Teeny Tiny Tripehound

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My ongoing SSW R.VIII build has got me in a bit of a WWI mood. A while ago I picked up Revell Germany’s 1/72 Sopwith Triplane. It’s a re-pop of the quite old Revell kit, and was part of a series of WWI fighters that include the Fokker E.III and D.H.2 (both of which I have in the stash).

Overall the build (intented as a quick OOB) went smoothly. I replaced the seat and control panel with better scratchbuilt parts and left out the pilot figure. The only thing I wish I would’ve taken care of were the sink marks on the wings- they are much more noticeable then I thought they would be.

Rigging is thin nylon. What I’m most proud of is the doubled flying wires- I debated adding them, and I’m glad I did. The technique wasn’t difficult- attach one end of the nylon to one connection point, lay the middle of the nylon into a drop of superglue that’s just wide enough to set the line spacing at the other attachment, then bring the other end back down to the original attachment point. It requires a bit of finesse, but the results are worth it.

Comments and (more importantly) criticisms are more than welcome, and if anyone wants me to further explain something, please let me know.

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Really nice. Man, size of a dragonfly, how thet heck do people work so small???

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Very nicely done [tup]. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick

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That is a tiny bird! Well done. Can’t even imagine rigging one of those. I think I would paint the rudder stripes next time, as they don’t appear to have fit very well. I didn’t see the sink marks on the wings, are they on the bottom surfaces?

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Now thats small, You did a great build there.

Well done to say the lest [tup]

Bud

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You consider a fully rigge triplan a “quick OOB”…WOW

I like it, especially the rigging. I once tried a double wire (on a I-153) but I could not get it to work… maybe I should try again, because it really makes a difference.