TonyTiger66 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 03/07/2017 at 0:27 AM, provencenut said: Vami Models once made a 1/72 scale resin kit of DH Leopard Moth. It is a bit crude, but buildable. Regards, Mika Arctic Decals Thanks Mika. I will look for it. I just bought the new resin 'Dekno' 1/72 Hornet Moth. It's a nice kit. One day I hope to have the whole range of inter war DH aircraft in 1/72, but it's tricky without scratch building skils. Perhaps in time I will try the latter . I have your decals for Junkers F-13 and G-24 Aero Oy. Lovely . Best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provencenut Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 On 3.7.2017 at 7:50 PM, TonyTiger66 said: One day I hope to have the whole range of inter war DH aircraft in 1/72, but it's tricky without scratch building skils. Perhaps in time I will try the latter . I have your decals for Junkers F-13 and G-24 Aero Oy. Lovely . Best regards TonyT Thanks Tony for your kind feedback About those DH planes, perhaps Albert (Dekno Models) may produce more of them, as I think he has sold quite many of those Hornet Moths. Just be in contact with him and ask what are his plans with the DH fleet. I am sure that if there were enough demand for those planes he would be interested in doing them. Regards, Mika 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 4 hours ago, provencenut said: Thanks Tony for your kind feedback About those DH planes, perhaps Albert (Dekno Models) may produce more of them, as I think he has sold quite many of those Hornet Moths. Just be in contact with him and ask what are his plans with the DH fleet. I am sure that if there were enough demand for those planes he would be interested in doing them. Regards, Mika Thanks Mika; I bought it straight from his website. I have Dekno going right back to the old days like the Northrops and Fairchild. They are a different breed now; like little precision watches. I don't want to hog this thread going OT. I'll drop him a line. Good to see you have decals for Dujin kits too; I have a collection of 'French De-Havilland' by them (Farman, Caudron....), sadly missed . Best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Just a test of my new Flicker account What a total pantomime to get this posted and I still don't know how I did it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Another try 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BritJet Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Seeing John's Fox Moth photos reminded me I've got some here on Photobucket including a cockpit shot that might be useful. Better I do it this way than link directly to them and they disappear when the Photobucket police notice....... Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Is this model construction going on? It seems that the most important points have been clarifed. I just ordered one of the relatively new Airfix DH82 to contemplate this conversion. Pity some of the images posted at the time are now not working links. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I read this thread in a sort of light overflight, but here is what I think is proof of John's non-parallel wing center section chord: https://suwalls.com/aircraft/dh-83-fox-moth-33115/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 As you can see, and as explained by John, the sides splay-out noticeably as they go for the trailing edge. Also notice that the wing-center panel separation line is covered at the LE by what looks like some kind of metal fairing, not sure if this was standard. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Nice pic, C. You can also see that the Fox has no leading edge slats, which need carving off the Airfix Tiger Moth wings, one of the more 'fun' aspects of the conversion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Moa said: Is this model construction going on? Just in the middle of a WNW tube and then I will start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Roger Holden said: Nice pic, C. You can also see that the Fox has no leading edge slats, which need carving off the Airfix Tiger Moth wings, one of the more 'fun' aspects of the conversion.... Thanks Roger for the reminder, I read that at least one had those, but in general they didn't. Cheers Edited March 19, 2018 by Moa to correct typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 16 minutes ago, andy wood said: Just in the middle of a WNW tube and then I will start Looking forward to it, Andy. You would be working in 1/32, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Yeap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 If I may resurrect this thread I'm going to try converting the new Airfix 1/48 Tigger to a Fox and note the shape of the wing tips on the model and the plan are quite different shape. In this thread it states that Tiger and Fox Moth use the same wings so are the Airfix tips wrong or the drawing? Any ideas? fullsizeoutput_19f0 by tankienz, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 This is a great topic I have especially ordered another Silver Wings Tiger to help me with this conversion. Plans worry me and I am unsure where we got on this thread Super interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/5/2020 at 10:04 AM, dcrfan said: If I may resurrect this thread I'm going to try converting the new Airfix 1/48 Tigger to a Fox and note the shape of the wing tips on the model and the plan are quite different shape. In this thread it states that Tiger and Fox Moth use the same wings so are the Airfix tips wrong or the drawing? Any ideas? fullsizeoutput_19f0 by tankienz, on Flickr You have the port wing root lined up with the centre line of the fuselage instead of the outside edge. Try it and see how it looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 5 hours ago, andy wood said: You have the port wing root lined up with the centre line of the fuselage instead of the outside edge. Try it and see how it looks No I have the wing forward and rear edges aligned with the wing edges on the plan. I have off set the wing slightly shorter just to show the difference in wing tip shapes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 I would say it is the Airfix wing that is wrong then. Ther should be one more, shorter rib outboard of the wing tip light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 On 9/7/2020 at 8:30 PM, andy wood said: I would say it is the Airfix wing that is wrong then. Ther should be one more, shorter rib outboard of the wing tip light Unfortunately I have little faith in the accuracy of the drawing as there is a significant error in the shape of top wing centre section. I will however try and compare the Airfix wingtip shape with a Tiger Moth drawing. I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 The Airfix wing tip matches the Tiger Moth plan so I believe the Fox Moth plan is incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 9/28/2016 at 1:07 AM, John Aero said: This is the Fox Moth layout I've worked out so far @John Aero - Would it be possible to re-instate the picture which has been botophucketed. @John Aero if you still have and still trust the plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedtea Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 9/22/2016 at 5:10 AM, andy wood said: I'm toying with the idea of converting the Revell/Matchbox Tiger Moth to a Fox Moth. Apart from the new fuselage. centre wing section and tweaked u/c legs, my research indicates that not much else needs changing. Does anyone have any other views to the contrary? Anyone have any scale plans? I assume you refer to the ex Matchbox now Revell Tiger Moth in 1/32 scale? AVI Models released a Fox Moth just recently in 1/72. You may be able to use the parts from this as a reference/template for your scaled up conversion? I got mine on ebay. HTH John H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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