Sopwith SparrowHawk - A 1/32 Whiff...

deathjester · January 18, 2013, 09:33:54 AM

Here we go!

Decided I should have a go at this, as that spare engine has just been sitting there going 'please build me!'

And it just so happens that I've got stonking great biplane hanging around...!

Here's the pilot figure that came with it - I reckoned that he needed a shoulder holster and ammo belt for a Browning Auto pistol...

And here's that engine, all 27 cylinders of it!

PR19_Kit · January 18, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Just a TAD overpowered then?

kerick · January 18, 2013, 12:35:45 PM

Don't worry, there's no such thing as overpowered!

deathjester · January 18, 2013, 01:57:08 PM

Quote from: kerick on January 18, 2013, 12:35:45 PM
Don't worry, there's no such thing as overpowered!

Exactly.

(I never see it as overkill, rather as justenoughkill...)

JayBee · January 18, 2013, 02:26:30 PM

Just stay with the two blade wooden prop and if it agrees to stay in one pice then you should not tear the wings off.

I am looking forward to seeing the end result.

deathjester · January 20, 2013, 02:29:22 PM

A little update - new u/c went together ok, new wing fitment works pretty well, and the engine and prop are all together.

deathjester · January 21, 2013, 03:45:10 PM

Quick update - decided the tail was much too small, and that I should really fit the engine, and loads of other little additions...

Captain Canada · January 24, 2013, 06:52:26 PM

Haha...that thing is sick ! What's the spinner made of ? looks like one of those things that holds the shade on a lamp ?

deathjester · January 25, 2013, 01:34:21 AM

Quote from: Captain Canada on January 24, 2013, 06:52:26 PM
Haha...that thing is sick ! What's the spinner made of ? looks like one of those things that holds the shade on a lamp ?

Oh no, it's a part from a 1/24 scale Harrier! From the rockrt pods.

Rheged · January 25, 2013, 02:06:55 AM

Is it just my imagination, or is the chap standing beside this fascinating creation pointing at the engine in a rather anxious sort of way?.............or is it a self-satisfied "I've got the most peculiar spinner in Christendom" sort of look?

deathjester · January 25, 2013, 01:58:23 PM

I believe it is an expression of extreme smugness...

deathjester · January 31, 2013, 03:35:11 PM

And here we are all done!

Shown here as part of the 'volunteer' Royal Thai Navy No. 2 Squadron, formed after the Emperor of Thailand appealed to his friends in the British Foreign Office for help with marauding Japanese raiding forces...

PR19_Kit · January 31, 2013, 03:49:12 PM

That's got to be the nearest thing to a supersonic bi-plane there ever was!

deathjester · January 31, 2013, 03:53:53 PM

Not so sure about that, but it should at least be able to pull off the old Beaver trick of taking off in its own propwash...

Captain Canada · January 31, 2013, 07:24:19 PM

Awesome ! Looks powerful eh ?