Bishop Hobbies

11/21/2017  I purchased this a few months ago on Ebay.  It's made by Hasegawa and is no longer in production.  This is what the Hasegawa web site says about the model:

The Sopwith Camel was first flown by the Royal Naval Air Service's No. 4 Squadron in June 1917. A late addition to Britain's World War I arsenal, the Camel proved to be a formidable foe against Germany's Albatros. It was highly maneuverable and incredibly fast, so it was a perfect choice for nighttime air raids. Today, the Sopwith Camel remains one of WWI's most iconic aircraft. This structure model kit features new tooling, museum-quality details, all-plastic construction, silver metal-plated cowl parts, functional rudder and flap parts and realistic rubber tires.

Following the instructions I've first built the Clerget 130 HP 9B rotary engine.  Painted as follows:

Model Master Metalizer Laquer aluminum plate and burnt metal

Spark Plug cables – EZ line

12/3/2017 Here are some new updated pictures of the build.

Wood Frame: Tamiya XF-57 buff followed by Tamiya X-24 to give a varnished look.

Metal parts:  Model Master Metalizer Laquer aluminum plate & Tamiya XF-1 flat black and X-11 crome silver

Instrument Panel: Model Master leather, Tamiya XF-1 flat black and X-12 gold.

Landing Gear Legs: Tamiya XF-5 green

12/4/2017 Horizontal and vertical stabilizer is finished and rigged.  The control stick and rudder bar now actuate the rudder and horiontal stablizer.  The decals for the rudder just stuck together – that just wouldn't do so I printed the decals on paper and cut them out and glued them on with Microscale clear adjeasive.  The tail skid shaft also broke so I replace that with thin brass rod.

Wood parts painted as listed above

Metal parts: Tamiya XF-63, German grey

5/21/2018 Well – it's been a long time since I last posted.  I spent 3 weeks in Brazil over Christmas and New Years, and on March 3rd I got remarried – yeeeaa!!  I'm now back to work.  I've finished all of the rigging and was able to sorce some 1/32 scale turnbuckles – wrong scale but they look ok here, they are available online on GasPatch Models.  I'm using their "Metal Turnbuckles Type C".  Here are a few pictures…

4/22/2018 Here are a few more pictures.  The engine and cowling are just fitted and not glued here.  I still need to attach the wheels, add more rigging and tough up the paint here and there.

5/27/2018 Finally finished.  This is just a remarkable model and was a very fun build of a really historic aircraft.  Here are the final photos:

12/28/2019  This is a unique and detailed 1/23 sale reconstruction of a section through a typical British warship of the early 1800’s. This period of history is when the Royal Navy truly achieved dominance on the oceans after famously defeating Napoleon at The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Lord Nelson, possibly one of Britain’s most iconic heroes, commanded a highly advanced navy capable of inflicting deadly damage. Nelson has been immortalised through various pieces of British artworks and attractions, such as Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London. His navy included such ships as the HMS Victory, HMS Diana and the HMS Agamemnon.

It is produced by the Mantua Model Group, which is based in Italy

Scale: 1/23

Length: 10.25”

Height: 7”

After building several plastic models, I felt like a change of pace.  I had this on the shelf and thought it would be a nice display peice to go next to my 1/17 18th Century English Carronade. So far it's been a very enjoyable buld.

Primer coat

Now exposed beams are painted white.  This will also hide the plywood layers. 

1/30/2020 The Gun Deck is finally finished – it was a really fun build and I've realized again how much fun working with wood is. This project has insired me to finish my Phoenix then move on to a model of the USS Bonhomme Richard that I've ordered in 1/48 scale.  That will be a monster, my most ambitous project yet and will take me about 2 years to finish.  Here are the final pics: