Sopwith 2F.1 "Ship's Camel"

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Re: Sopwith 2F.1 "Ship's Camel"

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Cockpit 99% complete (gun cocking handles still to be fitted)...

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Handles fitted and assembly fixed to fuselage half...

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Re: Sopwith 2F.1 "Ship's Camel"

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Very nice work Gary. How are you managing seeing there is no armour or tracks involved? :D :P

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I'm actually really enjoying this suprisingly :D

Quite a bit of progress with this update...

Fuselage halves are together - nice tight fit...

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Cockpit is enclosed along with forward upper cover. Lower wings are a nice snug fit - rear horizontal surfaces need careful alignment...

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Undercarriage is strraightforward but, again, careful alignment is required while cement cures...

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Upper wing is assembgled along with upper and lower alierons...

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Yes, the gap is there on the real thing!!!!

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Struts fit perfectly - no cement here at this stage....

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Upper wings dry fitted....

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Lewis gun.

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End of barrel is solid so found it easier to replace with a pice of brass tube rather than drilling out muzzle....

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Wheels, engine etc all dry fitted....

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Pitot tubes replaced with brass tubing....

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Re: Sopwith 2F.1 "Ship's Camel"

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Time to add some colour. Used Tamiya paints acording to the instruction's colour charts for a Sopwith 2F.1 Camel N6602, HMS Furious, April 1918...

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Decals add a nice bit of colour....

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Re: Sopwith 2F.1 "Ship's Camel"

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Nice work on the co....hey, where did the rest of the plane suddenly come from? :P :lol:

Really outstanding stuff Gary! :D

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Re: Sopwith 2F.1 "Ship's Camel"

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Beautiful work Gary! :D

Really have to love the whole mixture of dapper looking interior and improvised (by modern standards) looking structures - it's really, just like most great war hardware, a strong and beautiful example of what popular culture calls "shizo-tech" :lol: :D !


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