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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 07:12 PM UTC
Borys Szczypkato has sent us photos of his superb Wingnut Wings Sopwith Triplane finished with Montex painting masks.

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JackFlash
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 09:55 PM UTC
Nicely done! We did the WNW kit review here.



Interestingly the stock kit markings for this aircraft are in the Roden kit not the WNW kit. I wonder if Borys Szczypkato scratchbuilt his marking for this build?

see here.

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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 02:03 AM UTC
Boris,

Wonderful job! It looks like you went to great efforts to simulate grease and grime on the fabric airframe.
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Posted: Monday, July 01, 2013 - 06:51 PM UTC
This is a painting company using templates with the Polish MONTEX MASK
JackFlash
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Posted: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 08:02 AM UTC
Here its is. MM32124

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Posted: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 01:36 AM UTC
Its in the latest issue of Mini Replika

http://www.jadarhobby.pl/mini-replika-78-modeling-magazine-p-34932.html
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Posted: Monday, July 22, 2013 - 07:31 AM UTC
Boris, your model of the Sopwith Triplane is one of the best painted and weathered WW1 aircraft models I've seen in quite some time. The translucent linen covering the wooden frame looks so real, I had to take a good long look, and still wasn't sure how you created that effect. And the weathering of the metal cowl just compliments the rest of the aircraft so well.
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Posted: Monday, July 22, 2013 - 03:34 PM UTC
It really does look like the fabric is not completely opaque. Like if it were backlit you could see the whole skeleton of the thing.

The wood on the struts is very nice too. Very subtle grain effect.
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 07:29 PM UTC
Very well done subject - the colors, the various materials and weathering are top notch! I hope to get around to making this aircraft myself in 2014 and your work is truly inspirational! Thank you for sharing it!

My hat is off to you.
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 07:51 AM UTC
The finish of the model speaks of its time period.

"Rode hard and put away wet" is what it looks like; months on the steppe, serviced out of the back of a wagon. It is the finest finish I've ever seen that conveys a true feeling of use.

Captn Tommy
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 09:34 AM UTC

Quoted Text

". . .Rode hard and put away wet. . ."


Good call.
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