DH60 Gipsy Moth (oz655)

 

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This airplane is a real classic of aviation history…and in using the term “classic," I mean that it belongs to all of us. When one begins to lay those sticks down, follow the outline and the end result is the gift of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland. Those bones will always be a beautiful classic of the air. With minor tweaks here and there I’ve created a Gipsy Moth - at peanut scale [main pic, 003-006]. I must apologize for the liberties I’ve taken with my model’s registration number...while not “out of Africa,” it may seem that way to some. I highly recommend this model. Construction is very traditional and straight-forward. She’s an excellent flyer…and beautiful as well...a little show-stopper.
Neal Green - 01/09/2022
Nice work. Mra original plan... like what. Normally, this plan comes from a catalog of mra plans in small format that I had the opportunity to have in my hands... Tell me, Neal, you don't want to make a Bugatti p 100;- )?
Olivier - 01/09/2022
Dear me...tell me every modeller hasn't dreamed of building the Bugatti P100...Bluebird! But...there's something about that name, don't you think...Donald Campbell, et. al.? I don't consider myself superstitious, but I do believe in covering all the bases, i.e., I have been known to knock on wood.
Neal Green - 01/09/2022
Dear Neal, I understand your qualms. The Bugatti replica crashed following an engine problem (motorcycle). I had a bad impression when I saw the first flight. Perhaps also why the remaining Dewoitine 520s are no longer allowed to fly following a serious demonstration accident in the 2000s. However, when I see the Bugattis in gliders (John Woodfield or in short rc kit), I say that there is something to do ;-). I saw in the same idea, a model builder build a Stratonef h 22...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWD7mq_IXhk
Fingers crossed ;-)
Olivier - 01/09/2022
Faultless finish, Neal :) Look, if the model is 29in wingspan, how tall are those bonsai giraffes?
Miguel - 01/09/2022
It's a peanut, Miguel...so those giraffes are even smaller than bonsai. ;) I do like that idea though...bonsai scale.
As a tune-up for the Bugatti, OZ does have an interesting plan that I've got on my to-do list...the Koolhoven FK 55 (oz8831)...just to perfect that contra-rotating setup. The model itself is superfluous to the power-plant, don't you think?
Neal - 02/09/2022
:Neal... quelques liens :
Neal, A few links.... The Cervia notebooks are a bible... an astronomical amount of airplanes in peanut scale. A big technical part but in French...
The Koolhoven is a good working base... plan of The real MRA era. Today, it's just a sticker on the cover of Model Magazine... Even if the latter is a good magazine...
https://www.peanut-scale.fr/cervia/83p2045.pdf
https://www.peanut-scale.fr/cervia/83p2046.pdf
https://www.peanut-scale.fr/cervia/83p2057.pdf
Olivier - 03/09/2022
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