ec cco aA net l pwith Fl Camel 1/32 Scale ‘Theiconie Sopwith Camel, named forthe hump! overits guns, iy the most famous ofall First Wood War aircraft, if not by eight, then by name, Sepurth ered the crn nlite 1916 an foo orecome te sige gun andy ered byt acess hp Pup an arprove performarce with « more powerful engine. The initial Sopwith Fa Camel protetyp: was unveiled in ate December 1916 and feature a singe pices top wing, 2 Vickers Mic1" machine ginsand a 110hp Clerget 97, engine. Unlike their previous Pup and Trplane, the Camel featured 2 top wing with no dinedal coupled with 2 high 5° dihedral botiom wing whieh, combined with ts concentrated centre of gravity, helped contribute to is high manewerability ane well deserved ‘reputation aca difcal (and foqueatly dangorous) creat to fy. Additional prototypes wore produced with various improvements inching a3 piace top ‘wing with entre section cut-out and 130hp Clerget 95 engine, Testingby selected operational pilots n early 1917 brought mostly positive reports alongwith ‘few recommendations for adiitional improvements, some of which made thei way onto early production alert ‘The Sopwith F.1 Camel went into production in January 1917 and aircraft began equioping Royal Noval Ai Service (RNAS) and Reyal Fying Corps (REC) ‘Squadrons in May and June 1317. inital problems with performance above 10000ft, mostly attriputed tothe pcor quality of British manufactured 130%p Clerget 93 engines, were troubling and lead to various other engines eventually being used. The RNAS prefered the 150kp AR (Admiralty Rotary 1), later renamed the BR. (Bently Rotary‘), while the REC preferced the 170hp LeRhone 9 or the improved 14Ghp Clergt 98F when they became available. Many. 150hp Clerge: 9 engines were upgraded in the field to 140hp 9B¢ specifications after a ccnversion kit was made arallablein Api! 1918, he Sopwith Kaupet interrupter gear used by Cerget and Eentiey poworedsicraft proved troublesome but the Conctantinesco CC eynchronizing gear ueed by LeRhone powered ‘Camels were relatively trouble free. Other changes includedaileron contro horn tie wires, rerouting the talplanecontrolabléerit on theside ofthe fuselage anda field modified enlarged top wing centr section cutout which was inonporated on many late production aircraft, Afterits inital teething prcblems the Sopwith Camel proved tobe a highly capable fghterand, alongwith the SESx and French SPADs, helped wrest ai superiority ack fom the German Albstros fighters tovards the end of 3917. ‘Around $500 Camals were built by The Sopwith Aviation Company, Ruston Proctor & Ce, Boulton & Paul, Cayton & Shuttleworth, Niouport& Goneral Airecft, Hooper & Co, Fortholme Aerodrome, Marsh Jones & Crib and British Caudron. A shipkoard verscn with shorter wingspan and removable rear fuselage was produced forthe RNAS asthe Sopwith 2F.1 Camel fiom September 1917. A ght fighter conversion with? Lewis gans mounted onthe top wing and the pilot seated farther rearward: was own asthe Sopwith F.1/3 Comic: The USAS arranged to equip § equadrone with Camals, many of which were powered by the 160bp Gnome IN Monosoupape engine. Other nations to use the Camel were Begum, Eston, Lavia and Canada. although rendered ‘obsolete by the arial ofthe 280hp Sopwith 7P.1 Snipe in late 1918 the Carel continued to serve though tothe Armistice and was net oficilly declared obsolete hy theRAF until ate 1919, ‘Warcraft colours arecontensious athebestftinesand we have done ourbestto provide what weconsier tobe accurate pantinginformaton. Because Sopwith Camel ere manufactared by 9 different companite and Sopwith own factory drawings deignate both Cll Scheme f(PC10) and PCI? tie practically imposible to determine which colour a particule arf was Srished in, PCIO was made from mies of yellow ove, ion oxide an lap Hick Pigments and cou vary between olve drab and choccate row depending on the mix and time spent exposed tothe elements. FCI2 i slighty lee ‘centrovril although previous reports oft being red broum ar in errand it wae acaall dark cocoate brow. Long serving aircraft were invariably re doped and repaired with components sage fom other araftresikngin them wearing varouscombinatons of doped nish, Photographic evidence Inds that aftr tench strafing