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

[pajofi2k2 at hotmail.com]

Many thanks Iban.  I actually did the build a while ago, but the photos are 
new.  Wow, didn't think anyone would pick up on the cowling!  I applied 
aluminum foil over a brass frame for that effect.  The prop appears to 
extend from the fuselage, because Sopwith's original streamlined metal 
cowling was removed in service to keep the rotary from overheating.

Regards, Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "iban" <ibancorp at tds.net>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Added:Sopwith Folder Seaplane (Admiralty Type 807)


> 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.
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> 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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