Colin M - Eduard 1:48 Sopwith F.1 Camel

[Guest]

Hi Colin, cracking start mate, lovely detail, I'll be watching this one

Cheers, Andrew

[colin m]

Thanks all for having a look. I've never worked with this level / amount of photo etch before. It's clearly great stuff for detailing, but more than a bit trickey in places.

Laurie, the kit comes with all sorts of extras, like 2 sets of photo etch, some tiny bits of resin and some paint masks. The 'copper' wires are part of the PE included with the kit.

Colin M.

[Ian M]

Thats looking very sharp Colin. Some great detail and I do like that custom panel.

Ian M

[colin m]

Well, a bit of an update. I spent the whole of last evening having a bit of a fight with the Camel.

First problem was an error by myself.

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I've only fitted the fuel tank back to front, which means the fuel filler is in the wrong place to go through the top of the fuselage. On close examination of the instructions, they do indicate the tank should be leaning backwards ! That wasn't too clear to me. Unfortunately as the cockpit assembley doesn't fit inside the cockpit very well, a trial fit was nearly impossible.

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It's not to easy to see, but the mounting points for the cockpit assembley had to be made wider, no big deal.

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But finally, I got the assembley lined up and in place. The next problem was getting the instrument panel to go in as well. Quite simply the IP mounting bar isn't wide enough. You might have noticed I've cut the fuel filler off. That can be re- fitted later !

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The instrument panel is in place, but I will need to add some sort of extra support before the fire wall goes in place just to make sure it stays where I put it.

Tonight's work will mainly consist of removing surface detail and replacing it with PE. The kit is well detailed and I would be quite happy with the plastic detail, but as I've got loads of PE to use, on it goes. Right, where's that file.

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[Guest]

still with the small probs you are making it look really really nice,i`m not sure i wouldve managed to make this plane in 1/48,but you are doing great

mobear

[yak face]

Looking fantastic colin! The cockpit is amazing , great painting and washing, cheers tony

[papa 695]

Looking realy good Colin keep up the good work

[colin m]

A quick update. I've spent what seems like ages fitting tiny bits of PE to the Camel. But finally I've managed a bit of paint. I'm not sure how these were built in the real world, but it might have been a bit like how I'm doing it now. All the major assemblies will be built and painted separately, even the decals will have to be applied at this early stage.

The underside is painted in Vallejo 'Buff' with a fair bit of white added - and it still looks a bit too dark for me. But anyway, the pic shows my attempt at highlighting the spars. Looking at the real thing, it seems that the spars make the linen / cotton fabric appear lighter where the material covers a bit of wood. So a light coat is painted on, masked up with 1.5mm tape, then a slightly darker coat goes over the top - that's the theory anyway !

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Apologies for the poor picture, the wife has gone out and taken the good camera by accident. Well I think it was by accident, she's off to see the stage version of the 'Full Monty' !

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[Guest]

Speachless mate. That is some great detailing work. Spot on mate.

Andy

[Guest]

colouring looks really good to me,i did have the choice to do the canvas colour but because of the razzle dazzle camo i decided against it,so it looks really nice on yours

mobear

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Colin

Truly excellent work on the Sopwith Camel, everything looks just right. This is going to be a lovely looking model and one I'm really looking forward to seeing complete. Not too quickly though as I'm enjoying the build log.

Keep up the great work.

All the best

Paul

[yak face]

I dont know about your camels underside colour colin , but it sounds like your missus is doing some research into things 'in the buff'!!! Hope the camera has got a wide angle lens!! Cheers tony p.s. the camel is looking fantastic,!

[Guest]

Wow Colin Picasso has nothing on you. That is top stuff. That cockpit is quite something.

Laurie

[colin m]

Thanks again all for taking a look. All your comments are appreciated. I don't know what it is about this build, but it's like I'm waiting for a diaster to happen. I've enjoyed other builds much more than this one. I'm not sure what my problem is, but anyway, on we go.

Tony, I'm pleased to report the wife did take the camera by accident - so no dodgy pics.

Following on from my earlier pic of the underside of the wings with many pieces of 1.5mm making tape, I'm happy to report, it worked. The spars now seem to be visible through the wing covering. Also the upper surfaces have been painted in 'Russian uniform WW2' darkened in some areas, lightened in others. As already mentioned by many, PC 10 is a bit of an unknown colour, so anything between green and brown should do. I like green, so that's the way I went.

A couple of coats of 'Klear' followed by most if not all of the decals - and I still wont have put the thing together - maybe that's why it all feels so strange !!

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[Ian M]

Looking very good my man!

Ian M