Sopwith Camel in 1/72-scale

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• Stumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

  September 9, 2014 edited September 9, 2014

  Very cool!

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• black mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins

  September 9, 2014 edited September 9, 2014

  Hi Mike,
  
  Despite its age and condition, this model clearly shows that you knew what you were doing when you put it together. Nice shots of it as well.
  
  One of the prize pieces of my aviation art collection is a beautiful print of a painting of 4 Sopwith Camels in high-cover flight . Additionally, this print was signed by Tommy Sopwith himself.
  
  Take care,
  
  Tom

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• lifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins

  September 9, 2014 edited September 9, 2014

  Excellent resolution and DOF. Thanks for including your setup area - great idea.
  
  More simply put - Wow!
  
  Phil

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  Phil

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• puzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins

  September 9, 2014 edited September 9, 2014

  Great job all round - model paintwork and pics of same - did you take any frames like 1, but from a scale height of a typical person's eyeline ... whether standing or kneeling?
  
  pp

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• Hikin' Mike Registered Users Posts: 5,450 Major grins

  September 9, 2014 edited September 9, 2014

  black mamba wrote: »

  Hi Mike,
  
  Despite its age and condition, this model clearly shows that you knew what you were doing when you put it together. Nice shots of it as well.
  
  One of the prize pieces of my aviation art collection is a beautiful print of a painting of 4 Sopwith Camels in high-cover flight . Additionally, this print was signed by Tommy Sopwith himself.
  
  Take care,
  
  Tom

  
  Cool to have a signed print from "the man".
  
  

  puzzledpaul wrote: »

  Great job all round - model paintwork and pics of same - did you take any frames like 1, but from a scale height of a typical person's eyeline ... whether standing or kneeling?
  
  pp

  
  This is what I have on my blog so far: http://www.imagesinthebackcountry.com/blog/2014/09/07/scale-sopwith-camel-plastic-model/
  
  I need to try that because my lens was really touching the "ground" as it is. I need to modify the "runway" (a piece of roofing material) so I can be "shorter". Simply adding something under the model (under the runway) should do it.
  
  I have the "Red Barron's" airplane too, but the wings are broken. Once I fix them, I'll re-shoot.
  
  
  Thanks for the comments!
  
  

  - Mike
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• denisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,234 moderator

  September 9, 2014 edited September 9, 2014

  Very cool Mike! Thanks for including the shot with the quarter, I had no idea how small these models are.
  
  --- Denise

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• puzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins

  September 10, 2014 edited September 10, 2014

  Although already aware of the issues, the effects were really brought home on the day this pic was taken, because there were many other models around, but only the 1/12th scale ones produced half reasonable pics (imo, because of lens height above water) ... ignoring the fact that water can't be scaled, of course
  
  http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=235568&highlight=lifeboat
  
  pp

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• Hikin' Mike Registered Users Posts: 5,450 Major grins

  September 10, 2014 edited September 10, 2014

  puzzledpaul wrote: »

  Although already aware of the issues, the effects were really brought home on the day this pic was taken, because there were many other models around, but only the 1/12th scale ones produced half reasonable pics (imo, because of lens height above water) ... ignoring the fact that water can't be scaled, of course
  
  http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=235568&highlight=lifeboat
  
  pp

  
  Nice!
  
  

  - Mike
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