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Thread: Official Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter painting thread

  1. #51

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    Lovely Strutters!

    Thanks for the REP, Tim!

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    Another couple of Strutters for the Bulldogs,
    Sgt Strong thinks he can handle double the fun
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  3. #53

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    Very nice looking birds John.
    I must knock out another Strutter myself.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Nice job -- and go, Sgt. Strong!

    If anyone is thinking, "I've got plenty of Strutters painted now", don't forget that the French used them very widely also. (I think Zoe had one in French colors earlier in this thread.)

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    I've been admiring all the lovely models here. I recently finished my 1 1/2 Strutter, here it is along with my Sopwith Pup.

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  6. #56

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    Nice Strutters Scott. I have a few I want to do up as French soon. Seeing these bumped them up my list.

  7. #57

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    Nice Strutter and Pup.
    I have two pups to build.
    I have to do it quickly.

  8. #58

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    Good job there Scott.
    My Strutter is just waiting for some friends to turn up from Ares.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Very nice work Scott!
    Well done.

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    All models are very good work. I like them all

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    Great work all around here, lads - the Strutter is a key plane, one that we need more of...

    Scott, your beauties above need some 'shootin' at' sometime soon...

    All the best,
    Matt

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReducedAirFact View Post
    Nice job -- and go, Sgt. Strong!

    If anyone is thinking, "I've got plenty of Strutters painted now", don't forget that the French used them very widely also. (I think Zoe had one in French colors earlier in this thread.)
    Indeed. The French used them far more extensively than did the RFC. The Russians used then too, with hundreds in service.

    . Number built 4,500 France : 1,439 Great Britain : 100+ Russia (Duks, Lebedev) plus 148 Strutters bought in Britain and some tens in France.

    The spring of 1917, saw the first appearance of the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter in Russia. Some, numbers A1131, 1519-1523, 1543, saw service with the 9th Army air detachment, attached to the VII Army. In August 1917, the 18th Corps air detachment received numbers 1115 and 1159; the 35th air detachment received number 1556; the 6th Army air detachment had numbers A1133, 969, 1518, 1524, 1553; the 17th Corps air detachment had numbers 1122, 1125, 1538, 1540, 1545, 1551, and 1554, while the 3d aviation park had number 1123, 1136, 1221, 8176, and 8757, all shipped from Great Britain in 1917. Excellent flying qualities of the Strutter led to the decision to mass produce it at the Lebedev factory. One Strutter (nr. 3437) was dismantled and measured. Production began at the end of 1917 and continued until 1923. The Strutter was used by both Whites and Reds. Lebedev's machines were heavier than those made in Britain and had poor production quality, with damp wood, peeling covering and bad assembly. Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters were still in Red first-line units in the mid-1920s.

    An interesting story is connected with the Soviet use of Strutters. Vladimir Lenin, considering himself as the leader of world revolution, decided to promote its victory by propaganda means, and sent an inquiry about the possibility of delivering leaflets to the European capitals at Berlin, Vienna and Budapest. For this purpose the UVVF (Administration of the Air Fleet) chose the Strutter. It could fly at safe altitudes, but its range was inadequate to return to Russia. The Red Air Fleet had a few Il'ya Muromets four-engine bombers, with adequate fuel capacity and long range, but its Achilles heel was low altitude and slow speed, plus it was vulnerable to fighter attack and ground fire.

    For this big propaganda effort six Strutters were prepared, with three pilots to fly to Berlin and three more to Vienna. Each plane was loaded with 35-70 pounds of leaflets in German with revolutionary slogans. Bad weather prevented their flights and soon the Reds signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3, 1918), so the flights were cancelled.

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    Costes/Astor's Strutter has been requisitioned for service with the RFC:

    I've always liked the two tone approach so had to do it for this repaint.
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    This was a complete repaint of an Ares model using Revell, Humbrol & GW acrylics
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    All finished with some Dom's decals
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    Pleased with how this came out, looking to do a couple as single seat bombers sometime.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    All of you have done very nice jobs . It would be hard to pick a favorite

  17. #67

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    Oh I do like that one Dave!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    Oh I do like that one Dave!
    I like that two-tone as well.
    Nice job!

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    Hi Dave,

    The two-tone scheme is very striking, nicely done.

    I had better hurry up and order more Strutters before they all go!

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    Nice. The two tone is really sharp.

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    Super two-tone Dave!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Default Sopwith Type 9700 -

    A quick conversion of a couple of Costes Strutters I received for m'birthday recently to the single seat bomber variant.

    The rear gun is removed, the 'gunner', such as he is, is decapitated and the rear cockpit packed with green putty which is the shaped and subsequently sanded prior to painting.
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    In this case I used Revell acrylic 42 - Olive Yellow for the fuselage & top sides, GW Screaming Skull for the undersides, GW snakebite leather for the struts and woodwork, Bolt gun metal on the nose & the fin touched in too.
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    Roundel decals from Dom where required and numbers from some old model kits
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    This is quite an easy conversion to do if you have a desire for the bomber version of this machine.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    A very neatly carried out operation Dave.
    Once again I am impressed.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

  26. #76

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    A very neatly carried out operation Dave.
    Once again I am impressed.
    Rob.
    Agreed, nice work Dave!