beame commonplace fr Camel equipped rit in 1918 the upper srfoces of many sircraft were cverpsinted witha matt amonflage colour that appeared paler than the factory applied dope Often the whit, and sometimes ed, ofthe top wir cckaes wee overated 3 well The undersides ofthe wigs, alane and often the fselage were left CDL (Cleat Doped Lines). Exterior wooden fuselage pands and abane& interplane stews vere usualy given a dark broum vamish although on some aircraft thse were day punted, Metal colings ouldbeleft unpainted aluminium, wth 2 tured finish on Sopwith bultaircraft although not were painted. Metal brachets andfitings were blac unless overpinted Te eal aeofol metal ube undercarsoge struts were usuly painted lack while the later production fabric wrapped undeccariage stcts were almost certainly finished in the sane eles te ule Al fabri rrfaes exhibited a glos appeatane when re which spd os ts shine reatioly quid in ove. Unlee many British aucraf, the Camel fequent feared clowrfl personal and nit markings although many ofthe moe exteme examples were restricted t alcratat traning unite and inmedite postwar evi kbar Alerander 2016 a Na TS ‘28ft 53m) 18.75% (602m) | (Clerget) 1424 Ib (691kg) 16mph (185kph) PETG Caley 5500 Somes 1 eoi800- + Bx 503 (7) Vices Meningitis St) oboe (Clerget) 20500t(6250m)_| _130-140hp Clerget 98 8& SBF, 150hp Bentley BR.1, 110hp Lekthone SJ or 160hp Gnome 9N Monosoupape WindsockDatafile 26 Sopwith Cans], IMBrace, 1991 ~ Schedile for Sopwith Camel plane 130 Horse Power Clergt Engine TypeF1, RAP1S13, ‘TheCand Hie, Ray Sturtvane & Gordon Page, Al Britaln 1988 ~ Sopnith Camel King of Combat, Chaz Boye, Glasney Pres 1978. ~ Sopwith Camel Aces of World War, Norman ranks, sprey2N(3. ~ 1914-18 Aviation Heritage rust - The Virtage Aviator LTD ~ Calin Owers - Private Caletions or H EI1/32 Scale Warning: Choking hazard Keep small parts and plastic kage away from children, Use gue and paint ina well ventilated area. 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Hints & Tips: Please visit our website for additional photos, hints and tips to assist you in getting the best result from your Wingnut Winge modal Construction Step @ Choose 0 Attention A Remove (al) Pare Number © DoNot Cement — [> option aA Drill [F1] Photo Etch Part @ Cement For Metal @ Otherside — Paine colour All colours Ene 31 Sa EB Brass x: Copper XP6 2 Gun Metal x10 27004 FEW Aluminium mate XEL6 27001 BB seca XPS56 27003 FEB Light Wood - semi gloss XE78" 93° 30340" Dark Wood! - semi gloss XP68" 98" 30111" Rubber -matt XP69 66 35042 EER eather - semi gloss E52 62. 30219 [BI clear Doped Linen (CD1) - semi gloss XE55 121 26405 PC12 dope - semi gloss XELO 98 20059 BBB ero dope - semi gloss XE62 (1) + XF10 (xl) 170 26120 PCIO paint - gloss XE62 (x2) + XF10 61) 170 16120 FE Black - semi gloss X18 85, FEB back Mustard Yellow - semi gloss KPA (x1) + XE59 (x1) 4 FEB) Atuminium -bright xa 27002 [EB battleship Grey (856) - semi gloss XBB2 106 35164 EE white - semi gioss ‘XF2 34 [Bi Rea - semi gloss XE? 60 31350 [GB Pero tight - mate & semi gloss ‘XF6X(x3) + XFS2 (x1) 155) 33070 Note: Apply clear varnish to achieve the desired gloss or semi-gloss finish, ‘See our website hints and tips for painting wood. q i H= apy] ev ann || cu Cc Se aa eeMagazines and back engine plate Por fcdage | ‘cabane struts Control column Bespade grip Interior fuselage detail from Sopwith F1 Camel completion of its restoration to ying status at The Vintage Aviator Ltd (TVAL) in late 2014. Note the. safety harness I ‘The exash and capture of several different instrument arrangements 0s: hhave chosen to model the most commonly seen version. s unidentified Clerget powered Sopwith F1 Camel allows us a rare view inside an operational aircraft showing the style of wicker seat, 30 gallon main petrol tank and carburetter induction pipes. Note how the dack paint applied to the engine cowlings has run under the access panels,© cocterrcontinuea Paint straps @) F Starboard faselage frame - ‘and abane™ 130hp Clerget 98 powered Sopwith E. Cay is from the same struts Sopwith production order as JH and served with "B” Flight 3 Sqn REC ‘until TJ Kent was shot down by ground fire and captured on 20 November 1917 as seen here. Note the empty Cooper bomb carrier and position