Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: tsrjoe on August 11, 2012, 09:19:08 AM
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Abrams P.1 Explorer, the aircraft was offered to the Finnish Air Force in November 1938 later records indicate HQ. Ilmavoimat wasn't interested
Janes 1938 edition gives specifications as ... Span 36ft 8in. length 26ft 6in. height 6ft 4in. Max speed at 10,000ft 200mph, cruising speed 175mph. Landing speed with flaps 60mph. Engine one 365hp Wright Whirlwind R-975-E.1
Ref.: Finnish National Archive Service ("Kansallisarkisto")
some more reference on the type from the excellent Secret projects site ...
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9601.0/highlight,abrams+explorer.html (http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9601.0/highlight,abrams+explorer.html)
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The Smithsonian museum stil has the airframe in storage at its Paul Garber facility, i took a few snaps of it whilst there a few years ago visiting a colleage on secondment to the museum, i'l try find the picjoncarrfarrellys to post up
http://www.aviation-history.com/garber/vg-bldg/abrams_exp-1_f.html (http://www.aviation-history.com/garber/vg-bldg/abrams_exp-1_f.html)
and a 3 view previously posted up by jon ...
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The remarkable Gabriel Stern built the execuform kit at ARC sometime back. I've had the kit in my collection for...um...close to
forty years. I'm just intimidated by the greenhouse. :-[
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/rh/articles.php?id=17558 (http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/rh/articles.php?id=17558)
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Does anyone do a 1/48 kit?
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PAK-20 book says 'no' Greg, but it also says that the 1/72 kit that Execuform does do is an Abrams PC-4 and it could quite well be rare as the link below says, as it doesn't appear on Execuforms current listing.
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=12116&page=239&newlist=1 (http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=12116&page=239&newlist=1)
Googling pics of it, it seems to look the same as Joe's P-1.
OK! Reading the wiki read-up on it, the PC-4 was supposed to be a pressurized version which wasn't built.
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Looks like the father of the Edgley Optica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgley_Optica) :)
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(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/57e0e01b.jpg)
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/d6b410d7.jpg)
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/f1683cec.jpg)
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It looks like a bigger, radial engine relative of the De Scheldt S-21:
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8232/descheldes21bs4.jpg)
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Now the important question: What kits exist?
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Of the De Schelde S.21? Only one injected by RS in 1/72
Of the Abrams P.1 Explorer, there's a paper model in 1/48: http://myhobbycraft.blogspot.com/2010/08/abrams-p-1-explorer-148.html (http://myhobbycraft.blogspot.com/2010/08/abrams-p-1-explorer-148.html)
and the Execuform vac in 1/72, if you can find it (or want it once you do).
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just musing, wouldnt that look sweet in overall natural metal with 'von rosen' crosses as an initial delivery scheme, then in green uppers and grey lower as early camouflage, followed by green and black camouflage, then added yellow 'theatre' markings, then later these removed and small roundels applied, then finishing up back in natural metal with roundels and blue flash on the tail similar to the last operational Blenhiem's
8)
we soo need a kit of it methinks ... RS ? AZ ?
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3D print this in 1:48......???? ;D
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I did an Explorer awhile back for my WHIF fictional Farallonian AF. So, pretty simple to put Suomi markings on...