Modelling World War 1

[zak]

Well diagonal bracing added and here it is.

[Haddock]

And very nice it is too.
Haddock.

[zak]

I think I am getting back into biplanes, but the hands and fingers do not perform quite as well as the used to do.
Like you I am having to find alternative ways to hold things and so on.

[Kiteman]

Very nice indeed..well done that man!

[Roger]

I like that very much.

R

[zak]

Thanks for the comments, I have a 1/48 Special Hobby  Sopwith Schneider on the stocks at the moment.
More later.

[zak]

The Sopwith Schneider was the forerunner to the Sopwith Baby.
In 1914 a Sopwith Tabloid seaplane won the second Schneider trophy.
The RNAS ordered 160 of these at the start of the war.
The originals used wing warping, later ailerons were added and the engines were uprated.
They were used on anti-submarine patrols and against Zeppelins, some were used on ships.

Photos before rigging.

[zak]

I dry brushed a lighter colour and then rigged with nichrome wire of the correct scale diameter - see earlier.
Here we are rigged, well almost!

[Kiteman]

Nice Wood effect on the floats, and a very nice model too! My compliments to you. I build the Tabloid in 1:48 some years ago and attempted scratch building a form of turnbuckle from 0,5mm copper tubing and fine fuse wire. The scale didn`t work but it was an interesting experiment. Here a piccie of it!

[zak]

Nice, I did think about turnbuckles, but they seemed very small in 1/48. well done for having a go. I have a Tabloid to build.
Turnbuckles now there's a thought, never mind double rigged landing wires.

[Kiteman]

If you really want to go to town on the subject of turnbuckles, they are commercially available in various forms and not too expensive. Check out:
http://www.gaspatchmodels.com/products/metal-turnbuckles-48.html

[zak]

Yes, I looked at various options, Albion alloys make some, they still sound like hard work and a bit over scale.

[zak]

Christmas present, not a model but a 1000 part jigsaw puzzle of a MARK IV TANK.

[Roger]

Now that looks proper difficult - good luck on that one!

[bridlufc]

At least it won't need any filling, sanding or airbrushing. 

Bridlufc