sopwith camel:-flown by capt LP Coombes

[mobear]

here she is in her full glory View attachment 42798View attachment 42799View attachment 42800View attachment 42801View attachment 42802View attachment 42803View attachment 42804View attachment 42805View attachment 42806View attachment 42807View attachment 42808i got very shaky doing the rigging and the went woosh(p=!$$^%d me off)will rectify it once body recovers lol

mobear

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[papa 695]

Great work Ole the colour scheme is just fantastic and the wooden prop sets it off wonderfully 5 stars from me

 

[iwan_canobi]

Rigging looks good, you must have some amount of patience! Very nice model all told! I know nothing about older planes, but how did the guns manage to not destroy the propeller when they were mounted right behind it? Was there some kind of synchronisation between them?

 

[mobear]

The term covers two related technologies: the first, more accurately referred to as synchronization gear, or a gun synchronizer, is attached to the armament of a tractor-type craft so that it can fire through the arc of a spinning propeller without the bullets striking the blades.found this it might help people to understand

mobear

 

[dubster72]

Top marks to you Ole! You've done a terrific job on this old kit. Rather you than me though, doing that rigging - give me tiny pieces of PE anyday!

Cheers

Patrick

 

[Ian M]

Oh well done old chap! seams to be an appropriate phrase.

Great job on the paint scheme one to try later me thinks. As for the rigging, it looks to me that you got the better of it.

Ian M

 

[InFlames]

wonderfull job! Paint scheme is very unique!

 

[mobear]

thnx guys,i keep looking at it,it sits above me,and every time it seems too look better also the springs on the landing gear made from guitar string heated so that it recoiled back(got that idea from here lol)

mobear

 

[tr1ckey66]

Very nice job Ole. That's one hell of a scheme! Looks great and the wooden effect on the prop looks very convincing.

All the best

paul

 

[mobear]

just thought i wouls add a couple more as the bottom wasnt shown or the fuel pumpView attachment 42849View attachment 42850View attachment 42851

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[Sky Raider]

Nice collection there Mobear.

 

[yak face]

Fantastic work ole! This looks amazing, top marks for the build and top marks for the paint job! cheers tony

 

[CDW]

not bad for a lost viking, not bad at all

paint schemes awesome mate.

that rigging must have took some patience, you're nearly up there with saint Ian

 

[mobear]

thnx colin it now has pride of place,next to the apache lol,my patience was wearing a little thin,but i made little plugs from stretched sprues this was a life saver lol

mobear

 

[colin m]

Nice looking camel. That paint scheme must have been a right laugh ??

Colin M..

 

[Ian Macleish]

Hello, Ole. My name is Ian, and I'm a grandson of L.P. Coombes. I'd love to know how you picked his plane, and where you got all the information in order to build the model from. I have a photo of the original plane, taken at the time in Autochrome (an early colour process), if you're interested in seeing it.

 

[tanktrack]

very nice Ole , is that 1/48 ? its a big model

 

[Ian Macleish]

No, it's not a model. It's a photo of THE original plane taken, by the looks of it, in the winter of 1918/19.

 

[noble]

Stunning paint scheme I love it and well done on the rigging.

 

[0ne48thtel]

Ole top hole old bean jolly good show and all that that paint job must have taken some work.