!!!!!

She'll have now't left, poor woman...

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

Looking good Sir, have every confidence that you will master that rigging with those 1:144 rats eyes of yours. Cheers Derek

[yak face]

Well, i plucked up enough courage to start the rigging and final assembly. I decided to fix the middle wings first ,making sure the struts lined up with the top wing (NOT easy, second pair of hands useful!)Then i fixed the fishing line to the top of the struts before putting on the top wing. The wires were then threaded through the holes i had drilled in the middle and bottom wings before attaching a clothes peg to the bottom and letting the weight tension the line. all that you need to do then is apply a drop of superglue to the bottom hole and when set cut off the excess line. i did similar with the 3 lines on the undercarriage and the lines on the tail. I decided not to try and do the control lines for the elevators or the extra bracing wires to the fuselage from the middle and bottom wing, it would have been very difficult in this scale!!!! I reckon theres enough on to give the right impression. It wasnt as bad as i thought, it just needs a bit of forward planning and thinking about the order of doing things. All in all I really enjoyed this tiny little kit, and for £2.99 i reckon its 'bang for buck' is excellent!! heres the final assembly pics and the finished article, Ill be putting some more in the 'aircraft pics' section ,, cheers tony:beer:

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[Ian M]

And very nice it looks too! Well done from start to finish.IanM

[Guest]

Thats a beuty Ian, Want to finish my 5a for me lol. Well done mate a nice peice.

Andy

[Vaughan]

Tony Thats a fantastic job the rigging has turned out really well. Well Done

Vaughan