Zio Prudenzio Model Cards - My 3rd Project - Sopwith Camel - 10 RNAS - MacGregor
Hey guys,
This was started in August last year, along with Flt Lt H.L. Nelson's A Flt Camel, and was sidelined by business trips. Along the way, I started some other planes, too, thinking that I'd get them all done together when I got home around Christmas. Was I dreaming!
So, although I shelved the two Camels (Projects 3 and 4), and took an Albatros DV and a Fokker D VII with me on my trips, I never got around to working on the Central planes, other than some cutting of parts. Then I got home just before Christmas and social obligations cropped up, then more work got in the way. Oh, and then, silly me, I signed up for a WoW campaign!. And my minis are still not here!. So, I finished what was the closest to being done, and started working in earnest on the Albatros, as the D VII was too late a plane for the planes I already had.
Yeah, I used to be confused, now I just don't know.
The Third Project was an attempt to get the dihedral in the lower Camel wing, but still get the strength of the cardboard fillers. However, the Camel has slots in the top wing, so I couldn't use the cardboard all the way across. I went for the "Over-engineered" option, and tried brass rod spars. The rest of the build is pretty much the same as the 1st Project, so I'm only putting in pictures of the brass rod spars (My-1st-Project):
The cut pieces of wing, cardboard and two sizes of brass rod (.032 inch or .81mm for the Leading edge, and .020 inch or .51mm for the Trailing edge). The cardboard was cut so that the rods could be glued in between the outer layers of the cardboard, and would gain some strength and stability from being held in place. The Trailing edge brass rod was as thin as I wanted to use for strength, but not cause the wing to bulge (ruining the chord) toward the trailing edge. It ended up with a bit of a bulge, but I formed the wing on its back, so the bulge is on the underside, and not visible from the top.
A bit of a close-up of the work. I had to glue the Leadging edge rod just into the cardboard, in order for either of the rods not block the view through the slots of the completed wing. It works, just. If you zoom in on the below picture, you might be able to see the leading edge brass rod (Brown felt marker did obscure it some.
And in the below, you can clearly see the trailing edge brass rod. This isn't visible directly above, but at this angle, it is.
However, after all that work, I didn't cut the outer struts short enough, and the dihedral is not correct. It is better than the first, but not where it should be [and I adjusted it again, before this picture].
I will have another shot at it though. Later, with Nelson's Camel...
And a shot of the two boys together:
So, you've already seen these guys on the table in my first practice round (1st-Solo-Trying-out-the-Rules). I am trying to get the Albatros done before the Campaign starts. I'll post the work to date.
Mike
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