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I am planning to buy a Sopwith Strutter in 1/32 to make one of the Serbian machines on the Macedonian front. By looking at the excellent book Wings of Serbia {Крила Србије-Борис Циглић; Krila Srbije-Boris Ciglić}, realized that the Serbian planes were the French version of the Sopwith 1/2 Strutter, or correctly, the Hanriot Sop 1 A2 {specific aircraft of interest}. With that in mind, I have a few dilemmas: 1. The picture shows that the plane was equipped with a French version of the Vickers machine gun, but I cannot determine whether it is with or without the upper cocking handle {characteristic only for French Vickers}? 2. What was the windshield like on the Sop 1A2? 3. Which seat is installed? Like on Hanriot machines {HD1 or so} or Wickers one {and eventually which Wickers exactly}? 4. Which belts are installed? French or RFC? 5. The mount for the observer's machine gun is French {Nieuport type?} but which machine gun is mounted on it? 6. Is silver coated linen more likely {usually for Hanriot?} or CDL? 7. What exactly did the marking of the device number on the tail of the plane look like? 8. Which engine would be installed on Sop 1A2? 9. Are there any other specifics in relation to the British Strutter? Sorry for the amount of questions, but I hope that and others will benefit from this topic. Greetings from Belgrade.
