Gooney Fan Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Hello As a frequent visitor to Old Warden I have the urge to re-create a Sopwith Pup in model form. Can anybody point me in the right direction. Gooney Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Would a Wingnut Wings model work? Sold out but probably findable on eBay... edited to add: And here's one on eBay, finishing time about 11:000 gmt 8 September 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooney Fan Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Hello bhouse That kit would be ideal if ! wasn't confined to the house due to my stroke. Any other suggestion welcomed Gooney Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 There’s a new release of the WNW Pup on the way. You can pre-order at Hannants: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/WNW32055 best, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertielissie Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Airfix produced a 1/72nd scale Pup. Maybe a teeny bit small if you want to rig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooney Fan Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Hi bertielissie A 1/72nd Pup seems more feasible. I couldn't imagine sneaking a Wingnut Wings box past my landlord. I've ordered 1 from Kingkit. Gooney Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 The Airfix pup is notable for including bits that function as a jig for mounting the wings. Never understood why this idea didn’t catch on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobStewart Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 The Shuttleworth Pup was originally a Sopwith Dove, which was a 2 seat Pup. Don't know what the differences would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Maybe Airfix will re-release their Pup with new decals as part of their "vintage" series; I have yet to build the two I have, but it seems to be a very, very good little kit, from what I have read and the finished ones I have seen, especially considering when it was first released! Do a little cockpit scratchbuilding, substitute a better engine and your're practically there! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooney Fan Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 Hello Thanks to everyone who have posted suggestions. I have settled on an Airfix Pup or 2. Please consider my request now as closed' Gooney Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 9/22/2019 at 1:48 AM, RobStewart said: The Shuttleworth Pup was originally a Sopwith Dove, which was a 2 seat Pup. Don't know what the differences would be. No. It was built as a Pup, then converted by Sopwith into a Dove as the only way to sell it given the sudden absence of military orders for Pups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 22/09/2019 at 09:31, Gooney Fan said: Hello Thanks to everyone who have posted suggestions. I have settled on an Airfix Pup or 2. Please consider my request now as closed' Gooney Fan Worth looking up the 5 corrections needed for a truly accurate Pup from the Airfix kit - stil a very good kit, but a few odds and ends need attending to. Some are really easy, like snipping off the redundant control horns (Airfix put them both sides of the ailerons, which is daft). Others are a bit more involved but it may not bother you. Basically, the nunber of stringers showing through on the area under the ockpit opening is wrong, the tailplane needs shic=fting a millimetre or two, the little lugs sticking out of the outer wheel faces need to be lopped off, a slot and piece of sprue should be put into the end of the fuselage under the tailplane to reproduce the exposed kingpost (common to many Sopwith types) and the typical Sopwith triangular channel needs carving out on the underside just behind the cowling. Additional slots may need opening in the cowling depending on the engine, which also may need replacing - the one supplied is nice enough but may not be the same as what the Shuttleworth Pup currently has. All these refinements were detailed by Ray Rimell in Scale Models when the kit was originally produced, along with 4 or 5 simple conversions. I can scan it if you're interested. A harder kit to build but needing far less tweaking is the HR Models kit, one of their fairly recent injection moulded efforts that was much better than their earlier resin stuff. This kit has multiple engine and cowling options as standard. Still, since you already have the Airfix kit I assume you'll want to stick with it. Whatever route you follow, Pups usually would have a simple lapstrap, easily represented by painted masking tape, although I'd check the internet for shots of the Shuttleworth machine since I'd expect that to fulfill CAA regs it would be fitted with a some sort of Sutton Harness for safety, but don't actually know. Paul. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooney Fan Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 Hello Unfortunately I do not have access to any articles that you all have kindly referenced. Please treat my request as being finished. Gooney Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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