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









Handles fitted and assembly fixed to fuselage half...



Gary

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

Vincent

I'm actually really enjoying this suprisingly

Quite a bit of progress with this update...

Fuselage halves are together - nice tight fit...





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





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





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



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



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



Upper wings dry fitted....





Lewis gun.



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



Wheels, engine etc all dry fitted....













Pitot tubes replaced with brass tubing....



Gary

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...









Gary

Decals add a nice bit of colour....





Gary

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

Really outstanding stuff Gary!

Philipp

Beautiful work Gary!

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" !


Best regards

Raoul G. Kunz