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Here's my recent conversion of the 1:72 Pegasus Airco DH.4 into the passenger carrying DH.4A from Instone Air Lines. The original gained fame for winning the very King's Cup.

An article on the conversion will appear in one of the upcoming issues of SAMI.

 

I hope you like it!

 

Peter

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6 hours ago, kapam said:

Awesome!

All that rigging would send me running, but you nailed it.

:goodjob:

Hi Kapam,

I used 0.3 mm steel wire, cut to length and glued in place with superglue. Work from the inside out and take your time, and you can do it as well.

 

Peter

Thanks to all for the positive feedback!

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Absolutely beautiful.  A great conversion and some terrific rigging.  Really nice to see an aircraft from this era, which is sadly neglected by many model companies. 

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8 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said:

Really nice.  Can you give some background on the conversion process?  I doubt I'll get a copy of the magazine?  How about the decals?

 

 

The decals are from Arctic Decals (www.arcticdecals.com) from Finland. They can be ordered both in 1:72 and 1:48.

Peter

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13 hours ago, Pedro1 said:

I used 0.3 mm steel wire, cut to length and glued in place with superglue.

Interesting (and thanks for your confidence) 👍

Do you need to pull the wire into a state of tension; or is it straight already and you cut it to length and attach?

Certainly looks good, whatever you're doing. :clap:

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4 hours ago, kapam said:

Interesting (and thanks for your confidence) 👍

Do you need to pull the wire into a state of tension; or is it straight already and you cut it to length and attach?

Certainly looks good, whatever you're doing. :clap:

Hi Kapam,

It is already straight, so no need to tension it afterwards with all risks of pulling the wings out of alignment. The wire is used for antenae for rc race cars and is widely available.

Peter

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7 hours ago, dnl42 said:

Nice work! I

 

FWIW, Roden's #431, 1/48 DH4A (Passenger) includes decals for G-EAJC of Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd.

........But they got the colour scheme wrong.  AT & T's fuselage colour was black. They seem to have confused it with the blue Instone plane. 

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2 hours ago, Pedro1 said:

The wire is used for antenae for rc race cars and is widely available.

Thanks.  Reckon I might go look for some.  👍

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Fabulous and makes a nice change to the more usual military type.

That is some rigging job you did there - the wire seems to have worked very well - has it added much stiffness to the structure?

Rick

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