Sopwith camel 1/28 by me Ole

[Guest]

Nicely done Ole,sorry to hear your hurtin' hope the arthritis eases up on ya!

[Guest]

Huge improvement over the original prop mobear and all credit to you for having a go at such a thing. It worked out superbly.

Roman, he used wood.

[yak face]

It really makes me smile when i see something like this , a great bit of scratchbuilding and an old kit given a makeover.Ive got this in the stash too ole, I was surprised too , to see all the sink marks and holes, especially as the Fokker DR1 in the same scale is very good. Im sure its going to look fantastic, cheers tony

[Guest]

thnx peeps,yup roman i carved prop out of some scrap wood the green of the plastic prop is too green to make it look like wood,apart from that i used burnt sienna thinned with turps and applied coats till i got desired look.i was checking the fuselage fit when i noticed that stitch marks on one side were missing,all ideas on how to remedy this welcome

mobear

[Guest]

So thats disruptive camouflage al a WWI....

Yup, just in case they flew through a circus tent

Nicely whittled prop Ole, I'm that impressed i'm going to drive over and give you a pile of wood and a few plans, you can do them while i wait and have that coffee

Ignoring my little wise crack above i think those colours would look great, something slightly unusual which is always good.

Arthritis = not good ... got a touch in my thumbs and thats bad enough .... my sympathies mate.

[Vaughan]

The prop looks very realistic colin great work.

Vaughan

[Guest]

As much as i'd love to take the credit for it .... it was "Ole the lost Viking" that produced that

[Vaughan]

ops thanks for pointing that one out Colin. Ole great prop! I should have said.

Vaughan

[Guest]

heres a small mock up of fuselage together,i have used brass portholes for filler tops and caps,inside i have laid wood cocktail sticks and also used waxed black thread with nylon core[ATTACH]42328.vB[/ATTACH]the fuselage is bent like a banana but when i seal it i will use thread like the way you see it here.found a date stamp on the tail plane 1958

mobear

[ATTACH]45674.IPB[/ATTACH]

[colin m]

Great build Ole, some serious work going on here. I loved the engine, but the prop is something else. A unique way to get around the problem of making plastic look like wood !

Colin M

[Guest]

just finished instrument panel,used more portholes and plastic lolly sticks,big dial is compass,on the left rpm,on the right airspeed,bottom altimeter,the glass tube is pulsometer then 2 magneto switches [ATTACH]42376.vB[/ATTACH]

mobear

[ATTACH]45718.IPB[/ATTACH]

[aaron]

Ole your attention to detail is off the hook and it looks fantastic crazy.

Classey.

[Guest]

Those dials look the business mate, keep the piccies comin'

[papa 695]

Great work throughout this build so far Ole keep it up i can't wait to see what you do next

PS That colour scheme would look great

[Guest]

Excellent stuff there Ole! Your scratchbuilding is reaching new heights - see what I did there... planes..heights.. *sigh* Where's me coat?

Cheers

Patrick