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[GaryK]

Using that Le Rhone as a warmup after 40 years, I think I have most of my kinks worked out.

So for my next project I will be building the Hasegawa 1/8 Scale Sopwith Camel. Since it wood for the most part, and I work with wood a lot, I figured this will be
a good long term project.

I use to really excel at wood planes. This is probably 80% wood so I will feel comfortable with it.

If any of you are interested here are the Instructions, Parts List, Errata sheet, and some artwork that came in the kit.

Plans and Parts List

It's a good thing I have a large format scanner.

Anyway that what's next on the agenda. Wish me luck!

Gary

[LSP_Typhoonattack]

Good luck.

[DrDave]

Do you have the pdfs for the Dr1 and SE5a?

[GaryK]

I have everything for the Dr1 but I haven't scanned them yet. Nothing for the SE5a.

[Legalflyer]

Gary

You made my day and you are a saint !

I have the Camel kit for almost 20 years now and I lost years the instruction booklet, parts list and color scheme. There are also some wooden parts missing. I tried contacting Hasegawa in the USA and Japan but never got a reply. Tried other forums but no luck. Then this morning I checked your post and I could not believe my eyes... You scanned the complete documentation in pdf !

I cannot thank you enough Gary ! You prevented me from throwing away the kit !

Now I can start the kit but it will be a challenge. I am missing several diecut wing spars and the instrument panel so I will have to make these myself.

All the best,

[GaryK]

Gary

You made my day and you are a saint !

I have the Camel kit for almost 20 years now and I lost years the instruction booklet, parts list and color scheme. There are also some wooden parts missing. I tried contacting Hasegawa in the USA and Japan but never got a reply. Tried other forums but no luck. Then this morning I checked your post and I could not believe my eyes... You scanned the complete documentation in pdf !

I cannot thank you enough Gary ! You prevented me from throwing away the kit !

Now I can start the kit but it will be a challenge. I am missing several diecut wing spars and the instrument panel so I will have to make these myself.

All the best,

I'm glad I made your day. I know it's not much but I also have the Spare Parts Order Form HERE. It's from 1982 though!

I hope that you have the full sized plans, because you will need them. I am going to try to find a place that can make a copy of them for me so that I won't have to cut up the originals. They are 43" x 29.5". (inches)

I loved Brugge!

Gary

[GaryK]

Do you have the pdfs for the Dr1 and SE5a?

I took the time today and scanned the paperwork for the Fokker Dr1. You can get them HERE.

If you know of someone with the paperwork for the SE5a and is willing to send them to me I can scan and return them.

Gary

[GaryK]

I realize that I may have gone overboard here, but I have added pictures to my Sopwith Manuals. Mainly it's to remind me of what's where rather than digging through the box.
I took a picture of all the parts in the kit and combined them all into a new PDF with the other manuals. I have taken a pictures of everything except the wood sticks, but I did take
a picture of the labels on the packages they come in.

It's now 82MB for those looking to download it HERE.

I will be starting it in the next couple of days. Just spending a few days reading and re-reading the instructions getting everything clear in my head.

[Legalflyer]

I'm glad I made your day. I know it's not much but I also have the Spare Parts Order Form HERE. It's from 1982 though!

I hope that you have the full sized plans, because you will need them. I am going to try to find a place that can make a copy of them for me so that I won't have to cut up the originals. They are 43" x 29.5". (inches)

I loved Brugge!

Gary

Gary,

I have the original plans and also a full copy of them made at a copycenter who work a lot for architects.

Glad you liked Brugge !

Greetings,

Dimi.

[GaryK]

Got started yesterday. Spent all day just organizing (most) everything. I grouped parts from all over the kit into assemblies like Engine, Machine Guns... Mainly plastic parts. I also marked all the different sizes of wood strips so I wouldn't have to search for them later.

I will make the plastic assemblies later because I am waiting for a new Paasche airbrush I ordered.

Now on the the assemble!

The sides of the fuselage go together like they would for any wood model. Here they are while they are still flat.




The kit included some pretty nice jigs for bending the fuselage which need to be bent in two locations.




Here you can see the sides all bent. What the instructions say to do is to make a small series of cuts (kerf cuts) with a razor saw. Then get them wet and clamp them in the jigs and use a hot hair dryer to set the bend in shape. You can see all the little marks on the drawing for making the cuts.



I really didn't want to cut up the sides so luckily I have a bending iron I bought a long time ago in the attempt to make a violin. You just get the wood wet and bend it around the iron (which is very hot) until the bend is set.




Well I finally got started!

[A.Wolf Grant]

I'm so pleased to see this being build - I remember when Hasegawa first launched these kits and looking at them on the shelves whistfully because I couldn't afford one. I still can't but at least I can watch this one being built !

Incidentally, Hasegawa are showing their Fokker DR-1 as being a limited re-release. Now, where's that penny jar.

Grant.

[Austinjj23]

Looking cool so far.. I cant wait to see how this progresses along.
By the way, which paasche airbrush did you order?? I have 3 completely different types and classes of paasche airbrushes. and 1 iwata eclipse. My most recent purchase was a double action gravity fed paasche talon. Very very nice all-purpose brush... if you happened to order that one, you will not be disappointed. Only one little thing that i disliked about that one. Anyhow. Keep the pictures coming. I'll be watching, and reading.
Austin

Edited by Austinjj23, 18 July 2012 - 07:22 AM.

[GaryK]

Looking cool so far.. I cant wait to see how this progresses along.
By the way, which paasche airbrush did you order?? I have 3 completely different types and classes of paasche airbrushes. and 1 iwata eclipse. My most recent purchase was a double action gravity fed paasche talon. Very very nice all-purpose brush... if you happened to order that one, you will not be disappointed. Only one little thing that i disliked about that one. Anyhow. Keep the pictures coming. I'll be watching, and reading.
Austin

I bought the H series. I went single action because I HATE cleaning. I have a double action but I dread using it because I know that I will have to spend a bunch of time cleaning it.

[GaryK]

Getting ready to glue the two halves of the fuselage together, but before I do that I have been reading the instructions for hours (literally) making sure that I understood everything that goes in there. I really don't want to have to take it apart in case I forget something. The drawings can be a little confusing. Many views with a lot of them showing the same things over again. There are mistakes on the drawings also so I have to double check everything.

The kit comes with even more nice jigs. This time they are assembly jigs. The first two pictures show the black plastic jig that serves to keep the fuselage square. The last picture shows a jig to keep the tail end of the model lined up. Not only does it do that, but it also extends the jig up and down so that when its laid on the table it at the correct level if it's either set bottom or top facing up.

The next time you see this both sides will become one!

[A.Wolf Grant]

That's impressive . . although, as you say, there are mistakes in the instructions it does seem as though Hasegawa have tried to help with alignment etc. Those jigs are not your everyday inclusion with a kit! I'm looking forward to every step of the way.

Grant