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Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Bite Me! (or Tiger Mouth/Anything with a mouth) GB => Topic started by: robunos on July 23, 2022, 05:28:48 AM

Title: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: robunos on July 23, 2022, 05:28:48 AM: I'm a bit a bit late to this GB, but I'm hoping I can get this completed before the end . . .
While finding out the kit for my 'Haifisch' Build here :-
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10432.msg199727#msg199727
what did I happen to find on the pile next to it ? This kit . . .

(https://i.postimg.cc/vy3ywmmq/00-box.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

and look at the markings !!
Here's the sprue,

(https://i.postimg.cc/b8rhyjDz/00-sprue.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

and the fuselage halves glued together.

(https://i.postimg.cc/VfGPqKTQ/00-fus-glued.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

That's All For Now, Stay Tuned . . .

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 24, 2022, 01:08:52 AM: :smiley:
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: apophenia on July 24, 2022, 08:58:15 AM: Off to another great start :smiley:

And let's face it, something named Dolphin deserves to be a bit more svelte than Messrs Sopwith's original offering :o
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: robunos on August 03, 2022, 04:28:18 AM: Okay . . .
Just a quick update, the model assembled and ready for painting . . .

(https://i.postimg.cc/Dfmy61Xj/01-paint.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

I've moved the wing and undercarriage back slightly, and the original idea was to paint and finish the engine block before adding it, hence the black paint, but with hindsight, it'll be easier to paint at the end . . .

That's All For Now, stay tuned . . .

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: Kerick on August 03, 2022, 05:11:57 AM: I will surely stay tuned! I’ll have to look this one up and see about how the pilot aimed the guns. From the artwork it looks like a strange method.
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: Frank3k on August 03, 2022, 06:52:42 AM: Looks good, Robin.

The Dolphin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Dolphin) was a weird looking plane - perfect for a one wing conversion!
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: Buzzbomb on August 04, 2022, 07:44:04 AM: Nice one. Also good to see a non Vacform kit of this
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: Dr. YoKai on August 07, 2022, 10:01:58 PM: I didn't even know the kit was available. The Dolphin 'as-is' is a great WW1 whif-the monoplane transformation should be nifty!
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: robunos on August 07, 2022, 10:39:05 PM: Kovozavody Prostejov are doing what I hoped Airfix were going to do, after they released their BE.2 and Eindecker.
They're releasing several kits of Great War types, like the Dolphin, Roland 'Haifisch', Breguet 14, and Salmson 2A2, that were previously only available as vacforms, resin kits, or short-run kits from the likes of Pegasus, Merlin, etc.

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: robunos on August 30, 2022, 02:11:53 AM: And we're done . . . !
Sopwith Dolphin, unknown RNAS squadron, Dover, 1918

(https://i.postimg.cc/dq4t1PgX/Dolphin11.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/2rhkWBPn/Dolphin14.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/x9Q0312h/Dolphin18.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

More in the Gallery Thread.
That's All, Folks . . . !

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 30, 2022, 02:27:56 AM: :smiley:
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: Robomog on August 30, 2022, 05:27:29 AM: Do like the teeth on this one :smiley: :smiley:

Mog
>^-.-^<
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: Old Wombat on August 30, 2022, 09:16:00 AM: Looks like one of those Japanese Noh "demon" masks.
Title: Re: Sopwith Dolphin - A One Wing Biplane.
Post by: robunos on August 31, 2022, 04:57:48 AM: They remind me of Heraldic Beasts, or the monsters you find on medievial maps . . .

cheers,
Robin.