A build from 7 years ago:
A deceiving itsy-bitsy teeny weenie:
A surprisingly lively little thing this Monocoupe; the beast in the beauty you may say.
With a long lifespan and a design that evolved into many, equally-successful sub-types, the Monocoupe became one of the many iconic shapes of the Golden Age of aviation.
Many a machine of this type won or placed high in a remarkable number of races and was used by big names of aeronautics as well as by the general public.
There is plenty of material out there for you to satiate your appetite for knowledge, but I’ll recommend Skyways magazine of April 2012, that features a great article and...this very model.
The photos pretty much describe the building process, which consists of training a labor force composed of all those discarded 1/72 figures in the spares’ bin. Once they learn, they are good, don’t require food and their only request is to read poetry once in a while.
I’d like to thank Lars Opland, Tom Polapink and Matias Hagen for their help with this project.