Smer 1:48 Sopwith Camel
i am cheap and i build cheap models. £2.99
I have made a couple of these smer ww1 kits before and although you get what you pay for, they are good fun to build.
here are the couple ive made from Smer, not award winners but i am pleased with them. especially as they didnt take very long to build really.

Wayne

Welcome aboard fella..

I like your Fokker streaky finish

Thanks Dave, i dont usually do string bags and i was quite pleased with the streaks.

Here we go then, i thought i might as well use this thread.

the box and sprue shot.


the box




the sprue


I think I will be making the Belgium machine, flown by pilot Jan Olieslagers, Escadrille 9, 1918.
I dont really know what im doing with these old birds but i'll try my best.

Wayne

You make it sound like a grab a granny night..

Good luck old son!

Thanks Dylan,
been there, done that, still having the nightmares!
by the way, the new avatar is a bit provocative isnt it?
I like!

Wayne

Think there's some websites you could visit for that mate. Perhaps Mike or Bob can point you in the right direction

You say Mike and Bob would know, but you seem to know too much Col.
www. what is it?

Wayne

Yery nice builds Wayne, your a clever fokker aint you. .
Best of luck with the Camel mate, just the thought of all that Knitting gives me chills. Which aint surprising cuse I've got 10 thumds & 4 elbows

UGH!!!! He's got Norton Anti-Usefulness! BURN THE WITCH!!!!!

Public Execution, off wiv 'is 'ead, off wiv 'is 'ead, I can hear the tumbril creaking up Tyburn now.

Burn 'er anyway.....

Have I? if i have it came with the pc.
I have the misfortune to sit in front of a computer 5 out of every 7 days and so they hold no interest to me what so ever.
I could have the nuclear launch codes programmed in to it and i still wouldnt know, as long as i can order kits from it and of course chat to you lot, im happy.
oh yeh and old lady porn apparently
I wasmore concerned that my gut was hanging over into the other pic
Dave, i just saw your tonka thingy in the work in progress. and if you have 10 thumbs and 4 elbows, then i want a couple more of each as well.

Wayne

You cant, i'm soggy!

Nick,
I thought my avatar was near the mark... yours is well dirty!

Bob Von Creamed

Ain't she?

Bob, dare i ask what that is was?

Wayne

My TONKA THINGY, that'll cost you a beer or several next Tuesday night

Darn flyboys

hee hee hee hee heee

Here are a few pics of what i have done so far, as always with these kits i spent most of the evening cleaning up all the parts.

a little bit of side wall detail, and the rough reps of fuel tanks bottom right.

started on the engine.
After seeing Bobs great work on his engine, i might think about trying to make this look a bit better.

Cockpit almost finished being painted, have added the seat belts now.
It looks really rough here but i have fixed the two halves together and tidied up the painting and it looks OK...ish.
all the cockpit was scratch built except the seat, and as i have not done much before so i am quite pleased.
It will look better than the deformed pilot figure that came with the kit anyway.
I will try and post some pics asap of where i am up to now but for now;