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WW1 FIGHTER CONSTRUCTION
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TYPE HISTORY
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Just for starters
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SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
CURTISS P-40B TOMAHAWK
Never one of the ‘star’ fighter aircraft of
WW2, the P-40 series nevertheless served
Allied air forces long and well, across all
theatres of combat. The early variants
were, arguably, the prettiest
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CULVER DART
American mid-1930s light aircraft. 53”
wingspan for electric power designed by
Peter Rake, with the prototype model built
and described by Marion Crowder. Part 1
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P-40B FLYING COLOURS
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SURVIVING
FREE FLIGHT SCALE
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PART 34: Andrew Hewitt looks at covering
and finishing
Warpaint for the Tomahawk
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CURTISS P-40B IN DETAIL
Close-up study of the restored Tomahawk
now with the Collings Foundation
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PFALZ D.XII
Gary Sunderland’s challenging quarter-
scale WWI warbird for 180 to 200-size four-
stroke engines. PART 1
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CURTISS TOMAHAWK
SCALE DRAWING
1:50 scale three-views
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PFALZ D.XII TYPE HISTORY
Overshadowed by the highly acclaimed
Fokker D.VII, this late WW1 German fighter
nevertheless served quite widely over the
Western Front during the closing months
of 1918
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WING SUPPORT CRADLE
An aid to biplane airframe assembly
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SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
HANRIOT H.D.1
One the lesser known, but extensively used
scout/fighter types of WW1
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PFALZ FACTORYI
Images of production work at the Pfalz
Works illustrate just how labour intensive
WW1 aircraft construction was
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HANRIOT H.D.1
SCALE DRAWING
Fine detailed 1:40 scale three-views
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POLIKARPOV I-16
Richard Crossley has long had a taste for
unusual scale model subjects. This Peanut
Scale model flies well indoors and even
outdoors when the weather is right
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HANRIOT FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint or the H.D.1
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HANRIOT IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of the RAF Museum
Hendon’s H.D.1
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One of the deciders that prompted Gary Sunderland to model the Pfalz D.XII in quarter-scale was the
knowledge that the Australian War Memorial Museum at Canberra had a preserved full size example.
But when he started the build of the model he discovered that the aircraft had been taken away of
further restoration work. Never detered, the project went ahead to success
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or dedicated scale modellers,
of either flying, or static models,
there is as much interest in full size
aviation as for the models – after
all, it’s the full size that inspires us.
Knowing as much as possible about the
full size prior to the start of a new scale
model is valuable information. That’s why
FSM pursues our regular ‘Type
History’
and
‘Subjects for Scale’
features
Our major construction feature this
month is the late Gary Sunderland’s
quarter-scale Pfalz D.XII late-WW1 era
fighter type. The Pfalz series of fighters,
including their D.III and Dr.1 triplane that
featured superbly streamlined, contoured
fuselages, as did the Rolands and the
much more numerous Albatros scouts D.1
to D.Va.
This, in stark contrast to the boxes, flat
fuselage sides of British and French types
so prevalent of the period.
The extent of the woodworking
craftsmanship that went into the patented
LFG-Roland construction technique, as
applied to the Pfalz fighter types including
the D.XII, is revealed in the
‘Pfalz Pfactory’
pictorial that accompanies the D.XII
model construction feature in this issue. It’s
well worth a look.
Whilst what’s said above includes
the curved and contoured shapes of
the Albatross types, I have, for some
time wondered about the techniques
appliedby Albatros – more explicitly, how
double-corved the skins of their fuselages
really were.
During the build of my Albatros D.II
(another Gary Sunderland design)
I use the book covering the story of
the Smithsonian’s D.Va restoration as
a reference source, which describes
how Albatros used concrete moulds to
pressure-form the fuselage skins, to double
curvature.
That may be so for the fully rounded
D.Va, but the earlier Alabatrii, D.I-D.II, had
flat fuselage sides, with rounded upper
and lower skins.
During the build of my D.II, I asked
Gary how, since he replicated the top
and bottom skins on his prototype model
in 0.4mm plywood, did he achieve the
double curve. The answer came back
“…I didn’t; just followed the panel line
demarcations of the full size, folded over
and under”.
Scale three views all showed constant
curve outlines top and bottom right back
to the tailcone, and all photographs also
inferred constant curves back to the tail.
However, Gary’s answer to my question
left me wondering if that was all the
Albatros Werk did to too -single curvature
ply panels rolled over the rear fuselage
formers
All an illusion? I’m still wondering…
IN THE MODE
Having mentioned my Albatros D.II, I have
to admit, it’s been hanging aloft in the ‘toy
room’ unflown.
As a relic of the past, dating back
the days of ‘disturbed free flight’ single
channel flying and then non-proportional
multi-channel ‘reeds’, I’m a member of
that fast disappearing breed, the Mode 1
flyer.
Since I can’t take in-flight photos of the
model while actually flying it, I need a
good Mode 1’er I can trust to do the stick
time, while I handle the camera. So is there
anyone out there within striking distance of
a WD3 postcode who might be prepared
to do the honours?
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