Andrew's Sopwith Pup **Miraculously finished**

[AndrewR]

I've decided to opt for an "easy" build, the Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup.



The decals are pretty sad, so I will look around for an actual plane to model.



cheers

Andrew

[TobyC]

That looks very easy

[AndrewR]

That looks very easy

Yes, 24 parts including 2 jigs for the wings. After a load of limited run kits, something simple to build hopefully.

I'm probably going to do either the one at Hendon, or the one in the Shuttleworth collection.

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/inde ... pwith-pup/;

[fredk]

Its a very nice kit

[Chris]

An oldie but a goodie.

[splash]

I have some photos of the Pup in the Fleet Air Arm Museum, do you want me to find them for you?

Regards Splash

[AndrewR]

I have some photos of the Pup in the Fleet Air Arm Museum, do you want me to find them for you?

Regards Splash

Yes please Alan. That would be great. Dunning's Pup would be an option

[K5083]

Excellent. Very fond memories of this kit.

August

[splash]

Here are the photos of the Pup in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. If I get time when I get back from my holidays I might join in with you with an Airfix Pup myself as its a lovely little kit.





































Regards Splash

[Clashcityrocker]

Great pics Splash. Fragile looking machine isn't it? Interesting to note the wheels aren't perpendicular to the ground, they have a definite cant to them.
Looking forward to seeing this build, as I've just come back from a visit to a haberdashers, and am just about to do a Google search to find out if shirring elastic is the same as knitting in elastic. There is a bi plane in my future

Nigel

[bluesteel]

There's also RNAS N5195 at the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop. A Google Image search 'Sopwith Pup Middle Wallop' will bring up lots of images. It's nicely displayed with a diorama too. A friend of mine was one of the few to have actually flown this Pup when it was still airworthy, see: http://www.mpaviation.com/sopwith.htm;

[AndrewR]

Those pictures are great. Thank.

The prop looks like a more modern addition though, I think I'll go with natural wood.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Great pics Splash. Fragile looking machine isn't it? Interesting to note the wheels aren't perpendicular to the ground, they have a definite cant to them.
Looking forward to seeing this build, as I've just come back from a visit to a haberdashers, and am just about to do a Google search to find out if shirring elastic is the same as knitting in elastic. There is a bi plane in my future

Nigel

It's a split axle, they look more straight in-flight. I did the WnW 1/32 RNAS Pup and they faithfully replicated the axle which then became a point of vulnerability - I display it with a small block of wood under the spreader which then keeps the weight off the wheels/axle.

[JohnRatzenberger]

I have some photos of the Pup in the Fleet Air Arm Museum, do you want me to find them for you?

Regards Splash

Yes please Alan. That would be great. Dunning's Pup would be an option

Check our Gallery - Mike Grant did his usual thing on this kit to make Dunning's aircraft.

And, BTW, I have a ton of references on the Pup should you need anything ....

[AndrewR]

Here's the preliminary work on the Pup. Just priming on the sprue.
All wood and linen parts are primed with sand coloured primer, which is difficult to distinguish from the plastic colour



The machine gun and engine are primed in panzergrau, which I use as the base colour for darkened metallic parts. A bit of drybrushing and they'll be ready.

I haven't yet decided whether to do a factory fresh PC10 (or PC12 for an RNAS aircraft) in dark green, or a faded brownish aged colour.

cheers

Andrew