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Ireland Privateer P-2 Amphibian, 1/72 Scratch-built


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A scratch from 10 years ago.

 

“…Privateer, lowest priced amphibian of the world!”

That’s what the advertisement stated in the early 30’s. They also added that was so easy to fly that even people like me could do it.

I had to try it. I took-off from the dinner table making the appropriate sound, flew around the living room and alighted in the bathtub, first tucking the wheels under the wings, of course.

They were right. Even I could fly it.

Wheels, engine –Warner Scarab- and prop are after market items. The engine cowl ring was made of two laminations of styrene sheet on a tube of adequate diameter, streamlined once dry.

Ready for a splash?

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Moa you are not a kit builder, you are a true scale artist !!!

Sorry I could not find a better word for the moment.

(English is not my first language so I struggle with the vocabulary often )

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