wooden half-twin-Triplane (Sopwith China)

Tophe · January 30, 2009, 08:28:10 AM

Maybe Darwin was right: before closed canopies came, "survival of only the best suited" made the 'aerodynamic' pilot as winner of the skies, the only one to make babies (little babies, like puppet toys).
However, that will not make me the winner of a model show, or... what if the judges smoke special mushroom?

John Howling Mouse · January 30, 2009, 10:30:44 AM

Heh, heh, as soon as I saw the subject title "half-twin-triplane" I knew it had to be a Tophe creation, even before I saw your name!

Will you paint these/this planes/plane, Tophe?

Tophe · January 30, 2009, 11:17:04 AM

Quote from: John Howling Mouse on January 30, 2009, 10:30:44 AMWill you paint these/this planes/plane, Tophe?

The wood natural colour is already a camouflage on my wooden floor and wooden shelf...
Usually, I put paint to hide the putty but here no putty so no paint. (But I do respect the great paint work of all modellers here, I am just far worse, sorry).

Brian da Basher · January 30, 2009, 04:38:17 PM

Very cool Tophe! It's alwaya a real treat for me to see your imaginative projects, and even more so when you use such unique kits as the starting point.

Hmmm wood grain camo, now that's an idea!

Brian da Basher

Tophe · January 30, 2009, 10:34:37 PM

As this model of mine is made a single-seater from 2 single-seaters, one pilot is remaining plane-less. I will use him/her on another one. Because the Chinese wood models I receive were more than 1+1 but 3+2. I will start another topic with the new ones I am building this week-end (I could post them here, but I prefer different addresses/links for my personnal what-if web-site). Thanks for all the nice comments above, concerning what I judge as severe delirium without skills...