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    Great jobs by all of you. Maybe I will see Peters planes this month.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobP View Post
    Great jobs by all of you. Maybe I will see Peters planes this month.
    As long as you stop in at Cold Wars you certainly will see some of them.

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    Something different for me - re-painted Ares models (Costes / Astor Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter). Done a little bit hypothetically but a little bit based on photos. The CDL is notionally for FSL Douglas Alexander Hardy Nelles and the PC10 top surface / CDL sides is based on well known one for FSL Ronald Francis Redpath / AM1 AJ Dell except that one has PC10 sides to the fuselage. I wanted a half PC10 / half CDL so it would be different to the Ares Collishaw / Porstmouth with PC10 top and sides.

    These are for the up-coming extended OTT DYM campaign.

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    Two Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter Type 9700 - aka 'bomber' or one-seater. The all CDL one is Charles Hampden Stanley Butterworth, 3 Wing RNAS. The one with the teal blue top wing is fictional but based on the Kenneth Savory's Nieuport 11 'Bluebird'. The models are Shapeways Reduced Air Factor.

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    Strutter 'S8' N5236, A8166
    Declerq/Meunier 4me Escadrille
    roundel decals by miscmini, the rest homemade
    reference profile: Walter Pieters, The Belgian Air Service in the First World War
    repainted Costes & Astor

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    Great looking Strutters Paul and Chris. I can 't imagine not seeing the Belgie soon in an AAR.
    Last edited by Teaticket; 03-16-2022 at 13:47.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teaticket View Post
    Great looking Strutters Paul and Chris. I can 't imagine not seeing them soon in an AAR.
    Thanks, Peter. Don’t think they’ve flown in this OTT campaign but the did in the previous one. Thanks for the rep. Prob should have saved your rep ammo for an OTT AAR....assuming they’d be worthy. LoL

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    Those are some beauties, Paul. Not sure how I missed them <facepalm>

    Thanks, Peter! As soon as I think of somethin'...

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    Quote Originally Posted by malachi View Post
    Those are some beauties, Paul. Not sure how I missed them <facepalm>

    Thanks, Peter! As soon as I think of somethin'...
    They’re from March 2020, so missing them is forgiven. Lovely Belgian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShadowDragon View Post
    Thanks, Peter. Don’t think they’ve flown in this OTT campaign but the did in the previous one. Thanks for the rep. Prob should have saved your rep ammo for an OTT AAR....assuming they’d be worthy. LoL
    No, haven't seen them in this block of the campaign. Have you been holding them back?

    I still have a bit of AAR reading to catch up so the REP gun should work fine as I go through the missions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teaticket View Post
    No, haven't seen them in this block of the campaign. Have you been holding them back?

    I still have a bit of AAR reading to catch up so the REP gun should work fine as I go through the missions.
    There was one strutter in mission 3 but it's not in most of the photos - just the way it worked out. For the other two missions with 2-seaters I wanted to use new kit - the Short 184 and the Voisin. No fear, a strutter or two will show up in the next mission.

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    Nice work Paul and Chris (if a tad late with the praise Paul ). Really like the Belgian Strutter.
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Plucky Belge, nice job Chris, soon to be seen burning over the trenches I expect !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Appreciate the comments, all.
    Paul - I was not aware of the "bomber" version until recently. Yours are spiffy; I'll need to add a couple to the list.
    Dave - if all goes according to plan... which it never does.

    I posted some pics of my recent customs (BE2c, SPAD7, and this one) to a family thread and someone asked "is that a dog on the back of one of the planes?"
    This was a new one on me. Took awhile to figure it out.
    "Nope, it's the Ares version of a Lewis machine gun."

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    Quote Originally Posted by malachi View Post
    Appreciate the comments, all.
    Paul - I was not aware of the "bomber" version until recently. Yours are spiffy; I'll need to add a couple to the list.
    Yup, it was the "bomber" version because removing the rear crew position allowed for more bombs. The two-seater was a general purpose plane, such as escorting other planes, for the RNAS.

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    Nice work, as always, Chris.


    You too, Paul - somehow I missed your post from TWO YEARS AGO!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    Nice work, as always, Chris.


    You too, Paul - somehow I missed your post from TWO YEARS AGO!
    Complete mystery to me why you missed it, Pete. March 2020 - can't remember anything significant happening then that would distract anyone.

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    Super Strutter, Chris!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Quote Originally Posted by malachi View Post
    reference profile: Walter Pieters, The Belgian Air Service in the First World War
    Got to get a copy of this book!
    Can't find it anywhere.
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Thanks, Tim! I sent you an email with a couple possibilities. Just what you need, more profiles to paint

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    email received, thanks!

    Oh, No - not MORE repaints!!!!!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

  48. #98

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    Finally got this one finished up. Repaint of French Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter.

    Painted Engine cowl and tail Vallejo Deep Yellow.
    Touched up the tail with Vallejo Blue, Vallejo White and Vallejo Terracotta.

    Four leaf clover decal is home made by me. The Escadrille 66 emblem is by teaticket.

    I just had to do something to make this plane took a bit more fun!

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    Quote Originally Posted by camelbeagle View Post
    Finally got this one finished up. Repaint of French Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter.
    Dan your repaint looks really good
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