Thank you all! Time for another, final update!
After completing the Brown camel I started on my next project, Eduard's A6M2 Zero, but after a few days of that I felt I was at a point where if I didn't get the rigging done on the blue camel it was at risk of staying on the shelf for the next half a year.
Finishing Touches, Part II
And here it is. Not a whole lot to say here which wasn't said before!
Firstly, the rigging went a lot quicker and this time since I knew roughly what to do, so it took about half as long to do.
Secondly, oils and weathering were done. This ended up becoming a bit more dirty than the other camel, but I'm fine with that.
One thing I need to edit to add, this plane was actually a nightfighter and served against the Gotha raids in 1918. The kit does come with some lights that hang off the wings, however 3 out of 4 were broken across the 2 kits. I'll get round to fixing them up at some point or scratchbuilding a replacement, if you go back to the photograph of the real Suds you can see it there.
And with that short update, the two Camels are done! They were very fun builds and I'm half tempted to finally brush off the other WWI kits in the stash I was too afraid to do because of rigging. Whilst my rigging isn't perfect, it's done and adds a lot to the overall look of these kites.
I also took a few pictures with its younger and very distant cousin. It's amazing to think that in December 1916 the Sopwith Camel took its first leap into the air, and less than 20 years later on March 1936 the Supermarine Spitfire did the same. It seemed fitting to put the RFC/RAFs most famous fighter for the First World War next to the most famous fight of the Second.
For now I'll return to the slightly more simple to build A6M2, and maybe I'll finally get round to making a headline post for these Camels and those Thunderbolts I neglected!
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1. No prizes if you can guess the scheme on this Zero!
7 additional images. Click to enlarge.