of the Rotherham petrol pump. Interestingly, the top cowling a) remains in its Seren Sopwith factory turned aluminium finish while the side and engine With Sopwith Kaper cowlings have been overpainted in a dark colour, probably just a gloss interrupter gear ‘enamel paint version of PC10. BS386 was repainted in German markings — and flown until it was destroyed in the crash shown above. YA3S Hyland cocking GLAS) ‘andl type AY 65 gallon ol| tank. empty shell chutes 'nd gun Padding [ AAC eo ‘4INTERNAL RIGGING GUIDE [Rigging material not supplied \ — F 4 10mm F \ aa Bracing wirenot supplicd Daill hole for tails ‘control cable Drill hole for ‘more detail Front engine plate detail from crashed Clerget powered Sopwith built B1 Camel B3883 "2". Note the relatively clean state of the steel gear housing compared to the aluminium front engine plate. Diill hele for Dall holes for more detail S\salphneconteal Los Drill hole for tailaid control able ralssd ine acts GaN Fomine0) a2 + Tallplane detail from the Sopwith E1 Camel prototype shown on page 21. ACD Paint inside 4 veya Paint roxine padding QE) Paine inside Top couling Sqn REC shown on page 22 having the cockpit decki cutaway in the area » Cockpit decking detail from the Sopwith built Ea Camel B3823 'C 5! of 70 Note the cut down decking, style of windscreen and the Rotherham. petrol pump. Difficulty in clearing PY starboard gun stoppages lead to. many aircaft 7 eo 6 Dea Remove im detail y vi ee pine OOD Bottom wings nOcontrel cable exit points in the fuselage depending on manubicturer. Remove Vickers Mk.1" bared cooling jacket y g ian Ba co seafocrd bottom wing of BSS. hee ee nly crept ABC (3) yay pump ‘ = Pairing Tg. alley inapeetion door airing, 1» Codepit decking from Sopiit Camel B6355 as seen on page 1: the Aldis sight, windscreen, empty link. chute and position of the Rotherham petrol. pump. Vibrations from the Rotherham petrol pump could cause the cabane strut to split and various units repositioned this item to the undercarriage. [BEF SO eaten yin GD os. Windscreen @- Paine fameQ) i |x‘Top wing detail from Sopwith built B1 Camel B3623 'C 5’ shown on page 22. Note the small centre section cut out and how the cockade is painted into theaileron hinge gap. = Pa aging materiel crearael ‘Aileron Balance cable Inspection door Port top wing Palley inspection door ‘4 Sep ABC Sopwah Rl Camels odedwith Cooper bomb at ay e'25 Marth 1518. AfleAe 7408 °W- BD. then 57412 and on the far right is“ |bLate round steel tube & wooden fairing struts| a3} H ae rainceic@) TBM ae) Pane coelae i Fine coche Bat) Shield No.2 BE eae lee at ao TA SLA Mhess TENSES Lae Eo cea ‘ the aerofoil tube steel undercarriage with a stronger unit of round ft eeiee yuilcarcueariale un cane tue use erie arinine bees sine Palmer Detachable unidentified 79 Sqn Sopwith F1 Camel “V". Remarkably, a problem ‘Shield Nod with the port wheel unscrevring itself and falling off() was not fixed until May 1918 when opposite thread bolts and axles became available, Sopwith Camel undercarriage struts, especially the port side, wore perennially soaked in castor oil which spewed out from the engine. Note the Rotherham petrol pump and Palmer Detach- able Shield No.2. " EO OEE TEST mE MONE S)ED ior La) (> 130hp 9B. 140hp 9BF “ 130hp Clerget 9B engine as fitted to TVAL Sopwith F1 Camel RS663 RIGGING GUIDE Rigging material ‘et cuppli Pca oC EME mak130hp Clerget powered Sopwith Fl Camel BS3S: ight 3 Sqn REC wears the unit marking of 2 vertical bars behind the fuselage cockade. B6355 was captured on 6 November 1917 and it's pilot, AG Gribb, was made POW. Note the bomb carrier under ‘the fuselage and position of the Rotherham petrol pump on the front starboard cabane strut. 12 F " EM A AEN Me &PAINT COLOUR SCHEME AND DECAL GUIDE. Sopwith F. Camel B3934 "Wonga Bonga”, RH Daly (7 victories) & AP Brandon (1 victory), Ie iskaston War Hight RNAS, Jaiehuga 13t? D=0@8 EERE oC H A Paint wings and apply decals 2-22-21 69. 