Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: KiwiZac on November 01, 2018, 05:09:34 PM
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In the mid-70s a mate of mine Graham and his friend Peter - both teenagers in Australia - bought the mortal remains of VH-BEX, a DH.82a Tiger Moth that had served with the RAAF as A17-712. After a few years of work they had her flying in her old warpaint and in the mid-2000s she was sold to New Zealand where a syndicate operates her to this day. Graham's still part of that syndicate and Peter has been over to visit a few times.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CGilTLLXm4A/WWQV0GzMWiI/AAAAAAAAOdw/CJaNG-Fr08wKqWAGxhrBS5Yxl3Oc_j2WACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4328.JPG)
In 2007 I lived for a few months in Blenheim, where the Tiger is based as ZK-BER on our civil register. Another friend, Adam, was a couple of years older than me and also part of the Tiger syndicate. I was a bit of a hangar rat and he took me under his wing, letting me help out cleaning and even starting her. She was the first Tiger Moth I ever sat in, the first I ever taxied in
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4237/35553933741_df5c1ae4f2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WaMcPB)ZacTiger (https://flic.kr/p/WaMcPB) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
And the first I ever flew in...or flew (don't tell anyone as Adam didn't have an instructor rating ;) ). We three had some adventures (https://www.tigermothclub.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ragdec07.pdf).
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4254/34875142403_3eff286a72_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/V8NdNF)DSC04934 (https://flic.kr/p/V8NdNF) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
So obviously I'd build a model at some point. Cue the modern Airfix 1/72 kit, of which I bought two copies. You saw the Blue Max build last week and the other was combined with some DK Decals and Humbrol trainer Yellow to produce this:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1939/31789467658_fa442b4cb2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Qr8kcY)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/Qr8kcY) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/45662163881_2525768024_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cz1wtB)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2cz1wtB) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1923/31789467388_a440042702_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Qr8k8j)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/Qr8k8j) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1925/44747577195_f50c91911d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bbc2HD)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2bbc2HD) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1940/30721268577_4b58362e21_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NNJwQr)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/NNJwQr) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
After I took these photos I realised I hadn't installed the aerials on the spine, which I've now done with rigging elastic and will share a pic once the weather is better. I hope you like it.
And no, I can't remember the exact sequence to start a Tiger anymore!
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I had to go back and double-check that you said this was 1/72 :icon_surprised: What a gorgeous, clean build :smiley:
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That's very well done, very well done indeed!
The rigging is superb!
Brian da Basher
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Thanks folks!
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Looks great! A silver one would go with “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”
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I'm pretty sure I'm Facebook friends with the bloke who flies the Miss Fisher machine...