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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Thanks, Torbogdan.... Not sure that I will finish soon or not. What you didn't see were the weeks and weeks of working on those wing rib caps. I am about to start work on those for the lower wing, and that will take me a month or more.... :-)
~john
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Piet reacted to Torbogdan in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Beautiful build so far! With this speed you will finish before my aircraft is done. Your prop is stunning (along with everything else)
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Working on the inner wing framing today. Placed the leading edge on the plans and worked on a joinery issue: the leading edge is in two pieces (as were the main and secondary spars). Got the leading edge joined and glued, and now testing the fit against the front of the ribs. A little sanding here and there will be needed to get the leading edge of the ribs flat, then it is glue time. Aileron spars done. Dry fitting the wing tips as well. They'll need a little bending.
~john
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Hi Ron,
Indeed - VERY true..... but they are totally invisible when the engine is mounted. I am thinking about using a thin wire as a replacement, anyway, as taught thread is not very accurate looking either. Yes?
~john
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Piet reacted to thibaultron in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Following this build. As a note, both sparkplug wires should run between the gear and crankcase. The way you have them running, they would be cut when the engine rotates.
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Thanks for joining the build, John and Grant.
Good point about scale. I'll post a couple of images here for you to give an idea of the size-of-things. The little charcoal cube is 1cm.
The model is 3/4" = 1' (1:16) scale of the F.1 Sopwith Camel. The wingspan will be 534mm (21") and the longitudinal length (prop to empennage) 584mm (about 14").
Construction materials: basswood, brass, Britannia metal, steel, rubber tubing, copper tape and tubing, thread.
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Piet reacted to gjdale in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Think I'll join th crew following this one John, as I have this kit in my stash for "one day". You're certainly off to a great start.
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Hi Popeye! Thanks for checking in. The Spitfire is a glorious aircraft. The Dr1 is a good challenge. Going for the complete wrap, eh? Good for you!
~john
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Piet reacted to popeye the sailor in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
a very nice beginning John I used to enjoy the comet and Guillow's kits when I was younger. last year I got back into it, building a Spitfire Mk1. now I'm in the middle of a Fokker Dr1.....ready for sanding and tissue. love to follow along.
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Top wing making more progress tonight: majority of ribs glued onto the two main spars. This will dry overnight before continuing with the leading edge, ailerons and other details. After this, the bottom wing,,,, The last image shows the rib details: they are laser cut and then capped with curved planking.... these were most time consuming to do well. The gluing was painless. The plans are covered in regular wax paper, parts held with pins as needed, and then glued using standard yellow wood glue that had been thinned 30% with water. This flowed into the remaining gaps well, and it is solidifying nicely. A remaining issue will be to clear coat this first, before any color/stain/varnish is applied, as simple one-step staining will not work where the glue has already sealed the wood.
~john
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Hi Ken,
Glad you've stepped in to watch the build. I, too, enjoy planes: they are my first love. Your work is astounding - what joy to work on such a large scale. From the few images I have seen on your site, one can readily see the attention to detail. Good work! For this build I am not thinking about covering, though I might be tempted as I move along. My last aircraft, a 75 Stearman, I did cover, largely to show off the color scheme. The Stearman is also internally not to-scale, but rather was made to fly as an RC. This Sopwith is definitely not flying. I would cry to see her crash! Too much detail to show off. So, maybe it'll have some sort of large diorama.... we'll see.
~john
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Piet reacted to xken in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
John,
Love to see WWI planes being built; these are my first love in model building. Not sure how detailed you will wish to get, but here is a link to my scratch built Camel that was a commission for Fine Art Models at 1/15th scale per their request that you my enjoy for details. It also includes the bomb rack that was used on some. Looks like you are off to a great start and keep up the great work!
http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Foran/Camel/index.html
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Thanks, Dave. Certainly more to come here. I was able to glue the top wing tonight - so it is drying now. The details on this are pretty amazing.
Glad that you got into ship building!
~john
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Piet reacted to genericDave in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Very nice! I love seeing these plane builds on the forum. I built this kit back in 2014 (it was my entry into wooden kit modeling, which eventually led me to building ships). Your engine and propeller look great!
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
.... and where I am today: working on the upper wing. There are a LOT of laser cut wing ribs that need sanding and such. It is a messy bit of work with the char going all over the place. I have finished adding the rib caps to each rib, and am now working on getting them aligned into their spars. That's it! More as this progresses.
~john
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
The prop is made from a laminate of laser-cut pieces, then sanded to shape.
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Piet reacted to jablackwell in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Taking a break on the ship builds for an airplane. I have the mighty decision to build the Syren or something else as the next ship, and I think I want to watch others complete theirs before I embark on that voyage. This is the Sopwith Camel F.1 from 1917 kit from Model Airways. I've always enjoyed aircraft, flying them (real ones and models) and building them (models), so this looked like an interesting and more accurate than regularly seen kit. So, some images. They build starts with the engine, a rendition of the Clerget rotary. The kit parts are cast Britannia and also some brass. I used epoxy and CA for this portion.
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Piet got a reaction from mtaylor in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Great job JesseLee! That tie-down hook surely is tiny, well done. Like the pics of your tiller rigging, it shows everything clearly.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Hi JesseLee, another good thing about using brass for the pins is that they wont break when you start belying your lines to them. I'll do the same for my Surabaya model.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from Elijah in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
OOOOOH - WOW JesseLee, great looking stanchions there!
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from Elijah in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
That tackle looks magnificent JesseLee.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from Elijah in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Wow, JesseLee, those carronades and tackle looks magnificent - as the rope coils. ice progress.
Congrats with the negative cancer report.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from Elijah in SHADOW by Omega1234 - FINISHED - Scale 1/300 - Luxury 60m Mega Yacht
Hey Patrick, did I call you Lawrence? Now you know where my head was - - domkop me
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from Elijah in SHADOW by Omega1234 - FINISHED - Scale 1/300 - Luxury 60m Mega Yacht
Great detail Lawrence and I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the crew with the steward holding a serving platter with the Dom P
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
What a joy it has been following along with your build, she's a beauty for sure. Thanks for the visit in your hobby room and be able to ogle your models.
Cheers,
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