2) 8s ED [| | 130hp Clerget 98 powered Sopwith F:1 Camel BS834 was from a production order for 200 aircraft placed with The Sopwith | F| ‘Aviation Company LUD in June 1917 (numbers B3751 to B3950). It was delivered to RNAS Manston War Flight on 10 July | Hf 1917 in response to the growing air raid panic caused by Gotha bombers and flew several Anti Gotha Patrols over the next | [4 2 months piloted by RH Daly and AF Brandon, An almost brand new aircraft, B3834 is shown here with complete Sopwith | || factory stenciling and PC12() finish, The photo below shows that there is a Sopwith factory decal on the fuselage under the | cockpit but none appear to be applied to the struts. Tne words “Wonga Bonga” (Wonga = Gotha, because of ther distinctive ‘engine sound, & Bonga = smashe:) were painted on the starboard side of the Fuselage and, presumably, the port side as well, | alshough photographic evidence is lacking. After 8 months service B3834 was deleted in February 1918. 5 Sane i E H | H A i H H H B i H mE Arthur Brank Brandon was from Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa and fought against the Germans in South-West Arica before joining the RNAS. After servic in alonica, Brandon was invaded back to the UK in July 1917 but was fiying again by the morning of 22 August 1917 when, in B3834, he attacked a formation of Gothas returning from bombing Margate, Ramsgate and Dover. Fe reportedly destroyed Gotha G1V 683/16 before being forced to land after his engine was shot up. Undeterred, he took off again in another machine and continued his attackon the formation over the North Sea unite ran out of ammun Gin, Brandon was led following amid air collision on 26 October 1917. Rowan Heysood Daly was from Leigh-on-ea, Essex |) and woe credited with 3 victories during the Fnst World Wa, includinghelping shoot down 2 Gotha on 7 July 1917 in Sopwith | |) plane N58? “Ooslumburd”. He would he credited with 4 more victories in 1919 while fghtingthe Balshoviks in Russia with an RAB but would also be killed in a mi ar olision in 1923 aged just 25. cienntinnntantaennntncannnnneann a we z Te REN OT AUSTrn Se 15 Captured Jata4 Abate V1162/37 (isch capture number G56) phetographed 6 days before live Collet vas kiled while ying 130hp Clerget 93 powered Sopwith F.1 Camel 38898 1° was from the same Sopwith production order as [E> and was one of several Camels delivered to 70 Sqn RFCin July and August 1917 to replace their aging Sopwith 1 84/2 Structers thereby becoming the 1st RFC unit to be equipped with the Sopwith Came. It features Sopwith factory applied stencils, decals and PC12() dope finish. Photos ofocher 10San Sept Camas show ta te fase ny panen fin, hes an comlings were cverainted ina aclu. ebb als el paint version of PC1O. Like other 70 Sgn Camels at this time (as seen on BSE23 on page 22) we have illustrated B3B89 with a tall faringbshind the air induction pipe andthe unis markings repeated onthe top wing centre section, Clive Franklyn Collett was an engineer from Blenhiem, Now Zealand but was working in the UK when war was declared and so he Joined the REC. He qualified asa pilotin January 1915 and served with 11, 8 & 32 Sqns before being posted to 18Sqn in March 1916 where he few the Vickers FB.5 “Gun Bus". After being injured in a crash the fllowing month he ceturned the the UK and became a test plot, flying the latest now machines, captured aircraft and reportedly making the 1st British military parachute jump from an aircraft (@ BE.20 in January 1817. He was posted to the newiy Camel equipped 70 Sqn in late July 1917 as commander of B flight. CCollete was credited with his first victory in late July, 6 more in August (4 while fying B3889) and 5 in September before being ‘wounded in combat with Jasta 35. After recuperating in the UK he was serving with 73 Sqn when he was killed on 23 December 1917 ‘hile flying the captured Jasta 4 Albatros D.V 1162/17 (G56). Various accounts of the accident say thatthe Albatros broke up in mid air or that he was knocked out after being hit on the head by the exhaust pipe (which sounds unlikely) or ‘cowling (only slightly less likely). A court of inquiry found that he simply misjudged his height. Whatever the cause, the result was that he dived into the Firth of Forth and was llled. Clive wae 31 TERME PEN RUSSae TT mi on F L Sens a 43h Clerget 98 powered Sopwith F.1 Camel B3833 was from the same Sopwith production order as, BEY anc vas detinered to XN) Sqr RNAS inlte July 1917, Canadian ace AR Brown was credited with 3 victories while fying B3833 in September & October 1917, It was slated for overhaul in November 1917 and was crarsfered to (N) Sqnin January 1918, hen 1O(N),1(N) 8 the War School Manscon in Februry 1918 before finally being deleted in March 1918. B3893 appears tower actor C120) dened fabric fish with very dark browm wood. A poster from the musical revue “Zig Zag!” with te face of comedian George Robey “The Prime Minister of Mirth” was doped tothe pox (and. possibly starbeard) side ofthe fn The luminium coulings have een painted a ‘dark coloar presumed to bered. Other features include pointed spinner, exty production aetofol tube undercarriage and, although not vsblein the photograph availabe tows the Retherham petal pump is shown attached to the starboard front undercarriage strut as seen on other 90N) Sqn Camels this ime Arthur Roy Brown was from Ontario, Canada and trained to fly with the RNAS in 1915 but dvtoinjury® illness was not posted to a front line unie until April 1917 when he joined $(N) Sqn fying Sopwith Triplanes. Aftera succession of postings he found himself at 12(N) Sqn where he was credited with his 1st victory while lying 2 Sopwith Pup in July 1917. By September 1917 he was back with 9(N) Sqn which were now equipped wit Clerget powered Sopwith Camels. Hehad accumulated 9 victories by the time he, and Australian Machine gunners, shot down and killed 80 victory ace Manfred von Richthofen on 24 April 1918. DED Seis £9255 Nan et), WO Aleanor 3 itv), Aight 200) 5 RMS, January 1918 10hp Clerget 9B powered Sopwith Fl ‘Camel B6289 was from a production ‘order placed with The Sopwith Aviation Company LID in June 1917 for 250 aircraft (numbers (86201 to B6450). 85289 was dlivered to 10(N) Syn RNAS H in September 1917 and carries. the : | striking black & white striped cowlings associated with “A” Fight inate 1917 & ‘early 1918 (’B” Hight used red & white while “C” Hight used blue & white). Although B6289 is. (2)-GD- B) frequently tlustrated with a star on its wheels, only small black and white checkers are seen in the G7) ssp Fp PHS salable to us. The Sopwith Facey applied FC12@) Girish on the fuselage has been ‘overpainted, almost certainly with a shade of PCL2 (or PC1O) that would not match the wings, Harold Ludlow Nelson was from Bedford Pak London an joined the RNAS in November 1916. He was posted to 10(N) qa in maid August 1917 and was credited with 2 shared vitores while yng B6289 on 21 October 2917 but was shot down and killed by ground freon 29 Apel | | 1918. Nelson wao just 19 yeas old. 28 victory ace William Melle Alexander was fm Toranto, Canada and flow Sopwith 1 & Struters with the RNAS in early 1917, He was posted to O(N) Sqn in April 1917 and was credited with his fist victory on 2June 1917 hile fyinga | [ SopnithTriplane. Some sources state that Alexander was ying B628S on 23 January 1918 when he daimed his 13th victory. Hexeturned to. || CCanadaaftr the war and died in 1988 ge 90, Th Clerget poured Camels of TON) Sqh ad beon exchanged for 1SChp Bentley Br-1 powered amachines from 9(N) San by ently February 1918 and B6269 was ball damaged in alandingaccident at Marcesham ltr that month and was destroyed ina atl crash in late June 1918 that killed RG Haye. ATE STcc EN | | | William George Barker was from Manitoba, Canada and joined the Canadian Mounted Rifles in December 1914, Barker served in the trenches as a machine gunner until March 1916 when he transferred to the RFC and served as an observer in 9, 4, and then 15 Sqns before being posted for pilot training in November 1916. He was with 15 Sqn again in February 1917 until he was wounded in early August 1917 and posted to the UK as an instructor. He was not particularly happy as an instructor and was eventually posted to.28 Sqn as a Plight Commander and was back in France in time to be credited with his first 3 victories in October 1917. The following month 28 Sqn ‘were sent to Italy and he was credited with 43 ‘more victories with 28, 66 and 139 Sqnsbefore he returned to the UK in September 1918 to command the School of st Houn, slow. Again he found this unfulfling and in October 1918 was back in France with a brand new Sopwith Snipe on a ‘refresher course” with 201 Sqn. Having seen no action he was set to return to tho UK but went up for one last solo patrol on 27 October in which he shot down a two-seater before being jumped by at Teast 15 Fokker D-VIL, In the ensuing battle Barker was wounded, fainted, regained consciousness, wounded again and managed to shoot down at least 3 of the Fokkers before crash landing behind Allied lines. For this action, carvied out in full sight of many witnesses, Barker was awarded the VC. He left the RAF in 1919 and returned to Canada where he was nmercial aviat tobacco businesses before being Killed in a flying accident in March 1930. 