A bag of string

[redruffensore]

It's done, fini, throw away the box! I'm done too. Anyone really want some karma, rig a DeHavilland or Sopwith!

There are 30 pieces of invisible thread here, inserted or attached to 60 holes or posts. Some may ask why I said building a biplane is a physical exercise, try it. Your body will ache in more places than you ever dreamed from the Japanese body arrangement one has to do to get to certain places for the thread and small parts.

Today, out of the 30 threads attached, I bet I lost 12 to 15. Three broke (one twice) after I had them attached and cut. I had to build two new rigging eyelets. But I persevered, I hung in there, I fought the bear and I clawed the bear more than the bear clawed me. I cussed (loudly), sure the neighbors heard me once.

This Sopwith Strutter represents a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter of No. 3 Wing, RNAS It was delivered to No. 3 Wing in May 1916 and assigned to FSL Raymond Collishaw. On November 10, 1916 Collishaw received his first of 70 victories in this Strutter, downing a Fokker E.III during a raid on Oberndorf.

Caz

For any of interest in comparisons, here are two shots of the beginning and the end, the first Sopwith fighter of WW I and the last Sopwith fighter of WW I. It is not only a nice comparison in the development of the fighter from early to mid 1916 to the end of the war, but it shows the different in the brown PC 10 Drab and the darker green PC12 Drab. It also shows the difference in the blue of the roundels used by the RFC in 1926 and that of the RAF of 1918.

[Icehound]

Really nice job Caz I just dont know know how anyone could have the patience for the rigging ,it would drive me nuts.

Thanks for posting the pics of your Strutter.

Regards

Mark

[dixieflyer]

Great job! The 1.5 Strutter is one of my faves.

Warren

[Maxidad]

What a beautiful build - well done. Rigging is fantastic especially considering it's 1/72 scale.