Crafting Full-Size Sopwith Camel Lower Wings for a Stunning Aerodrome Aircraft

[@jamesneirinck413]

Good to see you back at it Scott. Hope all goes well with the finger. Looks painful so hope it is not too bad. Cheers. Jim

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thanks Jim

[@donwtsn]

Looking great mate. You should be able to make up a bit of a fillet fairing for the lower wing roots to match up to the fuselage alright I reckon. And for your lower wing leading edge skin issue around the cable and struts, could you do the small cutout to accept the strut and cable and have the access panel underneath? Maybe you might want to add a foot stiffener/support on the aft wing spar to make getting in to the cockpit easier? Very cool progress mate

[@scottmatthews5280]

Yep my thoughts exactly thanks Don

[@barrywinslow9798]

She will be super. I know it's Snoopy's plane of choice !! God Bless ya

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thank you

[@barrywinslow9798]

You are welcome Scott.......my band did Snoopy vs The Red Baron tunes back in 1966....love the dog and the plane.@@scottmatthews5280

[@rogerclarke3291]

Hi from the UK. Absolutely brilliant stuff. It's going to look awesome. I love the detail. Thanks for posting.

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thank you very much!

[@craigfraser504]

Great to see some progress and a bit of construction action. Keep up the good work. This is going to be an amazing plane!

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thanks, will do!

[@DavesWings]

Always look forward to your updates. Keep them coming!

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thanks, will do!

[@glenn3379]

definitely coming along very nicely

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@collinmccallum]

another thumbs up!

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thanks for the visit

[@death99ification]

Well I'll be! I'm glad to see you're feeling well enough to keep cracking on with the job mate! She's going to come out being an absolute looker. Have you started to give any thought on what instrumentation besides the basic T cluster you're going to install if any? Also, I am really curious as to where you will put the pitot tubes. have you any thoughts about that?

[@scottmatthews5280]

Very basic gauges, Airspeed, Altitude, VSI and engine gauges. Pitot Tube will run out to the wing strut and run externally up the strut on some nice brackets. Thanks

[@riv187]

Hi Scott, enjoy your videos. I don't know if you stated it earlier, but which engine(s) are you looking at to power this? Why are you leaning towards that one? Thanks!

[@scottmatthews5280]

Thank you, I have a Rotec 2800 sitting on the hangar floor

[@davedawson9851]

Hi Scott. Better done right than quickly I'm sure. I hope the finger comes good for ya. Cheers!

[@scottmatthews5280]

Fingers crossed!

[@JimGDMAC]

Sorry but not a Sopwith Camel, it may be a lookalike but Sopwith never made metal wings for a Camel. Should have wooden spars and ribs, also the airfoil section looks too thick and the wrong shape.

[@foesfly3047]

Jim, viewers of Scott’s channel come here to enjoy our aviation brother’s well developed building methods, his entertaining Ausie vernacular and excellent attitude. I don’t build, own or fly a ScaleWings replica biplane of any type but this one looks pretty cool. I sincerely hope brother Matthews continues finding satisfaction of accomplishment with this build. Seeing it fly, once finished, is something we all are looking forward to. If anyone doesn’t find value in this channel, I encourage them to look elsewhere. Maybe such viewers will find subjects appropriate to their interests. Posting a negative comment here, serves no useful purpose.

[@scottmatthews5280]

Well said, thank you.

[@scottmatthews5280]

Jim, you are correct but I love my Sopwith Camel project. Thanks

[@robaust3049]

Scott, keep up your great work. Loving the build.