Kirby Prefect (oz1308)

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Kirby Prefect. Free flight scale towline glider from KK.

Quote: "The Kirby Prefect is one of Britain's best known gliders and an ideal design for a flying scale model. Cut out all the sheet parts with a sharp razor blade (see plan) or a Keil Kraft modelling knife - and place them in the box lid to avoid loss or damage. Do not break the strip pieces apart - separate them with a razor blade. For rapid assembly, build the model in the following sequence..."

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Kirby Prefect (oz1308) - model pic

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ScaleType:
  • Slingsby_Prefect | help
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    ScaleType: This (oz1308) is a scale plan. Where possible we link scale plans to Wikipedia, using a text string called ScaleType.

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    ScaleType is formed from the last part of the Wikipedia page address, which here is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_Prefect
    Wikipedia page addresses may well change over time.
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Kirby Prefect (oz1308) - pic 003.jpg
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User comments

Thanks a lot for let me download this model's nice plan. I think the curved lines to the center point of the fuselage's nose, in the front view of the model are not correct. In this view the side faces must be similar to the curved line of the nose, in the side view of the model.
JaimeChávez - 02/05/2015
Another oldie; a little glider, the Kirby Prefect [model photo & more pics 003, 004]. I found it in its box recently and my eldest brother, who was visiting, said he had flown one (not a model, a real one!) many years ago when he was in the R.A.F.
NicholasTucker - 12/07/2018
I see someone questioned the forward fuselage lines of the Keilkraft plan. They look about right to me but the place to check is https://scalesoaring.co.uk/ - vintage gliders. This excellent site has all the info., you could want on early gliders.
AlanVernon - 20/08/2018
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