Hasegawa 1:16 Scale Sopwith Camel F.1 Model Kit

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In the hands of a novice it displayed vicious characteristics that could make it a killer; but under the firm touch of a skilled pilot, who knew how to turn its vices to his own advantage, it was one of the most superb fighting machines ever built.” Wow, no wonder it took so long to research and produce the Camel. Pause for a moment and consider the massive task of project managing all this to Wingnuts exacting standards. All the subtle (but very important) differences between versions, applicable colour schemes, the breakdown of parts and allocations to various sprues, getting the moulds right, and on and on, the list of things that had to be achieved, and decisions made, must have been colossal. Of course you can’t build a WW1 airplane without some William Brothers’ scale accessories. www. williamsbrothersmodelproducts.com/ rc.html Wheels and Machine Guns are an absolute requirement. Again, all drawn into the plans and accounted for. During the German’s final night raid on May 20th/21st, 1918, a combined 74 Sopwith Camels and RAF S.E.5s intercepted 28 German Gothas and Zeppelin-Staaken R.VIs. This resulted in the German bombers suffering their heaviest defeat in a single night over Britain, with three bombers downed by aircraft and two more by anti-aircraft fire.

This is a serious question: With a kit this good, do you think there will be aftermarket guys improving upon this? Or would that be non-sensical/impossible/insane? The kit came out AFTER THE A/M MANUFACTURER had already released a number of correction sets for the kit! While offence was a big part of the Sopwith Camel’s war effort, it played an equally important role in defending Britain from German air raids. Camels flew from Manston and Eastchurch airfields to counter daytime raids by German bombers, and, following public outcry about London’s poor response to night raids, the RFC diverted Camels meant for the frontlines. Here are the scale drawings I used. I simply scanned them so I could import them into my CAD program.

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Assembled and painted it should look gorgeous. And to help you, there is a colour photo of the real thing on the restored Camel B5663. I know we should be wary of taking information from restorations, but TVAL (Wingnut Wings sister company) do such meticulous work, that there is definitely value in seeing it. Where else are you going to get detailed colour photographs of a Sopwith Camel? The engine is covered by one of four cowlings on sprue A, the other three not being applicable to this version. Finally one of two propellers completes the construction phase. While the Sopwith Camel held significant advantages over the Pup and Triplane, it proved to be far more difficult to fly. The tight positioning of the pilot, engine, guns, and fuel tank in the aircraft’s front seven feet created extreme manoeuvrability, and demanding handling. Most of the parts are cut from Lite-ply instead of balsa sheet. This keeps costs down and my Camel was designed with this in mind. There has never been a scale airplane model as highly detailed as the Sopwith Camel by Model Airways. We've captured virtually every detail of the original to reproduce this legendary aircraft as a historically accurate 1:16 scale replica.

The real Sopwith Camel had no plastic parts. Neither does our model. The kit replicates every part of the Sopwith in materials much like those used in the original airplane. Components are first class, starting with hundreds of laser-cut aircraft quality birch and basswood (much higher density than balsa) parts for ribs and fuselage. A perfectly scaled Clerget 9-B rotary engine complete with cylinders, distributor and crankcase is assembled from over 70 precision cast Britannia metal parts. More than 350 other accurately scaled Britannia metal, brass and rubber pieces, plus copper wire reproduce virtually every detail.The Camel was powered by a number of engines but the standard powerplant was the Clerget 9B rotary, this was an air-cooled, 9-cylinder 130 hp rotary engine that was also used on a number of other aircraft. This is not the case with the newer kits , everything is there for the hobby modeller. OTT types will ALWAYS have to add more. I like to use the aluminum spun cowlings from Arizona Model Aircrafters, and here’s the one I am using for the Camel. Yes I know the dummy engine is a radial, but I will be using a rotary engine in the finished Camel. The real Sopwith Camel had no plastic parts. Neither does our model. The kit replicates every part of the Sopwith in materials much like those used in the original airplane. Components are first class, starting with hundreds of laser-cut aircraft quality birch and basswood (much higher density than balsa) parts for ribs and fuselage. A perfectly scaled Clerget 9-B rotary engine— complete with cylinders, distributor and crankcase— is assembled from over 70 precision cast Britannia metal parts. More than 350 other accurately scaled Britannia metal, brass and rubber pieces, plus copper wire reproduce virtually every detail.

to examine the product you must have done so without damaging or marking the product in any way). It should be Another nice feature of Wingnuts thoroughness is that one of the marking options has an extra bit of stitching on the starboard mid fuselage. Rather than supply it as a part to be glued on, Wingnut Wings provide you with 2 complete starboard fuselage halves. One with and one without - a great example of their dedication to doing things right. Lesser companies would have provided 1 fuselage part with the extra stitching on, and instructed the modeller to scrape it off if not required. The low speed flight, especially, has its problems, and care must be taken on the landing approach. I was, however, pleasantly surprised at the take-off characteristics. Having expected snaking tendencies, I was pleased to find that the model can easily be held straight during the take-off run. Since elevator control is extremely sensitive, proportional radio gear is very much advisable. During first flights, the ailerons were not very effective. This I had expected, since the Camel has the same wing section as my DH-2 (built previously). The result of this is that the ailerons are not used to fly the model, and these control surfaces could he omitted, reducing the construction effort... " Total Camel production was 5,490 machines, which were used by the air arms of many nations, the last leaving RAF service in 1922.this time that you wish to cancel. You are required to take good care of the goods and return them to us at your own You need to import your scale drawings into a layer in your CAD program to start creating your working plans. Depending on the CAD program you have, you’ll have to convert your drawing file to a compatible format. I use a 2D CAD program called Graphite from Ashlar.com. http://www.ashlar.com/2d-3d-drafting/2d-3d-cad-graphite.html and so, I converted this drawing to a .BMP file and imported it. There has never been a scale airplane model as highly detailed as the Sopwith Camel by Model Airways. We’ve captured virtually every detail of the original to reproduce this legendary aircraft as a historically accurate 1:16 scale replica. There is nothing quite like the thrill of a new Wingnut Wings kit, the silver gilt edged box with its fabulous Steve Anderson painting, draws you in to lift the lid and see the latest wonder from our friends in New Zealand. Shown in action here is a very dramatic scene with Camel B3834 ‘Wonga Bonga’ shooting down a Gotha under a moon lit sky. The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.