WNW Sopwith Triplane

[Shar2]

Completed this just in time to hand it over to the Kingston Aviation Heritage Project last time at the West MIddlesex club. It is one of six Sopwith models we built for them to be used in their desire to keep the Kingston's heritage in the public limelight. After handing them over we were given an excellent presentation on the history of Sopwith which became Hawker and finally BAe and the aircraft they built in Kingston, Dunsfold and Langley. Although this was my first ever build of a biplane/triplane in this scale i enjoyed it for the most part and learnt a lot, which hopefully I'll be able to be put into good use in future projects.









Here are a few of the in progress pics.

[Eric Mc]

Excellent

Where will it be exhibited?

[Shar2]

Initially they will in the Kingston Museum as part of the heritage display then at the end of the year they will be transfered to Brooklands Museum

[Eric Mc]

Thanks for the info.

I'm due a revisit to Brooklands at some point in the future. That will be something else to see.

[dr_gn]

First class modeller + first class kit = great result, congratulations!

The woodgrain turned out particularly well I think.

[Shar2]

Thanks very much, high praise indeed. They are great kits and as it was the first time I'd tried natural wood I am very pleased the way it came out. I used Lifecolor weathered wood paints which were another pleasant surprise in how easy they were to use.

[Prolex-UK]

Excellent work

[dr_gn]

Shar2 said:

Thanks very much, high praise indeed. They are great kits and as it was the first time I'd tried natural wood I am very pleased the way it came out. I used Lifecolor weathered wood paints which were another pleasant surprise in how easy they were to use.

The propeller looks great. I'll try Lifecolour next time then (if there is a next time!). I used Winton oils over Tamiya Deck Tan, and had massive problems with it not drying for weeks.

[perdu]

That looks brilliant Shar, nice work on the wood.

I am often put off early aviation because of things like making wood and canvas look 'right', I can see I have a long way to go



Smashing project, thanks for showing it to us

[Murph7355]

How do you do the rigging?

[Shar2]

I used 2lb Maxima Chameleon fishing line for the control wires and 4lb for the rigging. Drill holes through all the surfaces where the wires are to go. Using CA, (superglue), glue one end in place, when set pull through and glue the other end whilst having a weight hanging of the end, (I used a pair of reverse action tweezers). When that is set, carefully slice the extra line off flush to the surface, then fill hole with either Mr Dissolved Putty or Tamiya fine putty, rub down and it's ready for touching up with paint.