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Audrius N (senux)
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Sopwith 5F1 Dolphin 1/48 build

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Started with a seat (Baracuda) 
 

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Next: engine that comes in the Special edition kit 
 

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Some wires/pipes added 
 

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Interior prior fuselage closing 
 

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Plywood outside cockpit, nevertheless will be painted later 
 

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Pitot tube as well self built 
 

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In this kit all struts has to be moved towards wingtips 
 

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Fuselage paintwork and engine set in place 
 

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Vickers by Gaspatch - nice ones! The ones in the kit are too narrow by 0.5mm, however you feel the difference. 
 

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Wings painted and attached 
 

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Decaling 
 

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The propeller transformation... 
 

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..not yet completed 
 

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This and later pics shows what else can be improved in this kit.Regarding struts i have mentioned already. 
 

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Nice pic from WW show exact placement of struts. 
 

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The ribs on the wings close to wingtip becomes somehow too narrow. Easy to correct. 
 

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Blueprint 
 

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The placement of airleron hinge of lower wing is on wrong side.  
 

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The hinge on elevator has to be moved more close to rudder. 
 

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Blueprint 
 

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The opening on starboard behind radiator to be made. Dont know purpose of this opening though. 
 

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Vent opening just behind the seat has to be made. 
 

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The landing gear from kit depicts it as airborne!! that is why i have scratched myself to show it landed. 
 

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The cogwheel of Constantinesco synchronizer just bellow the prop is very much visible. Worth to recreate it. 
 

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Cogwheel of Constantinesco synchronizer 
 

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Seam on the starboard has to be lifted.  
 

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Regarding seam i noticed too late, after decaling. however at the start of building easy to correct. 
 

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If you build 87sq as i do, you have to scratch the Vickers bullet shell prolonged discharge. 
 

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I scratched built the machine gun shell prolonged discharge. 
 

Комментарии

8 30 November 2019, 21:07
David Taylor
sitting in
30 November 2019, 22:30
Wim van der Luijt
count me in too.....great build so far!
1 December 2019, 09:31
bughunter
Great! Since my build of this kit is on hold here, I will watch too! Thanks fro the hint with the move of struts outbords.
1 December 2019, 13:59
Audrius N
welcome scalemates! The wrong placement of struts is the main drawback of this kit. i will post other pics showing where else the attention has to be paid for.
2 December 2019, 11:06
Vytautas
Great build!
15 June 2021, 20:27
David Taylor
Really coming along.
15 June 2021, 20:29
René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Is this seat taken?
15 June 2021, 22:31
Audrius N
Thanks you friends for your feedback. And, yes René, this is your seat. Please be seated 🙂
16 June 2021, 07:21
bughunter
Oh yes - nice project! I used also some of the ideas here for my Dolphin, which is finished.
16 June 2021, 11:44
Audrius N
@bughunter - happy it worked for you! One day i will finish mine as well 🙂
16 June 2021, 13:08

Project info

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1:48
В работе
1:48 Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin (Copper State Models CSM 1026 Premium)1:48 Vickers Colt Built (GasPatch Models 13-48036)1:48 British WWI Wicker AGS Seat - No Belts (Barracuda Studios BR48260)
Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin
GB Royal Air Force (1918-now)
No. 87 Sqn. C4168/S (Maj. J. C. Callaghan)
Июль 1918 World War 1
 

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