Roden 1/32 Sopwith Triplane.

Started by IAN Convey · 74 · 1 month ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 month, 1 week ago:

    Thanks for explaining, Ian @firelockg
    This is really impressive work on those tiny parts. Steady hands are definitely required.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 month, 1 week ago:

    Impressive work, my friend @firelockg!
    Great method!

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    IAN Convey said 1 month, 1 week ago:

    Thanks John and Spiros, I don't know about steady hands , but a large magnifying glass helps.

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    IAN Convey said 1 month, 1 week ago:

    The beast is fully rigged, Modelkasten .2mm line used, then painted with Vallejo "steel" . I used 3, 1/48 Gaspatch metal turnbuckles on the undercarriage ( had to ream them to fit the .2mm line through.) ,They were more in scale than the 1/32 ones.
    Some oil stains and mud applied along with some chipped paint, I reckon it is done. I think it turned out OK.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 month, 1 week ago:

    The rigging turned out really nice, Ian @firelockg

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    IAN Convey said 1 month, 1 week ago:

    Thanks John, I don't think it is the hardest model I have rigged.

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 month ago:

    Very impressive, Ian @firelockg). The finish, decals, and rigging all came out perfectly. I can only hope mine turns out half as well.

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    IAN Convey said 1 month ago:

    Thanks George, your Dr1 should turnout very well going by the work so far.

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    Tom Cleaver said 1 month ago:

    Looks nice, Ian.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 month ago:

    Looks great, my friend @firelockg!

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    IAN Convey said 1 month ago:

    Thanks Tom, I see that the Roden colours for Bob Little are different to the colours of your WNW triphound, are they both right ?

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    IAN Convey said 1 month ago:

    Thanks Spiros, it was a very satisfactory build.

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    Milan Tesaƙ said 1 month ago:

    I am very pleased to be able to join the group. So I'm really curious about this model as I'm going to build one soon too, only I'll be building a Collishaw machine. Mainly because his machine differed from the others with double armament. I look forward to your next steps.

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    IAN Convey said 1 month ago:

    Good to see you in the group Milan, with regards to the twin Vickers armament, there was about half a dozen or so triplanes fitted, 2 of which are Collishaw's and Little's. I think they also had bigger engines, Tom Cleaver could probably put me right on that.