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Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:05 am
by Reddragon62
I initially was going to shelve this kit and keep it for parts. I bought 6 of these little kits, different types of planes, and all of them were missing parts. After almost tripping over them while straightening out my work space, I decided to see which one of them was salvageable...this was the only one with "most" of the pieces intact....

Part 1....

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Part 2.....

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Part three should be up soon.

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:16 am
by T3hGuppy
Sweet build dude.

Shame about the missung parts but you've done a good job replacing them. :th:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:19 am
by Reddragon62
I'll post the "new" video up tomorrow but here's a few pictures of the "rigging" work I did tonight....

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Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:20 am
by Reddragon62
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:21 am
by Reddragon62
T3hGuppy wrote:Sweet build dude.

Shame about the missung parts but you've done a good job replacing them. :th:
Yeah...There's was a Airfix 1/72 Fokker Dr1 ( my favorite plane ) and it was missing 80 percent of it's pieces!

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:40 am
by T3hGuppy
That rigging came out really nice. :th:

Got a Sopwith Camel in the stash that might need to make an appearance now. :th:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:49 pm
by Nige201980
Looks great mate and so tiny.

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:27 am
by Reddragon62
T3hGuppy wrote:That rigging came out really nice. :th:

Got a Sopwith Camel in the stash that might need to make an appearance now. :th:
These Little planes have me all crossed eyed! :rofl:

I don't know how you 1/72 builders do it!

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:34 am
by Reddragon62
She's all done. Jeesh this thing was tiny! I don't know how you 1/72 builders do it but you have my respect. I think I'll be seeing crossed eyed for a month!

Here's the last video in the series and there are pictures also....Have a good one all!

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Here are some pictures of the propeller and the final build...

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Thanks for watching!

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:06 am
by Reddragon62
T3hGuppy wrote:Sweet build dude.

Shame about the missing parts but you've done a good job replacing them. :th:
Thanks brother. I bought them from a lady on YouTube. She had them listed as.."Unopened...Never used...In Plastic." So I figured,"why not." Plus,they were in my budget so I bought them. Bad move!

When they arrived, I was excited as I initially wanted to make a WW1 Dogfight diorama. So, when I popped the box, I was in for a surprise.
Boxes were all crushed. Opened. Smelled of cat pee etc. Each kit was "used" and all of them were missing parts. Three of them were boxes loaded with used sprues! I contacted her and EBay and immediately got my money back. I believe she sent that crap out and was hoping I wouldn't fight her for a refund.

Anyway...This was the "only" kit that I could salvage from them and even this was missing the bottom wing,tires, tail and axle.
She worked out in the end. My ugly duckling.....LOL

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:07 am
by Reddragon62
T3hGuppy wrote:That rigging came out really nice. :th:

Got a Sopwith Camel in the stash that might need to make an appearance now. :th:
Thanks a bunch Guppy!

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:08 am
by Reddragon62
Nige201980 wrote:Looks great mate and so tiny.
Lmao...She's a lil one Nigel. I really enjoyed building her!

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:45 pm
by RobertA
That is looking mighty fine!! :)

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:34 am
by Reddragon62
BasicModelling wrote:That is looking mighty fine!! :)
Thanks!

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:02 pm
by RobertA
Great work... :)

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:44 am
by UKscalemodeller
a sweet little build Gil. not sure how I missed it.

Re: Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:30 am
by Reddragon62
UKscalemodeller wrote:a sweet little build Gil. not sure how I missed it.
Thanks brother. First time I tried simulating wood grain. I've done it a few times since but I am fond of this asit was my first time building a plane let alone painting wood.