SI's Sopwith Tabloid has a fiery impact - UD 4/2 initial assembly & fuselage

[Constable Bertrand]

Awesomesauce!

[Admiral Benbow]

Impressive start! 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps  

It's an early update for day 3:

Cutting out completed



Some of the scored lines needed opening up, which was done by using the side of the point of a craft blade as a gouge/chisel



Bits that had been glued together yesterday could be worked on today, so the wing and tail pieces were sliced with the craft knife, filed, then scraped (rough polished) with the scalpel. The sides of the fuselage were glued to the floor for working on tomorrow.  Incidentally, to best ensure that mirrored sides matched, they were offered up to each other then trimmed before fitting.



It's worth noting that this plane is small, with a wingspan of 25 feet that's just over 4 of me (or 2 Jimbibblys or 8 Malamutes).  One potential problem with the size is fitting a power source for LEDs : I'd hoped to put it into the fuselage but it seems like there won't be enough room.

[OSHIROmodels]

Very promising 

cheers

James

[Plynkes]

I admire you. I wouldn't have the energy to scratch-build a plane you can buy a kit of. I'd want to go the easy way.

Guess that wouldn't really be in the spirit of "Build Something" though, would it? 

[Silent Invader]

You can buy a kit?! 

[Dr. The Viking]

You can buy a kit?!  

What's the difference between that and using a ready made template like you're doing now, though?  


 

[snitcythedog]

Very cool build.  Watching with interest.
Snitchy sends.

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I've always been intimidated when scratch building air planes, so I will follow this build with interest.

Tony

[Silent Invader]

Thanks 

What's the difference between that and using a ready made template like you're doing now, though?  


 

Pah!

 

Seriously though, if plans are available it makes sense to use them.  I was going to buy a 1/72 model kit for its plans to scale up and just by chance discovered the Fiddlers Green alternative. Yay for my good fortune   

[Eric the Shed]

looks brilliant....

[Plynkes]

You can buy a kit?! 

Back in the early days of LAF I built and painted up the Schneider.


I am 99% sure that the same firm does a Tabloid using mostly the same parts. They are effectively the same plane apart from the undercarriage, after all.

Can't wait to see your finished effort, SI.

[tin shed gamer]

I'm looking forward to the finished plane.As this is one of my favourite objective markers,I' ve done a few,here's the line drawings I use.
(It doesn' class as helping?).
Mark.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps

Very nicely done P - mine I think will look a bit smaller.

Nice sketches TSG -mine will be a less catastrophic impact ... More of an emergency landing in a meadow resulting in a bit of a down nose.... Definitely survivable.

 

[tin shed gamer]

Ah tall grass to hide the join.That'll help with the look of an impact.Like the thinking.
mark.