Reviresco Sopwith Triplane Build Project
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Published on 01-16-2011 04:22
This is a summary of my Reviresco Sopwith Triplane Build Project
11-23-2010
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The Cowman
Last night I started my first Reviresco miniature build... Figured I would jump in head first and go for a harder one, so I chose to do the Sopwith Tripe. I am going to attempt to photo-document my work here in this thread as I progress.
I will be following a set of tips and instructions kindly provided to me by
Flying Officer Kyte. If this project should happen to blow up in my face, it will be because of my lack of experience and skill and
not because of Rob's instructions.
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Flying Officer Kyte
BUILDING THE REV TRIPE.
1. Clean off any flashing on the model
2. Fill any cavities and rub down.
3. Photo copy several images of the card jig supplied.
4. Don’t cut up the jig but use each one as a full box to slip over each wing. It gives a firmer structure and makes it easier to position all the wing parts in alignment.
5. Glue the bottom wing into place.
6. Do a dry run of the wing assembly with the jig.
7. Assemble the wings with the jigs in place. Don’t worry about trapping them, you can cut them off afterwards. Be very careful to get the alignment of the wings correct. They should be staggered forward. The jig will help here.
8. When glue has set, carefully cut off the jigs.
9. Turn the plane over and glue the undercart.
10. As per usual I left the prop off until the body is painted.
11. Spray your undercoat on .
12. Paint plane pilot and prop.
13. This is where I make my decals for registration Nos. Name on plane and any other bits.
14. Attach decals and when dry brush over lightly with Microsol to set them.
15. Glue in prop.
16. Varnish to taste.
11-23-2010
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The Cowman
1. Clean off any flashing on the model
2. Fill any cavities and rub down.
3. Photo copy several images of the card jig supplied.
4. Don’t cut up the jig but use each one as a full box to slip over each wing. It gives a firmer structure and makes it easier to position all the wing parts in alignment.
Here is a pic of the the kit straight out of the bag. There was quite a bit of flash, and the details on the plane were quite muddy in places. I purchased two Tripe kits, and this was the better of the two...There were also a few pits here and there. I assume this is because the kits came from a very well used mold:
I cut and filed off all the flash, filled in the pits with green stuff, and attempted to bring back out as much of the missing detail as a could. Then I scanned the wing jig image from the back of the packaging and used photo editing software to reproduce a few copies ( I will have lots of extras..):
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11-23-2010
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The Cowman
5. Glue the bottom wing into place.
First a quick picture of the workspace... just because...
Now to the gluing of the bottm wing...The wing went on rather well but fits with some gaps along the fuselage that I will have to fill with greenstuff...
Time for a coffee break... more to come...
11-23-2010
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Now that I look closely at the pictures, I have decided that I will be going back to clean up some of the rib lines that I got rather crooked...
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11-24-2010
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The Cowman
6. Do a dry run of the wing assembly with the jig.
After attempting this with the first set of jigs I constructed... well the whole thing kinda blew up in my face. To my frustration I had made sloppy cuts in the jig and because of this, nothing lined up properly and I even had difficulty inserting the wings in the jig... so I
carefully and precisely cut and folded new jigs.
Measure twice, cut once. Or try cutting it right the first time you dufus!! I think that's the quote.
Round 2: This time things went much smoother. I decide to pin the jigs in place as I lined things up so as to give me even more stability when I do the actual "glue run" on the wings... we will see how things go. Hopefully I can cut out the struts without mangling them and hopefully they will fit through the holes in the wings...
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Otherwise I will be scrambling to find new material whith which to build new struts.
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11-26-2010
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The Cowman
Disaster has struck! Please see
this thread for details...
Tripe construction will continue as soon as a solution becomes available...
You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming!
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11-28-2010
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The Cowman
Update: Local Train store and hobby store were closed today... so still no brass or styrene rods to commence the repairs and finish the build...
I am thinking I will get ambitious and start the Se.5a while I am waiting on my chance to get parts...
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11-30-2010
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12-02-2010
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12-03-2010
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12-03-2010
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Flying Officer Kyte
Where is the picture of your spraybox set up then? I love Heath Robinson affairs.
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Rob.
12-04-2010
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The Cowman
Here ya go Rob... pretty simple... I use old t-shirts as rags to keep the box sealed against the window, I get pretty good reverse airflow that way! I also have one to drop down in front to help keep the fumes in the box after I am done (I leave a vent to get airflow.)
Works like a charm, and keeps me from seeing purple fuzzy elephants when I am spraying from a can!
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12-22-2010
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The Cowman
Step 8.5: Start Painting, which makes more divots and deformities stand out, correct with putty and sand.
As the above states, I noticed some rough spots and a hole that I missed when puttying the model earlier... so I decided to fix them before painting any further.... I still have some sanding to do and will start painting again after that!
Back to painting!
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NOTE: (It was not brought up in the orignal thread but during this break I had a small accident involving an excacto knife and a good part of the tip of my left thumb... thus delaying all my projects for a bit)
01-02-2011
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1-2-2011
Update: Thumb has topped throbbing. (As long as I remember not to wack it on objects around the house) I am am well into the painting stage... should have some finished pics in the next couple of days as long as I have no trouble assemblying the undercarriage. Check back soon! ![Smile](http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/images/smilies/ssmile.png)
01-03-2011
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1-3-2011: Sneak Peak
OK so here are a couple of teaser pics... You might notice that I straightened out that center wing problem... the pending paint job should look familiar... (Come on... how did you think I was gonna paint it?) Not far from completeion... just a few more details and I need to find the right sized pins for the prop and undercarriage axle (the kit comes with neither.)
I have a Doctor's appointment early in the AM... so it is off to bed for now! Catch ya on the flip side!
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01-08-2011
01-15-2011
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Reviresco Sopwith Triplane Build Project
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