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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: KiwiZac on February 13, 2020, 07:20:30 AM

Title: RW warbird in 1/72 - Omaka, NZ's RAAF Tiger Moth A17-712
Post by: KiwiZac on February 13, 2020, 07:20:30 AM

Hi all,
Something I'd wanted to build for some time is DH.82a Tiger Moth A17/ZK-BER, formerly VH-BEX, which a friend of mine recovered from a farm with his mate in their teens and rebuilt in Australia during the 1970s. Eventually '712 followed him to New Zealand and she happily flies with a syndicate at Omaka Aerodrome near Blenheim, home of the biennial Classic Fighters Marlborough airshow.

For a few months in 2007 I lived in Blenheim and got to know the warbird-y folk down there and was fortunate to spend many happy hours as unofficial groundcrew for, and flying in, '712 in her old paint scheme:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49523583198_744edc22b7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iseiUJ)DSC04919 (https://flic.kr/p/2iseiUJ) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/1969/45775896941_5187cdba68_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cK4rmr)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2cK4rmr) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49524316242_553d8bd9e3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2isi4Pq)DSC04898 (https://flic.kr/p/2isi4Pq) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49524099721_0c5ccf1869_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2isgXsi)DSC04934 (https://flic.kr/p/2isgXsi) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49523582813_a995abc49e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iseiN6)DSC04915 (https://flic.kr/p/2iseiN6) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr

About three-five years ago she was given a "birthday" and was repainted into a fresh paint scheme without the red in the roundels and finflash, and that's what I replicated with my new-tool Airfix 1/72 Tiger. What a delightful kit, I've built two and cannot wait for the 1/48 version!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4881/45672410931_51294f0a54_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2czV3yT)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2czV3yT) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4897/45672409911_a103681ef2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2czV3gi)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2czV3gi) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.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/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.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/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.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/zacyates/), on Flickr

I hope you enjoy it.

Title: Re: RW warbird in 1/72 - Omaka, NZ's RAAF Tiger Moth A17-712
Post by: Old Wombat on February 13, 2020, 08:29:04 AM

 :smiley: 8)