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I can't remember if I mentioned I was building this too, or not. Guess it's that old age combined with summer brain swelter!

This is my Academy 1/32 Sopwith Camel. This was a struggle for a number of reasons. I tried very hard to use little more than what was in the box. That being said, next time I will use EZ line and my own turnbuckles, add a few pieces of styrene for vision blocks, and probably pin the cabanes, (struts), in place. The holes in the wings supposed to help with alignment were at least 1-2mm larger than the strut. Too much slack, which caused numerous frustrating issues as I attempted to attach upper & lower wings. The alignment of fuselage halves was tolerable, but required some filling and sanding on top to make the seam even.

The only details I added, for the most part, was Uschi wood decals over a red-brown to simulate wood around the cockpit, and a hand carved (by me), prop with scratch built prop hub plate.

I will have to redo the engine shroud, however. Some sort of loss of motor control, a can of compressed air, and a few drops of oil stain made for quite the mess.








And here's the WWI flying ace, waiting to take to the air. Now where's that prop gone off to?


As always, thanks for looking!

Looks pretty good to me. Which Academy kit did you have? The 100th Anniversary Sopwith Camel kit?

SNOOPY!!!!! I love that guy!

Nice work on that excellent plane. I would check with the Woodstock bird crew for that prop; they tend to forget some things sometimes....

Snoopy... kinda reminded me of a snap kit of Snoopy with Doghouse as Sopwith Camel I used to have when I was a kid. I wished I still have that kit. I wonder if you can still find it somewhere......

Ah yes, you can't have a Camel without the world famous WWI Flying Ace... Very cool!

And with double wires, I hate rigging those.

BlackSheep214 wrote:Looks pretty good to me. Which Academy kit did you have? The 100th Anniversary Sopwith Camel kit?

Honestly, I'm not sure. A friend of mine likes to buy lots on ebay, and this was included. The box was damaged, so it was in a bag. I believe it's Academy's most recent release of the Camel though.

The Snoopy was from a toy my brother had gotten for Christmas in the late 70s. I found it in with a bunch of "little people" that we keep for the grandkids to play with. Needless to say, I just HAD to borrow him for the pic!

Thanks for all the kind words. I will say this much, the kit made me bring all my basic problem solving skills back into play. I'd gotten a bit used to buying higher end kits with little assembly issues, so I could concentrate more on detail work. Glad I did, too. The Hs129, (which I just started), will require me to use my brain and pretty much all the skill I can bring to bear. I'll be posting a build log on it starting very soon.