biplane

Well, I haven't built anything for a few years, and certainly not an aircraft for some time. Anyhow, after Christmas I visited a few aircraft museums and looking at the kits in the shop I thought I'd have a bit of fun. Bought a really cheap Revell Albatross and dug out some old glue and paints...

I built this a few years ago, and converted it to a RNAS naval Pup which involved cutting a hole in the upper wing and mounting a Lewis gun ahead of the cockpit. Apart from adding some cockpit detail I re-skinned the fuselage with 5 thou styrene sheet and corrected a few of the kit's...

Heres my entry for the WW1 themed group build , the 1/144 scale Sopwith Pup by Valom  , build thread can be found here - The aircraft represented flew from  the aircraft carrier HMS Furious in 1917 , sqn commander Dunning making the first ever landing of an aircraft on a moving ship in...