Roden 1/32 scale Sopwith Triplane by Roland Sachsenhofer

Roden's 1/32 scale
Sopwith Triplane

by Roland Sachsenhofer

Sopwith Triplane
N533/C "Black Maria",
No.10 (N) Sqn RNAS

Roden's 1/32 scale Sopwith Triplane is available online from Squadron

Description

Although not built in large numbers nor being used for a long time, Sopwith Triplane counts to the more famous and iconic aeroplanes of the Great War. Maybe that traces back to its important role in averting the menace of infamous “Bloody April” in the early month of 1917. Germanys new Albatros D.III slaughtered the contemporary RNAS and RFC airplanes and could gain total air superiority- until Sopwith new fighter joined the battle.

This turn of events established the Triplanes reputation as an “unsurpassed English design with three wings” which should influence the urgent construction of a German “Dreidecker”- but that is, as we all know another story…

My model depicts one of the “Black Marias” flown by Lt. Col. Raymond Collishaw, leader of the famous “Black Flight”from No.10 RNAS. This is a rather well known Triplanes, one of the few being fitted with two Vickers machine guns. Collishaw gained several of his victorys in this machine.

I experienced new procedures with this build, especially the use of etched rigging material...
a improvable "first", that I hope to do better in the next occasion.

Rodens Triplane seems to be a rough diamonds which needs some extra effort to a certain extent, but can be made to an impressive model.

Especially I am happy to have mastered –no, not the rigging, but Rodens out-of-hell -decals!

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If you are interested in the building process, please have a look on the workbench at the JAM Forum.

As ever, remarks will be appreciated: ro.sachsenhofer@gmx.at

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