Sopwith Aviation

[chriswil42]

Finished!

Looks excellent Dave.

[zak]

Thanks Chris.
Here is the Salamander.
T.F.1
Armoured Trench fighter, originally fitted with downward firing guns.

Closely followed by a Snipe.

[MSea]

Looking good and information as well - what more could we want 

[zak]

Looking good and information as well - what more could we want 

The Sopwith Company produced around 18,000 aircraft, most made by sub-contractors, the Sopwith factories made just over 3,000. The largest numbers being Camels of various types and 1_1/2 Strutters.

[chriswil42]

Looking good Dave. I shall have to up my rate.

[MSea]

Don't bother Chris - he can out work 5 normal club members at a time if he puts his mind to it 

[cph64]

The Wright looks fantastic, well done.

[zak]

Thanks Chris.
Here is the Salamander partially rigged, still got the rear to do!
Home made struts, and landing gear from plastic card.

[chriswil42]

Looks excellent.

[zak]

Sopwith Camel, two seat trainer.

[chriswil42]

The rigging is amazing.

[Bigkev]

Tricky stuff, but nicely done.

[zak]

Just started to scratch build a Sopwith Hybrid Biplane, essentially Howard Wright wings and a Sopwith fuselage.
A very early build that existed in several variants, sometimes called The Three Seater.
A few were owned by the military/navy.
It did have ailerons in place of wing warping
One version was referred to as Spinning Jenny as it had a nasty tendency to go into a spin without much provocation!
This is the early version, probably the first aircraft produced by Sopwith.

[zak]

I suspect you lot will tell me that I am doing things incorrectly.
I try to use only superglue when I have to and prefer a solvent bonded plastic join, plastic essentially welded to plastic.
So here are the struts being glued into position.
Thanks go to Kevin for supplying the aerofoil section that I have used for the struts.
It seems a little flimsy, but time will tell.

[MSea]

Any method that works is OK with me - remember its a hobby for FUN.