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Joined: 10/10/2010 Posts: 689 Points: 2,130 Location: Dorset
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Hasegawa Hobby Kits - 1/16 Sopwith Camel F.1 This kit is at present on EBay at a price of £166.00 I see from the description that the model kit is described as follows "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." Does anyone have any experience of this kit. Some time ago I built the Focker Tri Plane (Hachette) which was mainly of wooden construction with a lot of construction and sanding required. A lot of work but I prefer working with wood to plastic and I feel that as i left the ribs and spars visable it was more realistic.  Current Build:-
[color=blue]Stash Avro Lancaster (Full Kit)plus some extra issues I picked up at a good price
[color=blue]Built:- Norman Catapult by Mantua,Roman Catapult by Mantua,HMS Victory,HMS Victory XSection,Focker DB1,Bismark,English Carronade Titanic Lifeboat,American Civil War Gatling,Hummer,Sopwith Camel F1,Occre Jupiter ,OcCre Wagon, Latina Arab Dhow, Eaglemass Orrery OcCre Rogers 119 [color=red][color=red]RB7,OcCre Missippi River Boat, Model Airways Fokker DR1
OcCre London L>C>C 106 Ugears Scrambler, Ugears Hexapod Explorer UGears Off-Road Vehicle
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Joined: 30/01/2013 Posts: 4,604 Points: 13,607 Location: Monmouthshire UK
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Hi I was thinking of getting this a while back and it is indeed all plastic apart from a few metal fittings. It's £156 here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...-F-1-MU01-/371002407728
Steve
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Bit like an oversized airfix kit then Perhaps I will give it a miss Would like to find a 1/8 ish scale WW1 Allied Plane Kit to build to "fight" my Focker Tri Plane. Would look good hanging from the ceiling in the oposite corner to the Tri Plane in my Man cave Current Build:-
[color=blue]Stash Avro Lancaster (Full Kit)plus some extra issues I picked up at a good price
[color=blue]Built:- Norman Catapult by Mantua,Roman Catapult by Mantua,HMS Victory,HMS Victory XSection,Focker DB1,Bismark,English Carronade Titanic Lifeboat,American Civil War Gatling,Hummer,Sopwith Camel F1,Occre Jupiter ,OcCre Wagon, Latina Arab Dhow, Eaglemass Orrery OcCre Rogers 119 [color=red][color=red]RB7,OcCre Missippi River Boat, Model Airways Fokker DR1
OcCre London L>C>C 106 Ugears Scrambler, Ugears Hexapod Explorer UGears Off-Road Vehicle
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 Rank: Pro Groups: Registered, Official Builds Joined: 10/02/2012 Posts: 475 Points: 1,237
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The Camel is a very nice kit, but does have some issues. There are numerous sink marks throughout, especially on the wing ribs. Most are shallow, and will sand off easily, but as always, there are a few... The parts that were aluminum (That's the correct spelling, BTW  ) on the 1/8 kit are nicely chrome(ish) plated. However, the fuel tank is split in half from side to side, and all this nice plating will be lost when the seam is addressed. The instructions are great, and the rigging plans are simply fantastic. I don't have the kit in front of me, so I don't recall if there are turnbuckles. I got mine when they first came out, and the price has risen nicely since. I think I picked up mine for $115.00 or so. They do come up on ebay for less than the 160 or so mentioned above, but you have to go deep down the list of 1/16 listings, and act fast. HTH! Tired, Old, and Cranky!
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 Hi Gil As you say its an oversize airfix but it has some nice detail if you look at the link but its a bit too plastic looking for my liking http://www.hasegawausa.c...uct-pages/hsgs0031.html
regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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GilShapley wrote:Bit like an oversized airfix kit then
Perhaps I will give it a miss
Would like to find a 1/8 ish scale WW1 Allied Plane Kit to build to "fight" my Focker Tri Plane. Would look good hanging from the ceiling in the oposite corner to the Tri Plane in my Man cave Hi Gil,
Model Expo in the USA have some nice large scale aircraft kits, one of which is the Sopwith Camel in 1/16 scale and they ship to the UK, though occasionally they pop up on eBay too..
http://www.modelexpo-onl...oduct.asp?ITEMNO=MA1030
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There is a wood and white metal kit of this. see link not sure if you can source in the UK?http://www.historicships...thCamel/SopwithCamel.htm“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Its the exact same model/manufacturer.
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Tomick wrote:Its the exact same model/manufacturer. looks like we were posting at the same time yours is cheaper so you win  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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