Warbird Information Exchange

P-26 is looking fantastic!



Seversky is shining like it used to in the old days:



A-model getting a facelift:



Javier Arango's Sopwith:

EXCELLENT Photo's

I bet they are all gonna look fantastic when they get airborne once more

Paul

The polish job looks great. Did you my chance find out what method they used? Is there some kind of new space age polish or old fashoned MetTal,flour, and lots of elbow grease?

Man, those are some of my favorite plane s at POF....Any idea on what scheme will go back on the P-51A?

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I think that Nuvite is very popular now (http://www.perfectpolish.com/Nuvite.htm) and of course a Cyclo polisher. I have no idea what they are actually using though. I did the horizontal stabilizer of my T-6 project as a test and it turned out great.

Thanks BDK. Great pics. No gigs that weekend cept for Fri night so I really am looking forward to the weekend.

John

Hi BDK,
Excellent pics, and thanks for sharing.

As you say, it looks like PoF are having a bit of a renaissance. Great stuff.

We've had this before, so please excuse me for going on about it... it's a Sopwith Camel. Calling it a 'Sopwith' is about as helpful as calling a Mustang a 'North American'. I don't think it's petty; Sopwith made a number of great aircraft, as did NAA, let's give credit where due.

Regards,

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Raven

Looking spiffy but has any of the P-26, P-35, or P-51A actually flown yet?

What type engine is that on the Camel? Original rotary? And is the Fokker that will be flying in the show -- er, um, sorry Raven, Fokker Dr.I -- similarly powered?

August

Thanks for sharing the pictures. And for the record I have no problem with how your labels.

Rotary in the Sopwith. WW1 is not my area of expertise (not that I have one), so I'd rather state what I'm pretty sure about rather than just make undeducated guesses.

I've already been taken to task for some errors over the past week, so I don't want to risk any others. Next thing you know I'll get yelled at when I call a Pup a Camel because everyone thinks every Sopwith (even a triplane) is a Camel!

Hey BDK,
It's not a criticism, it's meant to be an illumination. I hope we are all here to share & learn, I certainly am, and I've learned by aircraft though years of informal teaching, some being from your input - thanks.

(And you had me beat with your quiz, so honours would be even if it was a competition, which it isn't.)

It's easy anyway... If it's got a 'hump' over the guns, it's a Sopwith Camel. That's where the name came from.

The pics, which is what count are great to see, as it the progress. Keep them coming, please!

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