17 Paint wings and apply decals Segre eaerieeeeeennraiaet Ware A| Sopwith £1 Camel B6313 was from the same Sopwith production order as [E> and powered by a artived C Flight commander William George Barker and received the unit marking of a white square be = _Temained the personal mount of Barkerand followed him to 66 Sqn RAF in April 1918 and 139 Sqn (a 7 Aecoplane Paik in October 1918. During this 12 month period, B6313 was repainte i , presumably installed in May 1918 when it underwent an ‘opening in the top wing centre section, painting additional bands around the fuselage a | spinner © empty bomb carrier brackets, white victory markings painted on the (Greg Van Wogan) ro Ae ETOEN 130hp Clerget 98 powered Sopwith F.1 Camel B7406 was from a production order for 200 aircraft placed with Ruston, Proctor & Co Ltd in July 1917 (numbers B7281 to B7480) and was delivered to 4 Sqn Australian Flying Corps (AFC) B7406 was being flown by HG Watson when he was credited fon 11 May 1918. B7406 features late production steel tube and wooden fairing undercarriage, boomarang markings on the fuselage used by 4 Sqn until being replaced with a vertical 'white bar’ in late March 1918 and the letter “W" on each side of the fuselage and on the top wing centre section, 37406 was damaged following a crash in late May and was rebuilt but found tobe underpowered so wae sent to Repair Parke 1 Aeroplane Supply Depot later that month. Herbert Gilles Watson was from Dunedin, New Zealand but vas living in Australia when wear broke ‘out so he enlisted in the Australian Army Service Comps and served at Gallipoli in 1915. Watson was medically evacuated to the UKin October 1915 and, after recovering, he transferred to the AEC Following training in the UK he was posted to 4 Sqn AEC in early February 1918 and by October 1918 had been crodited with 14 vietores Gneluding 3 balloons) and been made Flight Commander. Watson returned to Australia on furlough before the Armistice and bred race hersesin Vietoria until his death in 1842 thhis frst 2 victories over an “Albatros” on 19 April and a “Pfal: ETRuston, Proctor & Co production order as ED and was delivered to 70 Sqn RFC in January 1918. Tt was being flown by J Todd when he claimed a victory in February 1918 and again in March when {it was damaged by ground fire as shown here. Despite the apparent severity of the damage, B7320 was ableto be repaired by 70 Sqn personnel > 180hp Clergot 9B powered [onan Sopwith E1 Camel B9268 is from a production order for 200 aireraft placed with Boulton & Paul Lid in August 1917 (numbers B9131 to B9330). It is seen here at 2 training unit in the UK fitted with a Hythe gun camera and is believed to have been used by 17th Aero Sqn USAS as they familiarised themselves with the So Carel. Note the linen wrapped around the starboard rear abane strut under the Rother- hham petrol pump, weathered side — cowlings and the mismatched starboard bottom aileron eockade. sere TEE aa 7m ETN(0017006 Note the Sopwith factory sign writing on fin and decals applied to all struts. The lack of empty link 8 choll chutes visible in the ‘port cowlings indicate that this prototype aircraft was equipped for non-disintegrating cloth ammunition belts. Empty shells ‘exited through chutes in the undershield similar to the Pup & Tripe. Some very early production aircraft were similarly equipped F] but wore quickly modified once disintograting ink bolte became standard. Note that no Rotherham petrel pump is installed and ‘each wheal is fitted with a Palmer Detachable Shield No 1. (oro) H H E FF [| Unlike the very frst prototype F] sing. Note that chere is no Alds sight fitted. Hl i H i | om Note the Clerget engine, style of propeller and characteristically splayed Sopwith split