Sopwith & Fokker Diorama

[JetAviator7]

If you like paper airplanes, you might enjoy the ones on my website at:

The Paper Airplane Company

Simple to build and fun too!

I fascinated by the Sopwith Camel, so I created this website:

Sopwith-Camel.com

As a pilot I am always looking for airplane models, kits and projects to create. It sure helps pass the hours waiting for passengers!

John White (JetAviator7)

[airdave]

Fokker DVII got a whole bunch of work done last night!

I got the lower wing installed, as instructed...thanks for all the help on that one!

And the upper wing is ready for install



The wings in this kit are very nicely formed...go together very easily.
Just add a little curve and they line up nice.
The added curved down ends are a good touch to close up the wings nicely...with a nicely curved and natural shape.
A little fiddly at this reduced size, but not too bad.

Tail components go on quite simply aswell...although I think the upper fuselage part needs to be trimmed slightly shorter (to move it forward a touch)
This will allow the tail to move forward also, for a better positioning and fit.




Upper wing is not attached yet...just working on getting some struts and supports in place.
once again, reduced scale = fiddly little bits for the wing supports!

I glued the main wing struts to two layers of cardstock to beef them up!
...cut em out and coloured them red...since there are only the two main supports.

Wheel setup is simple, but nice...on the full size version, it would be very simple to install an "axle" and make rolling wheels!


Machine guns are on too!
Barrels are very small and difficult to roll (at this size) in cardstock! lol
The Gun bodies (second part at rear of the barrels) is even more difficult at this scale!!!
...but eventually I got something that sorta looks like machine guns.

And the prop is pretty straightforward...just added a straight pin for the mount, and a little spacer behind the prop to keep it away from the fuselage.





as you can see, overall size is about a 2.5" wingspan
and the length of the plane is just over 2"

this is "micro" for me!!! maybe not for the rest of you "land of the Giant" builders!
but pretty frakkin' tiny for me!!

[rockpaperscissor]

This diorama is really shaping up nicely. The planes look terrific and the concept is genius.

Barrels are very small and difficult to roll (at this size) in cardstock! lol

I delaminate tiny parts that need to be rolled or folded before working with them. Cut the part out leaving a bit of "fat" all the way around. Use your scalpel to tease the paper apart in one of the corners, and then pull the paper apart. Viola! - a piece on approximately 1/2 cardstock thickness. Much easier to work with.

[airdave]

what? me...make it easier? hahahahahahaha

[airdave]

Here we go....





Fiddlers Green Sopwith Camel, Fokker DVII, "English" Barn and Silo and custom made base.

All at approximately 1/88 scale

[mchale]

snoopy vs the bloody red barron from germany a scene from the song snoopy vs the red barron
sung by the royal guardsmen i like it looks good airdave

[spgifford]

Excellent

[cdwheatley]

Great, I love it! One small point though - it looks like you've neglected to fit the cabane struts on the Fokker .

[jobeaux]

Brilliant! :D

[airdave]

no...actually the struts that go against the fuselage are on the final model.
I shot a bunch a pictures a couple of days ago
and then some this morning (I finished everything last night)

...and out of all the pics I took, I ended up choosing about half a dozen of the best shots
and all the Fokker photos show the unfinished plane.
doh! my error

heres some shots that show those struts in place
(they were an absolute paint to deal with! I might add! at this scale, they were just too thin! With only a three inch wingspan, the struts really needed to be made from wire...but then there was the problem of fitting them inside the wings. So I cut them from some cardstock to make them a little stronger and a little thicker to handle...but they ended up looking pretty bulky And they weren't long enough to reach the wing, so I had to move back a little on the fuselage. I think I might try to redo them with some wire.)