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Modelling Projects / Re: What am I building now?
« on: November 29, 2016, 05:54:11 PM »
Make of kit and scale please.
I have been known to go off the rails myself from time to time.
They have a replica at Coalbrookdale I believe, it used to run in a circle.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 29, 2016, 11:09:50 AM »
Next the fuselage, this will be built up from plastic card, curved surfaces made by scoring the card. I intend to use a cowling from the spares box.
the cockpit was cut before assembly using a cork borer.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 29, 2016, 11:06:39 AM »
I started with the floats and cut out and shaped a balsa core, this was made slightly undersize as it was than clad with a thin plastic card skim.
The lower picture shows the plastic card in place.

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Modelling Projects / Re: What am I building now?
« on: November 29, 2016, 07:19:42 AM »
Looks a bit Trevithick like to me.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 27, 2016, 03:21:16 PM »
Next something that will have to be scratch built.

Sopwith Baby

I have been doing some reading about the Royal Naval Air Station (R.N.A.S) at Hornsea in East Yorkshire. A visit to the local museum in Hornsea provided some information and so did the internet. The RNAS was based on Hornsea Mere – the largest natural fresh water body of water in Yorkshire I believe. Some of the buildings still exist and are in use as a café.
The RNAS operated two types of seaplane from here The Sopwith Baby and the Short 184.
Approximately 12 seaplanes were based here. They were used for coastal patrols and anti-submarine work.

The Short will have to be scratch built and so it seems will the Sopwith. The only kit in 1/48 scale was produced by Eduard, but I have been unable to locate one, I believe that they also did one in 1/72. I have also seen a 1/72 version as a vacuum formed model. There is also a card kit in 1/48 available and this may prove to be of some use.
Special Hobby produce a Sopwith Schneider in 1/48 scale and this is similar to the baby in many ways.

Many plans are available on the internet and above is one such, there are also a few books and publications, many of these seem very expensive and are no longer in print.

The Baby was a single seat fighting scout and was developed from the Schneider winner of 1914. The design of the original was modified by The Blackburn Aviation and Motor Company to accept the 130h.p  Le Clerget engine, Blackburn built 186  machines, some had the 110hp engine as well.
Wingspan 25ft, length 23ft and an all up weight of 1,715lb, it had an endurance of 2.5 hours. One bomb could be carried on anti-submarine patrols.

So it seems that scratch building will be the order of the day. I intend to start with the floats and see how it goes.



If you have an old Eduard one or anything else please let me know - cheers.

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Modelling Projects / Re: What am I building now?
« on: November 27, 2016, 01:01:26 PM »
stem locomotive or traction engine?

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 25, 2016, 11:47:50 AM »
Just about finished.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 24, 2016, 05:52:13 PM »
Very thin wire.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 24, 2016, 01:33:35 PM »
Re-rigging in progress, this looks better to me.

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General Discussion / Re: IPMS - where it all began
« on: November 23, 2016, 05:50:07 PM »
Yes, I chatted to him on a couple of occasions.
What a nice guy. Sad. I did read about his passing in the IPMS mag.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 23, 2016, 01:39:47 PM »
That would be a better method but it never seems to work for me.

Well, I have been doing a bit of research and the actual wires were somewhere between 4mm and 8mm in diameter.
In 1/48 this scales out at 0.083 - 0.16.
My wire was just at the top end of the range and so may have been ok for landing wires and so on(0.16), I suppose I might have got away with it.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 23, 2016, 11:59:56 AM »
Did you pre drill the holes for the rigging wire or have you drilled after completing the model?
I have not drilled any holes, surface mounting I am afraid.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 23, 2016, 11:59:00 AM »
I have not finished yet, I am about to remove all the rigging, it looks too clunky to me, I will go for something thinner.
Dave

ps. There are only a couple of double rigged bits on this version as far as I can tell.

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Modelling Projects / Re: Modelling World War 1
« on: November 23, 2016, 07:31:48 AM »
Some rigging done, I am using some fine wire.

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Modelling Projects / Re: ADMIRAL HIPPER.
« on: November 22, 2016, 05:46:47 PM »
Nice work as always.

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