sopwith tripe

just seen a model of "black maria" with twin vickers my revell kits only got one as i want to build this particular aircraft can anyone give me a quick burst to put me out of my misery?.

Steven,

Actually, Collishaw flew two Tripes with the name "Black Maria". His first (probably the one depicted in your Revell kit) was N5492, which, like most Triplanes, had a single machine gun. He flew this one between June 11 and July 21 1917.

The second was N533, one of only 6 two-gun Tripes built by Clayton & Shuttleworth. He flew it on 7 patrols between July 23 and 27.

The above info is from the Windsock Datafile on the Triplane. Eduard makes a "Black Maria" kit in 1/48, which depicts the twin-gun N533.

Rich

[Rod_Filan]

Black Maria - Collishaw N5490, N5492 and N533 (a two-gun Clayton and Shuttleworth built a/c). At least N533 also carried the letter C on fuselage sides and black stabilizer.

Black Prince - Alexander N5487
Black Sheep - Nash N5376
Black Roger - Reid N5483
Black Death - Sharman N6307

All may have also have had the pilot's initial added at some point.

VBR
Ro§bud

thanks very much two guns it is are the old revell kits easy to get so i can make both.