(Sopwith) Baby come back

[Iwik]

Hi there!
Putting aside my Camel to participate in a contest concerning floatplanes, I started the build of eduard's 1/48 Sopwith baby.
Here I started with the engine, with a few pieces added:





The photoetched floor of the cokpit was discarded and redone in plastic, which will hold the paint job better, done with acrilic paints to save time. the effect is not as plaisant as with oil paints, but considering what will be seen once the fuselage is closed...






I've also decided to discard the photoetched sides of the cockpit to replace them with plastic strips. That's a WIP mind you...


By the way, eduard recommends to paint them gray. Wouldn't it rather be painted wood? Or is it because it's a floatplane and may be more vulnerable to water?


Ciao
iwik

[PrzemoL]

Nice to see this fantastic water bird on the desk! I keep fingers crossed for it.

If I may be so bold, I would like to draw your attention to a major flaw of Ed's kits, both in 72nd and 48th scale - the horizontal stabilizer is taken from Schneider and is significantly too small in all dimensions!

As for your question, my reckoning is, that if they happened not to paint the floats but left them just varnished, why should they paint the interior frame grey, if it had less chances to touch the water?

[terri werner]

I look forward to your build on this aircraft Iwik . The kit is in the stash and going over the amount of PE parts and some of their size , man there is same very small parts !

What marking option are you going with ?

[Doug Baumann]

i can't wate to see this good luck and good modeling Doug

[Iwik]

Hi there!
Next update!

Becoming really bored with the cockpit, I started with some external modifications. As Przemol (and the WD!) pointed out, the kit is mmostly based on the Schneider drawings, thus a few changes have to be made. I started with the cockpit opening.


The change:

The leather padding is made of electric ...Jeez, whatchamacallit?


The top and lower wing extremities also have to be modified as per the drawing. Note the beautiful injection pins that will force me to sculpt rather than trim!


The tail has to be modified too. The need for an overhaul implies a complete replacement with plastic sheet.

The new one without the elevetors which will bne taken from the kit's part.

[Iwik]

If I wanted to finish this kit, one time or later I had to finish that damn cockpit. The wheel uses the kit's photoecthed part mixed with some copper wire.



I didn't want to thread another seat as in my 1/32 Camel, :rolleyes, so I painted it to give it some threading trompe l'oeil.



The finished cockpit with the seat belts and command cables...

The fuel tank (?) behind the seat:


Then i built the floats and closed the fuselage. Who said putty?


Ciao
Iwik
PS:TERRI: the marking option is not featured in the kit, also I will use the GB Sopwith serials with a numerical switch. It will be clear doped. A picture of it appears in the WD. Who will guess?

[PrzemoL]

PS:TERRI: the marking option is not featured in the kit, also I will use the GB Sopwith serials with a numerical switch. It will be clear doped. A picture of it appears in the WD. Who will guess?

Do not tell me, that it will be N8151...



Nice progress, Iwik. Good, that you corrected the cockpit opening, too.
I wonder if the 1/48 kit has also PE struts as the 1/72 one. Besides, the ones in 1/72 were much too short...

[Doug Baumann]

nice work i like the baby the best from the Sopwith family of aircraft the wire skin is insulation

[Iwik]

Hi there!
A little follow up on my build. It took a long time for me to post again since I painted the floats with oil paints and wanted them to dry before showing you the whole WIP photos.
Here they are

















Ciao
Iwik

[Iwik]

Then I started the paint job on the fuselage and wings.