Colins' (CDW) Sopwith Triplane.

[Guest]

you could have mr merrick the elephant man for a pilot lol

mobear

[yak face]

Great start colin. Its not a bad little kit once its cleaned up , the problems it has are just down to its age , like most of us its a bit poorly formed and flaky round the edges ! I really enjoyed doing mine , a bit of something different and it only cost £3!!!! keep up the good work , cheers tony

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Colin

Good start to the build, you seem to have cleaned up those parts nicely.

An interesting note:The Fokker DR.1 was supposedly an attempt by the Germans to copy the Sopworth triplane which impressed them with it's manoeuvrability.

Keep up the great work

Paul

[colin m]

Well Colin, a bit of flash with a kit mixed somewhere. But look on the bright side, at least the flash is 1:72 scale !!

[Guest]

Thanks chaps. ....

Flash bashing continues and i have some more flying supports for the "ready" box

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The cockpit needed something so as i'm not having the pilot i thought just a little "stick" would take away the baron look.

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Looking at the reference images i have, they show a bolster effect around the cockpit edge, so i had a go with some scrap electrical cable, I cut down the length, removed the wire strands and slipped the plastic insulation over the edge,

Doesn't look that bad, just a little filler on the join needed.

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[Guest]

that works very well colin,looking good

mobear

[Guest]

Well thank you kind sir .... at least it's clean !!, not like that mucky german rubbish you produce

[Guest]

You've cleaned that flashy kit very well Colin. I like the padding for the cockpit, although with it being pink, it kinda resembles something else ....

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

Oooh errrrrrr hmmmmm Patrick ........ it's now painted brown .. i'm not sure if thats worse

[Guest]

hahahahahahahah that`ll teach ya,achtung we poop on your plane,ja das ist sehr gud.

mobear

[Guest]

Its just like Fly-tying

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[tr1ckey66]

Combining 2 hobbies in one - I like your style.

Good work on the rigging so far.

Cheers

P

[Guest]

The dreaded rigging begins! That was always a reason I shied away from the string bags. You're doing a great job of it so far,looking forward to seeing more!

[Guest]

thanks mate, the only problem ive found with the rigging is that its got to be done first so the builds out of sync with the instructions. ah well, its interesting

[Guest]

Colin was wondering what you use for the rigging wires?