Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: ysi_maniac on December 13, 2013, 12:47:11 PM

Title: World War I fighters
Post by: ysi_maniac on December 13, 2013, 12:47:11 PM
Sopwith Camel with RR Falcon engine (a decent engine indeed) Who cares of CoG?

(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/camel_falcon.jpeg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/ysi_maniac/media/Drawing/camel_falcon.jpeg.html)
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: ysi_maniac on December 14, 2013, 12:47:38 PM
Evolution of Brisfit in extended WWI  :)

(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/Brisfit_adv.jpeg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/ysi_maniac/media/Drawing/Brisfit_adv.jpeg.html)
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: Old Wombat on December 14, 2013, 03:34:47 PM
Just how far are you extending WW1? ???

Nice whif's but I think the wing loading might be getting a bit high by the last one, though. ;)

:)

Guy
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: ysi_maniac on December 15, 2013, 02:07:44 AM
^^^^^
Just to connect with WWII: 1914-39, 25 years long. :D
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: Old Wombat on December 15, 2013, 02:20:15 AM
So, these later planes are all being flown by young girls & the odd pre-pubescent boys, then? :o

;)

Guy
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: Daryl J. on December 16, 2013, 10:51:25 AM
 I still wish to "steampunk" the Bristol Fighter, Sopwith Camel, and a parasol version of the Albatross D.V all in 1/32.   
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: Old Wombat on December 16, 2013, 08:56:59 PM
The Bristol Fighter, by the way, is my stand-out favourite aircraft of WW1, with the Sopwith Camel a short stone's-throw behind it.

:)

Guy
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 14, 2021, 02:09:49 AM
Its actually a post war Bristol Tourer but one gets an idea of what a floatplane version of the Bristol Fighter might have looked like:

(https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/dd/Im19201112Er-p488%28a%29.jpg)
(https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/b/bd/Im1920EnV130-p488.jpg)
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 30, 2023, 01:50:09 AM
Does anyone know if there was ever a 2 seat variant of the Fokker Eindecker?  I am thinking as a trainer of sorts.
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: elmayerle on July 30, 2023, 03:41:09 AM
Does anyone know if there was ever a 2 seat variant of the Fokker Eindecker?  I am thinking as a trainer of sorts.
Not that I know of, but when has that stopped anyone here?
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: robunos on July 30, 2023, 04:46:47 AM
I'll need to go through my references, but I'm sure that the early eindeckers at least, had enough room in the cockpit fot two crew, even if they didn't have two seats as such, the crew instead sat astride a bench arranged fore and aft in the fuselage.


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: raafif on July 30, 2023, 07:56:27 AM
interesting .. I'll have to think up a few.  Recently found out that Tasmania was given a HALBERTSTADT-CL11 in 1920 !
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: apophenia on July 30, 2023, 08:56:42 AM
I'll need to go through my references, but I'm sure that the early eindeckers at least, had enough room in the cockpit fot two crew, even if they didn't have two seats as such, the crew instead sat astride a bench arranged fore and aft in the fuselage.


cheers,
Robin.


The one-off prototype Fokker M 6 two-seater was based on the airframe of the M 5 prototypes for the E 1 fighter. However, the wing panels were raised to the fuselage top-frames (making it a bit trickier for modelling).

-- http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/pictures/Fokker/Military/Fokker%20M6.jpg (http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/pictures/Fokker/Military/Fokker%20M6.jpg)
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: robunos on July 30, 2023, 05:06:17 PM
I'll need to go through my references, but I'm sure that the early eindeckers at least, had enough room in the cockpit fot two crew, even if they didn't have two seats as such, the crew instead sat astride a bench arranged fore and aft in the fuselage.


cheers,
Robin.


The one-off prototype Fokker M 6 two-seater was based on the airframe of the M 5 prototypes for the E 1 fighter. However, the wing panels were raised to the fuselage top-frames (making it a bit trickier for modelling).


-- [url]http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/pictures/Fokker/Military/Fokker%20M6.jpg[/url] ([url]http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/pictures/Fokker/Military/Fokker%20M6.jpg[/url])



I think that's the one, I only read a written description, no image . . .


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: raafif on July 31, 2023, 07:16:53 AM
They need bombers too.  WW1 transition into WW2 era ....
Title: Re: World War I fighters
Post by: apophenia on July 31, 2023, 10:10:08 AM
They need bombers too.  WW1 transition into WW2 era ....

Very nice  :smiley: