Sopwith Pup 1921 Aerial Derby + Arctic Decals- 1/72

The 1921 Aerial Derby racer is now complete.

The step-by-step construction article is here:

http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2016/08/sopwith-pup-aerial-derby-racer-airfix.html

Once again, profuse thanks to friend and fellow modeler Sönke Schulz who gifted the nice Airfix kit.  Thanks also for the article on the issue #5 of The Aviation Historian magazine, and especially to Mika Jernfors of Arctic Decals. He produced a remarkable set that made possible this model. The link to his site can be found on the side bar together with the other links.

Regarding the article in the magazine, I did not follow it entirely on a few details, as I do not 100% coincide on the drawings' interpretation, comparing them with photos. Some of this was explained in the step by step construction article.

This was indeed a fun project, starting with an inexpensive but nice old kit and thanks to those superb decals.

A few modifications are needed as described on the step-by-step building article, but nothing out of the ordinary. As you can see I added a "posed" Small Stuff resin engine, much better than the one inside the cowl of the kit (barely visible anyway), as a way to confer a sense of "ambience" without going into a complicated diorama.

This little model is one more example of what you can do to finish a wartime plane in a much more colorful, uplifting, peaceful, meaningful, exciting, out-of-the-ordinary and rewarding decoration.

The three racers recently finished, to give an idea of size and proportions. The camera software doesn't know what to do with the colors: