Sopwith Camel propellor

[rodders]

Hi, I am building the Sopwith Camel and in the plastic parts is a black kind of pre-finished prop plus two halves of a much smaller blow-moulded prop. How do these parts go together? Or maybe they don't.

[Mitch]

Rodders,

The finished prop is what is intended to use if you fly the airplane with a rubber motor. The vacu-form parts are intended to be assembled to represent the scale prop if you build the model for display. There should be instructions and some pictures about the vacu-form parts. When carefully removed and assembled the vacu-form parts work just fine.

Mitch

[NcGunny]

I just ordered from this company.http://www.hobbyexpress.com/propellers_357_ctg.htm
The thought of that plastic prop on my static models is horrid,and the vacu parts are okay for what they are.

[cliffm]

I have found that layering some scrap and gluing it with or without staining every other layer and then carving a scale prop gives some very nice looking results. After you have a finished product a couple coats of clear or varnish sets it off nicely.

[Bill Gaylord]

The wood props for glow models sold at hobby shops are dirt cheap, and can be reshaped and stained for scale appearance. They're not efficient compared with molded plastic electric props, but I've used them for electric rc with reasonable results, given some performance sacrifice for scale looks. My Camel flies well with one.

[rodders]

Thanks for the replies, saved me a lot of head scratching! As the model will be only for display I will buy a ready-made that's close in size.

[NcGunny]

I just placed a order with Tower Hobby and bought 2 props for my upcoming Stampe builds. Cost of both props were 4.39 each. Also ran into some decent looking blow mold radial engines that are in the 2 dollar range. Even a plastic prop could be faux wood painted and look decent.