fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 A build from 12 years ago: The Nemeth Umbrellaplane, as its name indicates, was created to minimize the weather impact while waiting on the tarmac on rainy airstrips. Or not. Thanks to one of the very good publications issued by Bill Hannan at Hannan’s Runway, this model could finally see the light of day (under the umbrella, that’s it). This beautiful machine was the brainchild of Mr. Nemeth, and was built by students of the University of Miami. The fuselage is from a stretched Alliance Argo, and was powered by a Warner Scarab. Later in its life the wing was altered to another, even stranger, split configuration. A bit more of information can be found at Aerofiles: http://www.aerofiles.com/_n.html The model, as you can tell by the “in progress” photos, is made basically, as usual, from styrene sheet and rod. Aeroclub engine prop and wheels completed the needed parts. The forest of struts was dealt with using brass “Strutz”. Once I got all the parts on the table I gently blew over them and pronounced the powerful word “Shazam!” And the model came to life. The truth is out there. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 A very interesting concept - and it appears to have flown pretty well. It makes for a stunning model Moa - a lot of strut work to sort out though - I bet it was fun getting all of those aligned at the same time! Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Baldy said: I bet it was fun getting all of those aligned at the same time! Cheers Malcolm Oh, you can't imagine! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Found a clip of it flying: https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/5162/rec/68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Weird but beautiful - it's 'obscute'! As ever, supreme modelling. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Sabrejet said: Weird but beautiful - it's 'obscute'! As ever, supreme modelling. 👍 Thanks, and old one, but I just found the clip and posted it for the incredulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 An intriguing aircraft and another splendid build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 12 hours ago, Wulfman said: An intriguing aircraft and another splendid build ! Wulfman Thanks, Wulfman, another of the series posted here some time ago, for which I also found an interesting clip yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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