Redshift Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 1/32 Scratch-built Sopwith Camel in mainly basswood with oak prop, walnut axle, gun barrel cooling jackets and cylinders and bamboo struts plus brass odds 'n' sods, finished with 0.1mm rigging thread. As with my earlier Spitfire the brief from Controller, Home Forces was that it could be a wooden sculpture rather thaan a painted awar machine, so it is left just varnished. About a month start to finish, but actually more like two solid weekends of doing with lots of gaps in between. Not sure what's next! 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Very nice, great skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Incredible work 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Gorgeous... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Skilled woodworking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Beautiful,great to see traditional skill's and material's used to such effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Really nice! Looking forward to the next one. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Lovely result! I'm sure that you could sell your "sculptures". 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Excellent work. Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Excellent. Much harder to build like this leaving the wood bare. No chance to use filler or hide sins with a judicious layer of paint. Great job. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Wow! Utterly brilliant 👏 AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Great build log and even better result. That is a superb sculpture: I really like natural wood textures and finish. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshift Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 Thanks for the feedback chaps. Yes, the bare finish leaves no hiding place, which meant several parts had to be redone. I might have the start of a sequence here, a 1918 Camel, a 1938 Spit, so 1958... maybe a Lightning or a Hunter next 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albergman Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Well now, isn't that a beauty!! Bet it was a fun build. So, there really were Camel parts in that Spitfire scrap! That's like me looking for Ferrari parts in a disassembled computer hard drive ... they're there, just have to find them. You said on my D-Jag build page that you're inspired to try a car ... well, I'll return that complement because I think I might like to try something like this! Maybe a mono-wing would be a simpler task. Always liked Spitfires too. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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