[WWI] Added:Sopwith Folder Seaplane (Admiralty Type 807)

iban ibancorp at TDS.net
Tue May 23 00:10:02 EDT 2006


gm-admin at wwi-models.org wrote:
>    Paul Fisher sent in update to his
> Sopwith Folder Seaplane (Admiralty Type 807),
> See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Fisher/Sopwith/index.html#Sopwith807
> or see news.
> Sincerely,
> WWI Web Admin
>
>
>   
hey paul, what a truly lovely job!  i particularly like your little 
touches, e.g. the slight wrinkle in the aluminum cowl in the left side 
view, that captures the way sheet aluminum was often a bit bent and 
dented on the real planes, rather than pristine and polished show-room 
shiny.  i don't see many modelers work that into a build, no matter how 
much other weathering is done.

a question:  what was the point of extending the shaft that far forward 
to the prop?  any idea wot tom was thinking when he designed it that 
way?  i've never noticed that striking feature on a plane before.

iban (raising a glass in your direction)





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