Sopwith Pup by Edwardkenway - FINISHED - Kartonowa Kolekcia - 1:33 - CARD

[ccoyle]

Marcle Models sells card kits in the UK, but since most models are published in Eastern Europe, it shouldn't be too expensive to order directly from the publishers. Kartonowa Kolekcja only ships to Poland, but their kits are available elsewhere, e.g. WAK or GPM.

[Edwardkenway]

I went through Draf Models, direct from Poland, reasonable delivery costs to the UK. The others Chris mentioned ship to the USA according to their websites.

[CDW]

42 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

I went through Draf Models, direct from Poland, reasonable delivery costs to the UK. The others Chris mentioned ship to the USA according to their websites.

In the past I have ordered from GPM as well as from a now defunct seller in Ukraine. But I still wonder why hobby shops in the USA make no effort to sell these products. Maybe it’s a matter of no USA distributor to order from.

[CDW]

A few years ago I splurged and bought a 1:200 Scharnhorst with all the laser cut frames, photo etch, brass barrels, anchors, props, etc. 

Then I realized I likely bought more to chew than I could swallow. 😐

[Edwardkenway]

Ah, I couldn't say wether an actual hobby store stocks these sort of models, as in my local area model hobby shops are rarer than rocking horse manure.

[ccoyle]

50 minutes ago, CDW said:

But I still wonder why hobby shops in the USA make no effort to sell these products.

 

There used to be two such shops in the US. One was Paper Models International; the original owner sold the business over a decade ago and the new owner has done nothing with it. The other still exists -- Paper Model Store. But again, the owner hasn't updated his website in ages and now seems to be selling only a few kits through eBay.

[Edwardkenway]

Last night's bit of work, the prop, got me pulling my remaining hair out!

i got there in the end. 

The landing gear is dry fitted to check and the wheels need some work to get them looking better 

Next up the tail and horizontal thingies at the back.

Ps still got a lot of edges to colour in.

Thanks for looking in, the likes, all and any comments. 

Cheers 

[Canute]

Tailplane or horizontal stabilizer, and elevators, the movable part of that flying surface, on the trailing edge. Happy to help with the nomenclature. 😄😉

[Ian_Grant]

Looking good!  I must dive in and try one too..........

[CDW]

4 minutes ago, Ian_Grant said:

Looking good!  I must dive in and try one too..........

Edward the influencer. A good influence.

[king derelict]

Prop looks nicely 3 dimensional. Lovely work. 

I guess card model parts don't suffer from tweezer launches so much but maybe a draught can wreak havoc

Alan

[Edwardkenway]

49 minutes ago, CDW said:

Edward the influencer. A good influence.

Well, who'd have thought it!🤭

 

1 hour ago, Canute said:

Tailplane or horizontal stabilizer, and elevators, the movable part of that flying surface, on the trailing edge. Happy to help with the nomenclature. 😄😉

Thank you kindly, Ken, 😉

 

1 minute ago, king derelict said:

Prop looks nicely 3 dimensional. Lovely work. 

I guess card model parts don't suffer from tweezer launches so much but maybe a draught can wreak havoc

Alan

Thank you Alan,

I don't even need a draught, I can drop and lose parts in card, wood and plastic!😂

59 minutes ago, Ian_Grant said:

Looking good!  I must dive in and try one too..........

Resistance IS futile🤭

[Edwardkenway]

Tonight's progress, I put the outer skins on the tailplane (horizontal thingies 😁)

but oh my, those edges really do need tidying up! One side is definitely better than the other, as the second went on better.

I appreciate all the likes and comments 😊

Many thanks to all who have had a looksie.

Cheers  

 

[CDW]

What words of advice can you offer those of us who have never built a card model now that you have some experience under your belt. What parts of it seem the most challenging? The fact the instructions are in a non native language is intimidating to me. What steps are you taking to solve that issue or are you fluent in other languages?

[Edwardkenway]

9 hours ago, CDW said:

The fact the instructions are in a non native language is intimidating to me. What steps are you taking to solve that issue or are you fluent in other languages?

I used a translation app on my phone and saved the results as a pdf. Although with this kit, the construction drawings have helped me, much like the drawings in a plastic kit.

