Eduard Sopwith Camel Progress Pics

[WillHendriks]

Brad, to echo the others, by no means give up! The progress on your Camel so far is superb. I just love that seat, and to think that is out of the box!

I had the pleasure of building the Camel 2F.1 for Internet Modeler in March last year, and enjoyed the kit immensely, despite what many detractors thought.

Seeing your build is like walking that happy road again.

In your first post on this thread you mention building the HiTech Roland D.II. Is there somewhere we can see photos?

Regards,

Will

[RDosier]

Nice job Brad. Look forward to the rest of the build. Bring on some Roland pix.

Randy

[Brad Cancian]

I think we are getting confused between which Brad is which here! I'm not planning on giving up soon, I'm still learning and I'm constantly in awe of the great models I have seen on this site - it sounds like I'm going along the right track by your good feedback on my Camel build so far.

WillHendriks and RDosier, in answer to your questions about my Roland D.II (my first WW1 project before this one), here is the link:

Hi-Tech Roland D.II Build

Also a slight progress update on the Camel - fuselage is together, about to attach the lower wing, the fit here is a bit awkward....

BC

[WillHendriks]

Stunning Roland build! Thanks for the link.

Glad to hear yer not quittin', neither.

Will

[Brad Cancian]

Well it's starting to look like a Camel.... here's where the project is up to at the moment.

The wing joint was a bit tight but with some sanding and plenty of dry fitting I got a nice joint without losing the wing dihedral. The way the kit is engineered means that only minimum clean up is required. The fusealge decking also fit well without the cockpit components preventing a nice fit.

The cowling and engine are just dry fitted to see if there are any dramas with fit. I have not come across any of the problems with cowling fit described earlier, maybe I was lucky. The only modification was to thin the edges on the section of the cowl hanging below the level of the fuselage to a more scale thickness. I am going for the cowl with the cooling vent in the 7 o'clock position as from photos it appears that this cowl is common to Clerget engined Camels (please someone correct me if I am wrong!!). Which brings me to my next point....

The only problems I am having are with the Eduard instructions - there are many small detail options offered, which is great, but no indication of what details belong to which decal option. Same goes with the cowls - there are two provided in the kit but there is no indication of which belongs to which aircraft. Rather annoying. As such, without a pic of the aircraft I want to model, I just went with what I thought looked cool - if it is wrong, so be it I guess.

Next step is to add a few more of the details and the kit should be nearly ready for painting.

BC

[Brad Cancian]

Hello all,

I finally finished this model a few days ago - it's taken me a while due mainly to work and social commitments. As mentioned in the previous posts, I've built this model straight out of the box (aside from glue, paint and rigging!) with no alterations or details improvements from the basic kit parts. Eduard sure have manufactured a nice kit here! My only complaint is that sometimes the Eduard instructions are ambiguous due to the large number of options that are available - some of it was just guess work.

Paints are a combination of artists oils, testors aluminum for the cowling and gunze and aeromaster acrylics. Rigging is a combination of invisible sewing thread and elastic. As this is only my second proper WW1 model, I was again using this model more as a testbed than anything else - I especially learned alot from trying to attach the top wing and trying to replicate the varnished plywood and prop! I still have quite a way to go...

I definately will be building another Eduard Camel once my skills improve. Appologies for the poor quality pictures. All comments welcome.

[Brad Cancian]

I should also mention that the kit is painted to represent Camel F.1 F6022, flown by Capt R Sykes of 201 SQN in France, Oct 1918. This a/c is one of the marking options in the kit, and I chose this scheme as I think it has an interesting mix of "standard" and "non-standard" markings.

[Ross_Moorhouse]

Very will done. I like it heaps.

That is one excellent build Brad! My hat is off to you and your skills sir! Thanks for sharing your pics with us.

Brian da Basher

[Barker]

This turned out to be a beautiful build and beautifully balanced and interpreted.

Thank you for sharing it with us.