Here is my Sopwith I built a year ago. The kit is from Flashback, I think they have been making kits for Eduard, this kit they issued under their name. It is a very nice kit, cost about $15 at my LHS and it comes with photoetched and resin detail. Hope you like the pictures.
Nicely Done. [tup]
It might really be Roden, its nice and Strutters are popular right now, very pretty.
How did you spin the prop?
Excellent work- I love it! Thanks for sharing. [tup]
Very nicely done. Great job on the rigging [tup]. Thanks for sharing.
Regards, Rick
I will second everything said here. Two questions, though:
-How did you spin the prop, electric motor or fan?
-What did you use for rigging!
Nice job. Good to see a biplane every now and then.
Nicely done. Flashback and Eduard do trade molds, the Siemens Schuckert D.IIIa is an example.
Yow !
Rigging the control surface horns on a 1/72 Sopwith ? That’s nice !
That can’t be a motor in there - is it ? I have a 1/72 Sopwith - I can’t imagine a motor small enuf to fit in there.
Very nice job on a colorful little gem.
Chris
Ah, the spinning prop…I contemplated installing a small pager motor but at the end I drilled a hole trough the engine and placed a brass tube that holds a metal rod. That rod spins freely so when I blow on the propeller, it has enough momentum to last for the picture to be taken.
The rigging was a challange. The kits photoetched parts hold the control line, and that is really a thin stretched sprue. I might try building another biplane but this time I am thinking of adding turnbuckles to the wings. Any suggestions how to do that?
B.
If you get really serious about building biplanes, check the forums over at www.theaerodrome.com. These guys will know pretty much anything you need to know.
Once again, nice work.
Beautiful work, and I do love WW1 biplanes! Thanks for sharing. I have terrible luck getting srue to stretch that thin, so kudos to you on that point also.
As for turnbuckles, I don’t know if this is any help to you but here are a couple shots of how I made a small spring for a canopy hold back. The “spring” is only 5mm wide, as you can see by the size of the pins.
Hope this helps, and once again, great work on your bipe!
stinger