 

9 hours ago, CDW said:

What parts of it seem the most challenging?

For me, it is getting the curves to flow rather than angular. 

Oh! and rolling small parts😑😄

 

With this kit costing me less than £10 with laser cut parts and shipping,  it wouldn't be a big loss if I cock up and bin it😊

 

I don't think I'm quite ready to tackle a ship of the line type kit though. I'm still just dipping my toes in😏

[CDW]

Not sure how to use a translation app on my phone. Do you take a photo of it and the phone translates it or ??

[ccoyle]

4 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

I used a translation app on my phone

 

That's cheating. 😉

[Edwardkenway]

2 hours ago, CDW said:

Not sure how to use a translation app on my phone. Do you take a photo of it and the phone translates it or ??

Yes, take a photo or scan the document and then import it into the translator.

Just checked, mine is Google Translate. 

[CDW]

16 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Yes, take a photo or scan the document and then import it into the translator.

Just checked, mine is Google Translate. 

Thanks. I watched some Youtube videos to learn about the app for my iPhone. I'm lucky if I know 10% of my cell phone capabilities. I really appreciate learning about the feature from you. Here I had a solution for the problem all this time and didn't even know it.

[Egilman]

6 minutes ago, CDW said:

Here I had a solution for the problem all this time and didn't even know it.

And for those of us that don't own a cellphone?   {chuckle}

[Edwardkenway]

16 minutes ago, Egilman said:

And for those of us that don't own a cellphone?   {chuckle}

If you're on a pc or tablet, you should be able to download a translation app and basically do the same thing😉🤭

[Edwardkenway]

25 minutes ago, CDW said:

Thanks. I watched some Youtube videos to learn about the app for my iPhone. I'm lucky if I know 10% of my cell phone capabilities. I really appreciate learning about the feature from you. Here I had a solution for the problem all this time and didn't even know it.

That's the joy of the forum, learning and sharing tips,tricks and information. 😀👍

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

And for those of us that don't own a cellphone?   {chuckle}

If it's a website, or even a pdf, right click and an option list will pop up about using Google Translate.   This doesn't seem to work every website or every browser though.

[Egilman]

2 hours ago, mtaylor said:

If it's a website, or even a pdf, right click and an option list will pop up about using Google Translate.   This doesn't seem to work every website or every browser though.

I know this Mark, what I would do is scan the instruction pages into the computer, OCR them, and then translate the whole thing...

 

Was just trying to make a joke... (sorry it didn't come across)

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

I know this Mark, what I would do is scan the instruction pages into the computer, OCR them, and then translate the whole thing...

 

Was just trying to make a joke... (sorry it didn't come across)

My bad.  I'll go stand in the naughty corner.

[robert952]

For what it's worth... I use OneNote for OCR conversion:  MS app included with Office365 subscription. Does a good job from jpeg or png (which also means screenshots).  Can be edited (fine tuned) and saved to text/doc editor.  Short learning curve to take full advantage of the tool.  

[CDW]

Just now, robert952 said:

For what it's worth... I use OneNote for OCR conversion:  MS app included with Office365 subscription. Does a good job from jpeg or png (which also means screenshots).  Can be edited (fine tuned) and saved to text/doc editor.  Short learning curve to take full advantage of the tool.  

I've got OneNote as it came bundled...never used it. Thanks much for getting the word out on that software. Will definitely try it out now.

[Egilman]

5 hours ago, mtaylor said:

My bad.  I'll go stand in the naughty corner.

We're good brother... it just might be me getting my nose too close the the klej

[Egilman]

4 hours ago, robert952 said:

For what it's worth... I use OneNote for OCR conversion:  MS app included with Office365 subscription. Does a good job from jpeg or png (which also means screenshots).  Can be edited (fine tuned) and saved to text/doc editor.  Short learning curve to take full advantage of the tool.  

Good choice, I use Acrobat for OCR, a bit of a learning curve but also works very well....

[Old Collingwood]

Some ultra fine modeling going on there  Edward,   imagine  if they did paper/card figures  in  the scale I am working in   -  that would me a challenge and a half.

 

OC.