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Roden 1/32 Sopwith Triplane.

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IAN Convey said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:

John,
Thanks you, still a long way to go.
George,
the fuselage will not be lengthened, I could do it but its not worth the trouble. The Quinta sets are ace, but not cheap. You can get decals of WW1 instruments of various sizes, have some large ones if you are short.
John Healy said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:

Great progress, Ian. I like that interior work a lot.
IAN Convey said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:

John, the Quinta decals make the difference, just have to glue most of them.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:

Impressive job, my friend @firelockg!
IAN Convey said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:

Thank you Spiros. The 2 guns in the photo are Gaspatch, not Plusmodel, prefer the Gaspatch and had 2 of them.
IAN Convey said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:
Spent some time with paint that did not want to stick, didn't like my primer I guess. Went back to the old standby Beige and its OK. Installed some of the Quinta decals ready for the green paint.
3 attached images. Click to enlarge.
1. overspray from non sticking paint, will come off.
1. This cowling opening is meant to be off centre.
George R Blair Jr said 1 month, 3 weeks ago:

The stitching and other surface details you added will really look nice under the paint, Ian (@firelockg). I stopped using primer on most of my models because it often seems to make the rest of the painting process more difficult. A good plan to prime with the Quinta parts to get a uniform color before you spray the green.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Sometimes paint reacts unexpectedly, Ian @firelockg
Glad all is okay now.
Looking forward to the green paint.
IAN Convey said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

George,
The Quinta decals make the detailing allot easier, trick is to glue them on with PVA.as per the instructions.
John,
It was a new brand of paint I purchased, shall stick to the tried and proven ones I use.
IAN Convey said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:
Not much done today, shaded the underside and finished painting it. Shading was with a 6B pencil, then blended in with a damp cotton bud, topcoat was then applied, shading finally adjusted with thinned final coat.
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1. pencil lines blended in with damp cotton bud.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

A nice technique to get the shading done, Ian @firelockg
Kevin M. Batterman said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Ian I will try to find it and I recall I printed it out. The printed copy was not in the kit box here at our country home so it is possible I have an electronic copy on my computer in NYC. If so I can send it to you. At the time I built mine I did not know about the fuselage, but it looks fine and did well in contests. Years ago there was a nice correction set out with a new fuselage, but I do not recall the maker and unfortunately sold off my Roden Tripes with them. Once WNW released their kit I got rid of all of the Roden kits, but later picked up one as the price was too good to pass on.
Kevin M. Batterman said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Ian I found the printed article and I can scan it once I get back to NYC. So it you want it email me at [email protected] and I will send it next week after I return.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Great preshading method and excellent results, my friend @firelockg!
IAN Convey said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

John & Spiros,
I found the shading method on another WW1 aircraft building site, works well with light colours.
Kevin ,
Shall email you.

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