undercarriage axles. Seraigeasen nara os o i OT (SpB q : f A A 4 E oT (0163-198) ‘180hnp Clerget powered 70 Sqn REC Sopwith F1 Camel B3823 °C 5” was being flown by Ronald Hume when he was shot down and captured on 28 July 1917. From the same Sopwith production order as [E> , 63823 was delivered to 70 Sqn REC on 16 July 1917 and exhibits many similar characteristics such as the dark appearance ofthe gloss enamel painted engine and fuselage cowlings, small fairings behind the air induction pipes, no vim detail around the petrol tank openings on the top decking and factory applied vahall 3-D Modelling by Darren M Born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand, Darten harnessed his creativity by attending the School of Design, gradusting with a major in Industrial design. During the degree he veloped s passion for form and the aesthetic appeal of preduct and how to utilise CAD software to realise and develop a concept. Joining Wingnut Wings as a 3D modeler has furthered his all in thece areae through the creation and ‘manipulation of complex 3D forms. When not designing WW1 model aircraft, Darren enjoys graphic baeed art and thie design, lot of whichis infuanced by his ‘ncerestin pop culture, typography and the retro 1950s. llth, Darren isa sfconfesved movie buff and sports fan. stencling on the elevator, horzontal tailplane and side of the fuselage, Individual aireraft identification markings were usually applied to the top wing centre section because the outer wings were frequently replaced due to battle damage and general wear and tear. Box Art by Steve Anderson Steve Anderson is an avid historian of military aviation, with a special interest in the many beautiful biplanes and tviplanes of World War The aircraft and battles of famous World War | acer such a¢ Baron Manfred von Richthofen (etter known a5 the “Red Baron’), James McCudken, Raoul Lufbery, Emst Udet, Werner Voss, and other pioneers of dogfighting are among Steve's favorite subjects. ‘An Artist Fellow of the American Sacety of Aviation Artists, Steve ‘creates works that reflec. scrupulous attention to histocically accurate detail fiom the colorful marking on the fuselages tothe time of day of anactual battle Visit Steve's website at: wwwanderson-art.com. Profile Art by Ronny Bai Ronny Bar developed a heen interest in cnplanes from an early age, living dose at the El Palomar ‘Ai Force Bago in Buenes Aires. He Grat lew in the back seat of 21-34 Mentor trainer at the age ‘of ten, and was soon drawing airplanes and building models: Spitfire: and Messerschmitt Gist. Camels snd Fokkers later. He became a successful bass player with a career lasting over 35 years in several Rock bands, recording ton albums (one of them being a National hit selling more than 100,000, copies) and performing countless concerts, TV shows and tours all over Argentina Now retired from the Rin'R scene, his interest returned tohis early passion: Aviation Artwork, Visiting the WWI aircraft collection ot Hendon focused his already growing interest for thet historic period. His artwork is regularly appearing in journals and. publications like Windsock Worldwide, Windsock Datafies, Cross &Cockadeand Over the Front Visit Ronny's websiteat: wueronaybarprofiles.com Historic aireraft photos courtesy of the 1914-18 Aviation Heritage Trust and Colin Owers (unless credited otherwise). Project Co-ordinator, Richard Alexander AA native of Wellington New Zealand, Richard Alexander has a long term interest in military history, race cars &e local divers from mator sports golden era of the ‘60's. Other interests Inchide mountain biking, scotch and cigars ‘An accomplished modeller Richard's models have twice been awarded Best Overall in Show at IPMS{N2) National Conventions land earned him the inaugural TamiysCon(NZ) Master Medeller ‘ward (along with the associted trip to Japan) in 2001. Many of his works are in private collections around theworld,thoughhe no Tonger accepts commissions. Richard has been in the modal and hobby industry since 1991 and brings with him a keen eye for detail and a passion for ensuring ‘ur models ate enjoyable to build Soif there i anything you don't, like about this mo¢el, you can blame him. 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