ericg Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 This is my newly completed 1/32 Aerotech De-Havilland DH-88 Comet `Grosvener House' as flown by Tom Campbell Black and Charles W.A Scott in the Macrobertson Air Race, London to Melbourne, 1934. They won the race, winning with an elapsed time of 71 hours. During my research I discovered that one of the mandatory stops was at Charleville, Queensland. I have a personal connection with that aerodrome, having flown in to it many times in a DHC-8 and it was a stop on one of the 4 sectors that formed my check to line as a Captain on that aircraft. The Kit: Aerotech (Marsh Models) Resin/Photo etch/White Metal The kit represents the overall shape of the real aircraft quite well but needed some extra work to bring out the distinctive shapes that make this iconic aircraft into a sleek and beautiful racing machine. A lot of work went into applying the fabric effect to the control surfaces and aft of the rear spar on the wing. Similar efforts went into the construction of the canopy to replace the decal framing of the kit with real framing constructed from 43 parts of plastic card and aluminium foil. I worked on this kit pretty well every other day and it took 1.5 months from start to finish. I felt that the kit needed a new front instrument panel and as such this was Scratchbuilt. Here is a list of the mods that I did to the kit. Modifications: Reshaped Fin, Nose cone, rear of cowls, fuselage cross section Modified front of cowl. All fabric effects added with primer Scratchbuilt Front Instrument panel and canopy Seat cushions from Plastic card Aftermarket: RB Productions Sutton Harnesses Airscale instruments Uschi Woodgrain decal Paint and finish: Tamiya TS-8 Italian red (2 coats straight from the spray can) Followed by 2 coats of TS-13 clear over the kit decals and self masked and sprayed `comet'. General photos Pilots perspective allthumbs, Derek B, SinuheH and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Detail Photos SinuheH, allthumbs, Hubert Boillot and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 I like to do a couple of comparison photos at the end of each photo shoot (hope you guys don't mind) 2 Iconic designs from the De Havilland company Aerotech kits: Challenging but oh so worth it! In its new home (this cabinet houses my 10 completions for 2014) Pfuf, Hubert Boillot, Whitey and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Um, wow... Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'm not really into British planes, or race planes and I don't like the color red. BUT, this is one of the most beautiful models I have ever seen! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Fab!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Absolutely Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Oh my, what beautiful, beautiful aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 WOW - that is beauuufiful…… congratulations on a stunning model…… absolute winner. One of my favourite DH designs - so graceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Gorgeous! Unbelievably gorgeous! Cheers, Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 That is flawless... Fantastic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hi WOOOW!!!!! my God !!!!! very stunning , it's perfect , and what a nice paint job, that's awesome !!!!! Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate the comments. For the black comet you will have to lean on Simmo.B to provide pics of those Maru. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's a thing of beauty!!! Wonderful looking model, great work! Here's a pic of the Old Warden one I took last summer: image host Derek B and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 I have had email confirmation from John at Marsh models (Aerotech) that this model will be re released in mid 2015 for those interested in getting one of these fairly hard to get kits. Eric geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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