Hi John! I always enjoy your presentations (dioramas). Is the truck part of the model? Where we can find it?
Siu On Oct 5, 8:19 pm, momma bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WOW nice. > Ana > > On Oct 5, 4:28 pm, "John Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Sopwith Gunbus, in its original configuration, was a floatplane. Ordered > > by the Greek government in 1914, the six planes on order never made it to > > Greece--they were commandeered by the British Admiralty when war was > > declared five months later. This model is of the later landplane version. > > Originally designed with a 100hp Gnome rotary engine, it was later > > reconfigured with a 150hp water cooled eight cylinder Sunbeam engine, and > > lengthened a little bit. This model is the later version. Even with this > > more powerful engine it took 15 minutes to climb to 3,500 feet. > > > Even though it was not a very successful flying machine, it was Sopwith's > > first "fighter." 29 were built, but only 12 of them by Sopwith. The other 17 > > were built by Robey and Co. It is the delivery of one of these that is > > depicted in this model. The planes were delivered with the wings detached > > and crated separately, then assembled at the airfield. > > > This model is by Jim Fainges, a very talented Australian designer who, > > unfortunately, has not published many of his large collection of models. His > > model of the Bristol Bulldog was made available through this list several > > years ago. You can also get a CD of his models of Those Magnificent Men and > > their Flying Machines from Fiddlers Green http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/ > > Fiddlers Green is struggling to get back online, so try them later. > > > The main problem building this model was the boredom of installing the eight > > or ten thousand bits of rigging. OK, maybe that's a slight exaggeration--it > > just seemed like eight or ten thousand. > > > I am attaching in the next letter some pictures of the real thing, as well > > as the old newspaper photos that inspired Jim to design this model. > > > -- > > John Freeman > > Check us out at--http://2oldkiters.smugmug.com/ > > > 1 sm.jpg > > 73KViewDownload > > > 4 sm.jpg > > 79KViewDownload > > > 5 sm.jpg > > 72KViewDownload > > > 8 sm.jpg > > 52KViewDownload > > > 11 sm.jpg > > 66KViewDownload > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
