<> **** DONE: 1/32 Sopwith Camel F.1 - WW1 / WW2 over Water.

[Crimea_River]

Nicely done there Michael.

 

[A4K]

Not bad at all Michael!

 

[turbo]

Well done!

 

[parsifal]

Something to look at in wonder

Academy Sopwith Camel F.1

- Aeroclub Vintage Instrument Bezels

 

[Wurger]

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

The website seems to have been down awhile. Sorry I couldn't write earlier. One way to make the wood grain effect is very similar to what you did with the sponge only using a very stiff bristle brush. Try it this way... using the colors that you mentioned, paint the lighter color on as you did letting it dry completely. Then cut some tape strips in odd shevron shapes and use these shapes or any other odd shape you think would look appropriate. After the masks are on your work, paint on the burnt sienna. Pull up the tape while it is still wet and draw your stiff bristle brush across the entire piece. Sometimes a trimmed acid brush or even a wire brush would work. Play with it a little. The second paint should not go on think but relatively light.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Another method is double loading a brush. This is how an artist would do it. Put white or very light color on one side then on opposite side put your other color. Draw the brush across the work and let the two colors touch.

 

[JKim]

NIce work on the woodgrain!

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[vikingBerserker]

That does look nice, great job.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

I forgot to mention something. In the first method the under coat should be a gloss coat. Flat paints wont allow the streaking lines as gloss would. Also, aside from burnt sienna, raw or burnt umber can also be used.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[T Bolt]

Wood grain looks very nice

 

[parsifal]

thanks guys. Am still away from the workshop, should be back for the weekend and hope to make a start at that point. I want to do some scratch building for the cockpit, some of the framing and bracing wires. Ive ordered some brass bezels and dial decals, and intend to re-so the IP in some way. I was thinking of attempting the fuel lines and fuel glass which are prominent element of the IP. I'm thinking also of scratch building the throttle controls which are located on the decking beside the pilot and the IP mounted mixture controls.

I'm also considering replacing the kit V guns with the Eduard aftermarket types, though they are a little pricey.....

This will be a bit of trial and error so maybe not everything will come to fruition

 

[A4K]

Worth a try mate!

 

[fubar57]

Nice start. Michael, I've got the Windsock Camel book if you want it

 

[parsifal]

hi Geo


not familiar with the book. Any help is appreciated, but I'm looking for IP details and cockpit information at the moment......any good interior shots?

 

[Wurger]

IMHO, there is not too many of the era shots of the Camel interior taken . Most of them that can be found are of replicas. But I would say usefull too. Please check the site...

Military Aviation Archives - Sopwith F.1 Camel Detail Photos

 

[fubar57]

PM your email and I'll fire it off to you

 

[parsifal]

First up thanks to geo for posting to me the 'windsock " camel book, which is an excellent photographic and written record of the Camel. It contains vital information for a build like this.

ive made some progress, and am generally happy. first up I decided to replicate at least some of the internals as I said I would. There is a limit to what I can do at this minute, as I'm still waiting for some of the parts Ive ordered, specifically the new guns and some of the IP decals. the bezels arrived on Friday.

First up, I got rid of the injector marks that are just allover this kit. There are 14 on each half of the fuselage alone, The pilot seat has nice moulded wicker and wire effects, basically ruined by two whopping injector pin marks smack in the middle of them.. disappointing...

after surface prep, which included some internal panel lines (which promptly bled through a day or so later after I had applied the oil stain) I applied a base coat of Tamiya dark yellow and then attempted to apply my woodgrain effects by applying an even more yellowish top coat in oil with a brush and then removing it with a sponge. It worked, there is some graining but I did not achieve the outstanding results I was hoping for. I probably should have redone the whole thing at that point, but it looked better when I first did it....my beefs are that the plywood simulation (basically everything forward of the fuel cell) is too yellowy and the grain effects hardly visible, .

I then decided to emulate some of the internal framing and wire bracing, emulating the following details . The real thing looks like this.....

My interpretation of that came up with this......

Note the injector marks I missed! Should be alright as they wont be visible I'm generally happy with that, even with the panel lines bleeding like that. I also drilled out the fuel filler cap and will probably do the same for the breather spout once I work out how it was finished.

Ive also started the the IP and fashioned the main fuel tank. Neither of these elements are finished yet.

I'm still tossing up whether I want to attempt the fuel feed lines. I need to scratch build the hand fuel pressure pump and the mechanical fuel pump as well as the throttle control mechanism. But here are the Incomplete scratch built IP and main fuel cells

ive yet to work out how the hell I'm going to tackle the pilot seat (are there any after market replacements for wicker seats that anybody knows about..... and I'm not sure ive left enough room for the auxiliary fuel tank

Here are some shots of the fuel system schematic and the throttle control mechanism....


A few of the things I'm thinking about......