Okay, I'm in

[The Rat]

Had this idea a long time ago, and have been searching for the Academy Sopwith Camel. Why? Because it's inexpensive, and I needed two. Stopped into a hobby shop in Cambridge today and there they were, sitting together on a shelf. About $13 later and they were mine!

This is the original sketch I drew, but it may not be final. The centre fuselage may get attached to the upper wing, like the Heyford.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sopwith Bactrian



I won't have a lot of time to get this done so it will probably come out a bit rough, but I couldn't resist trying. As befits Tophe's wish for peaceful aircraft this will probably be simply a 'one-off' experimental type which was not pursued, or whatever other peaceful purpose some of you might suggest.

[Tophe]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sopwith Bactrian

As befits Tophe's wish for peaceful aircraft this will probably be simply a 'one-off' experimental type which was not pursued, or whatever other peaceful purpose some of you might suggest.

Wonderful project though it will be hard to build as model: connecting 2 parts of wing is difficult, doubling that for a biplane is twice a challenge... I could not , as far as I am concerned, I wish you will succeed ...

Questions:
- where the central pod will come from?
- will there be cockpits/cabins only in the pod or also in lateral fuselages? (depending on the answer, the reason to build/sell such a plane may find different ways: with lateral passengers, separated, I imagine a prison-plane, to bring dangerous prisoners to a jail-island without danger for the crew, or some tourist great-view organization, with 2 price classes...)

Thanks for joining my peaceful way, but remember I am not a JMN, hating difference: I respect the what-if modellers loving weapons, as they accept my discomfort about killing tools. I know Hitler had to be killed, I just don't like much to celebrate killing... There are different ways to find personal balance, and as I don't have much balance , psychiatrists say , wiseness is probably elsewhere .

So: thanks for the Bactrian drawing, thanks hopefully for the Bactrian model...

[The Rat]

I don't think joining up the wings will be too difficult, especially with the amount of glue that I usually smear on things.  

I have a choice for making the centre section. I could do it the easy way and carve some balsa, or maybe use some of the droptanks that are laying around from other models. Maybe I could build it out of those bread bag ties that I like. It probably should be rather slab-sided instead of rounded, that's usually the way things were built back then.

Your idea of keeping the original cockpits is interesting. I was going to fill them in, but I'll think about it. If it gets presented as a prototype then they will be filled, but as a passenger plane they would remain open.

[NARSES2]

Looks a bit like one of the anti-Zeppelin aircraft that were planned/built using the 3pdr COW gun as main armament.

Chris

[Tophe]

Looks a bit like one of the anti-Zeppelin aircraft that were planned/built using the 3pdr COW gun as main armament.
Chris

Yes, see the   Blackburn TB = double Blackburn L at http://www.newzeal.com/aviation/BL/blackburn.htm

I have a choice for making the centre section. I could do it the easy way and carve some balsa

You are lucky to have such skills: scratch-builing in balsa is "easy" for you? I am jealous...

[Leigh]

Yeah there's a fine line between genius and insanity isn't there?