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Old 09-30-2011, 08:36 AM
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Abu (?), welcome here!

Yes, that particular model still seems to be around. I found it by searching Ecardmodels. Here's the link to what I found: Go direct to the model. Seems it still costs just 10$.

A word of advice? Beware that you build up the wings a bit better. Flat wings with no profile and negative dihedral (anhedral, the droop you can see in the photo of the model) doesn't look too pretty. Simply introducing a profile by curving the wings (give them a slight undercamber, as term is) will probably help curing the anhedral. The top wing seems to sit a bit high, as well, don't you think?

The original aircraft had a small but pronounced dihedral. See the photo and drawing below. The top wing was "cracked" right in the middle. No center section on the top wing, as different from other Sopwith models. Instead the bottom wings each had a section closest to the fuselage which was horizontal (no dihedral) where the flaps of the aircraft were located. Flaps on a WWI aircraft is another unique feature of the Strutter!

1/48 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter kit-sopwith-1-1-1-strutter.jpg 1/48 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter kit-sopwith-1-1-2-strutter-dwg.jpg

The colour schemes seem quite good. The model built to be displayed, however, less so. Let's see if you can't do better. Don't forget to show us how it works out for you! (Just a review of the kit, to start with, would be nice.)

If you give the wings a bit of undercamber, and then cut the top wing in half at the middle, don't forget to sand the joint to a correct angle before you join the wings again at the correct dihedral. That way they will really keep both the profile and the dihedral.

Leif

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