fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Continuing with the trend of posting models of pioneer aircraft, this was one of my first scratchs, of twelve years ago, The French Antoinette, designed by Leon Levavasseur, was one of the planes intending to cross the channel at the same time that Louis Bleriot was. If you look carefully at the shape of the fuselage you will notice that it resembles a boat or canoe, which speaks volumes about the confidence that pilot and designer had on the plane and its capacity to stay aloft and away from the waves. Nevertheless the Antoinette ended up being a very popular design of the incipient aviation era. The design had many variations in its life and apparently, according to photos of the time, you had to wear mustaches in order to fly it, most probably for aerodynamic reasons. 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Another beautiful model, you really have captured the delicacy of the original. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Fantastic model, love these early aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Exquisite! Some seriously good modelling skills on display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Excuisite, Moa, as are all your builds. Martin Edited September 3, 2018 by RidgeRunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Nezumi Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Very cute! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Reynaga Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Wow, that is one absolutely beautiful build! I have a partially built 1/48 Martin-Handasyde under my work bench which I now may never touch again - your 1/72 masterpiece puts it to shame. Stunning work indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 wow, congrats, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 A superb creation. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Tim Reynaga said: I have a partially built 1/48 Martin-Handasyde under my work bench which I now may never touch again - Tim, we will forgive you for the heretic scale, please finish it and post it, we will love to see it! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Another beauty. A rather modern looking wing planform for its time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Meatbox8 said: A rather modern looking wing planform for its time. Stay tuned for the upcoming post of the Antoinette-Latham Monobloc of 1911, another surprisingly "modern" design for the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 These really are superb models. Have you thought of posting them on ww1aircraftmodels.com website? There are many modellers there who would appreciate both your skill and the subject material. The boat shape for the fuselage was frequently adopted by early designers - A. V. Roe used it on his triplane of 1910 and biplane of 1911. I do not know why but I suspect that it had to to with aerodynamics which are similar to hydrodynamics, and I asume that they regarded the fuselage as being similar to a ships hull. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 21 hours ago, pheonix said: The boat shape for the fuselage was frequently adopted by early designers - A. V. Roe used it on his triplane of 1910 and biplane of 1911. I do not know why but I suspect that it had to to with aerodynamics which are similar to hydrodynamics, and I asume that they regarded the fuselage as being similar to a ships hull. P Water crafts were in some way the base for air crafts, and terminology, materials, techniques ans so forth were many times directly transferred from one to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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