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Colins' (CDW) Sopwith Triplane.

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Nice to have you onboard Colin i will be watching with interest ( in a wicked way )
 
Hi Colin

Welcome on board fella!

Another 1/72 bird! Wow, you guys have good eye sight. Will you be rigging this triplane Colin? If so, that will be some achievement. Either way, best of luck with the build I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

All the best

P
 
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Will you be rigging this triplane Colin?
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I intend to just build it, paint it then send it to Ian (papa) to do the rigging :) :)

Seriously though, i'm going to have a bash .. in fact i've just been looking at some reference pictures on t'interweb :)
 
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we have straight jackets and shackles ready for you colin lol oh yeak and tranqs

mobear
 
Ive seen less flash in a solar flare Colin. Good luck with it. I cant believe this is a revell kit. I have never had so much flash from a revell kit before, Maybe Ive just been lucky.
 
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Ok then, took me over an hour to get these few bits looking decent, couldn't find where the flash finished and the model started on some bits ... had to use some images as reference.

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Got the 1st stage of plans built, needed a bit of filler but should look ok when it's sanded and some details replaced.

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nice work colin. Hope someone from Revell sees this. They should give you a new kit.
 
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It'll be fine Steve ... i hope :) .... anyway Ole's got the straight jacket and tranquilisers on call if i need them.
 
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dont you just love filler lol,doing a fine job inspite of probs

mobear
 
Yes i just love these just fall together kits, but i'm sure you will do a grand job Colin
 
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Looks the the ' hard as nails ' is taking a battering with this one Colin!

Seriously though, why does it seem ( at least to me ) that aircraft kits need more filler & have more flash than armour kits? I have hardly ever needed filler ( Eastern Express KV-1 excluded! )

Cheers

Patrick
 
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its actually tipex patrick :)

the hard as nails was just a little to thick for this job.

going to try and add "some" detail to the cockpit today.

think i'm going to display it on a base with no pilot (as he's not the best formed), i have some RAF figures that i can adjust for a little diorama.
 
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you could have mr merrick the elephant man for a pilot lol

mobear
 
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
 
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
 
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 !!
 
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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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