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by dab
Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:30 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Five projects
Replies: 6
Views: 2324

Re: Five projects

WOW!! The models are great. I will have to up my scratch building game to match these models. Hopefully in the future you can reveal your secrets to us lesser brethren. Welcome to the gang and especially the scratch building fraternity.
by dab
Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:38 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Swallows!
Replies: 10
Views: 4766

Re: Swallows!

Some lovely modelling there Terry. You just wonder how it would have operated considering all the technical challenges that would have been presented by the design.
by dab
Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:52 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Welsh Models Buccaneer
Replies: 7
Views: 3524

Re: Welsh Models Buccaneer

I also have a Vacc form Buccaneer kindly donated by DH106. I would like to add it to my Blackburn collection but I keep having a go then putting it back in the box. Keep thinking like TerryP that is would be easier to start with a lump of wood.
by dab
Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:43 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Gasuden Koken
Replies: 2
Views: 1581

Gasuden Koken

Gasuden Koken or Koken-Ki (scratch - all wood) was a Japanese long range experimental aircraft of the late 1930s. It was built to break the longest flight world record, which it did in March 1938 covering a distance of 7240 miles in a closed circuit flight.
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by dab
Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:37 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Farman F1020
Replies: 4
Views: 2218

Farman F1020

Farman F1020 (scratch built - wood and plastic card) was built to test the effectiveness of a semi-circular wing format. The conventional tail surfaces could be disconnected in flight by the pilot and the aircraft controlled by the trailing edge surfaces. Although it worked satisfactorily the wing i...
by dab
Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:36 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Blackburn Aircraft
Replies: 4
Views: 1939

Blackburn Aircraft

Two more Blackburn aircraft to add to the collection, both are again scratch built. The first is the Blackburn Sprat a prototype built for specification 5/24 for an advanced trainer for the RAF and FAA. It lost out to the Vendace 1. Blackburn Sprats.jpg The second is the B20. Here the teachings of T...