Sadly, there probably wouldn't be a Sphinx Moth 2. By 1936, RAF re-armament was underway, DH had Government contracts for Tiger Moths, and therefore had no more need to promote the 'Moth' family of aeroplanes in the civil market, which anyway would disappear with the outbreak of war. Indeed, the only reason for the 'Sphinx Moth' name was to tie the racer to the 'Moth' family, rather than identify it as a single-engined Comet Racer, which is what it really was . . .
@ZacYates; I was aware of the 'Spirit of Innovation', but I wasn't consciously using any of it's design cues. Then again, even by the mid-1930s, the optimum shape for a high speed racer had pretty much been established . . .
There are parts from five kits used in the model :-
Wings, tailplanes, and engine cowling from the Airfix DH Comet Racer,
Fuselage, fin, rudder, wheels (just one, cut in half), and tail skid from the old-tool Airfix Tiger Moth,
Canopy, and fairing from the AVI Models DH Fox Moth kit,
Undercarriage trousers were made from parts of the centre section of the upper wing of the Valom Yokosuka K5Y 'Akatombo' kit,
Propeller from the RS Models Bucker Jungmeister kit, it's supplied with a choice of three engines, and the propellers to go with them. I couldn't use any of the Airfix propellers, the spinner of the Tiger one was way over size, and the ones from the Comet Racer kit were so badly moulded as to be useless . . .
cheers,
Robin.
