ericg Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Here is the completed model. This is a D-82 Tiger Moth A17-150 as flown by Phil Martin during his initial training in the RAAF and solo during the later stages of 1942 at 9 EFTS Cunderdin Airbase, Western Australia. From his log book, he soloed in this aircraft on October 6th 1942. Phil is my grandfathers cousin on my dads side, so there is a bit of family history in this model for me. Phil went on to flying heavy bombers including the Lancaster in 617 SQN, notably during missions on the Tirpitz. He was awarded the DFC with Bar. Onto the Model. This is the Matchbox release, mostly Out of the box apart from the following modifications and additions. Gas Patch RAF turnbuckles RB Products Sutton Harnesses Airscale RAF instrument decals Southern Sky decals Specially commisioned ALPS Decals for the serial/aircraft Numbers (Thanks DAVE!) Flat knitting in Elastic and AZ-Line for the rigging Bobs buckles for the control surface rigging terminators Some other stuff such as Fuel line and pitot tubes scratchbuilt. Total Build time: 3 Weeks from dusting off the old box to putting it into my display cabinet. Enjoy! Edited April 2, 2014 by ericg rafju 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Some comparisons: Old and new RAAF trainers Two vintage Matchbox kits In its new home: Thanks for looking! Tony T, rafju and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Simply superlative! A stellar build, with a vibrant color, yet still in scale. I really like the comparison photos as well. My Uncle flew Lancasters as well, over the Atlantic. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Eric Lovely TigerMoth What Wood is your Base made out of. Is it a African hard wood? Or Zebra wood? The other display needs its photo taken to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz826 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Very nice Eric! Awesome to see these old kits being built and to such a good standard. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Really Beautiful! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Outstanding all the others in the display case are very nice too rgds mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 That's awesome mate! The base is great too. I'm gonna go for something like that with my Hughes H-1 I think. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I feel I need to say it again…… beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Just beautiful, what a gorgeous little airplane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 And here's the article mate! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1982 Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Absolutely beautiful Eric. The bright yellow will really make it shine in the case. For a 1/32 plane, it really does look tiny in there. Can't wait to see what's next Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Lovely work mate and the display cabinet looks great - can we have a shot of the cabinet to the left as well. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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