Sopwith camel 1/28 by me Ole

[mobear]

the prop will be slightly burnt sienna just a staining wash,sorry been no real updates but arthritis is giving me a big mouthful of pain,and getting front and backplates for the prop were harder to source than i thought,so i made some from from 1/72 spit.onwards and upwards from now on

mobear

ps then i`m going for the colours:winkingshades:

 

[mobear]

heres rpop finished i used 1/72 wheel from spitfire and the wheel nut from a 1/32 spitfire wheel,i`m so glad i bashed the big spitty View attachment 42161

mobear

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[aaron]

Mobear awesome job that prop looks excellent.

 

[mobear]

i gave the prop a bit of colour here it isView attachment 42169

mobear

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[Vajled]

great imitation of wood...

what technick you use?

Roman

 

[treyzx10r]

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

 

[Bunkerbarge]

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

 

[mobear]

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

 

[CDW]

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

 

[CDW]

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

 

[mobear]

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 coreView attachment 42328the 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

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[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

 

[mobear]

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 View attachment 42376

mobear

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[aaron]

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

Classey.

 

[CDW]

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

 

[dubster72]

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

Cheers

Patrick