JohnHaa Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Dear members, Like many other modellers, I admired John's Aero diarama of Stackton Aerodrome. I thought this was a good opportunity to add an old model, when I just started to build in scratch. I did some homework, because it is a long time ago I build this model. Of course in pre- internet days, we had only books and magazines. From a Scale Models Magazine, October 1980 , I used the 3-view drawings as starting point, further I used Profile Nr.144. As times literally flies...😉 To revive the old times, here, I hope you like the photographs, With kind greetings, JohnHaa 62 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 That is a stunner! Your modelling skills are admirable, to think this is from pre-internet when source material wasn't so easily available, thank you for sharing Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 That is stunning. The Rapide is in my top five favourite aircraft, thank you for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Beautiful - Just like Silver Fox this is one of my favourite civil aircraft & a demanding subject for scratchbuilding; a twin-engined biplane with a voluminous visible interior and complex faceted shapes making up the fuselage all coupled with an extremely technical colour-scheme. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 From 1980?! Fantastic John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbay133 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Absolutely stunning. I am in awe of your skills. Always loved the Rapide since I saw one flying over in the early 60's. I think that was probably the event that started my interest in aircraft. Thanks for sharing. Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Just beautiful John! Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Great work! It looks so perfect, no even suggestion of any scratch work happend here... So I see it is not only me, who has models made plus forty years ago Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Outstanding model of a beautiful airplane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 You are right, John's diorama is very evocative! Your model is beautiful, as it is the original plane. Your work is top notch, congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Superb model of arguably the most stylish and elegant biplane ever. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Absolutely stunning John. One of the most beautiful aircraft of all time. Surely it is time for someone to kit this aircraft in 1/48 or even 1/32? Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 They don't come much better than that model. I've flown in a good few Rapides over the years. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Very nice work! There's a good reason that era was called the Golden Age of Aviation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Everyone, Thank you very much for your very kind comments ! Yes I agree, this kind of planes are beautiful. Elas, a bit difficult to build. I recall getting the cockpit section of fuselage right, was tricky as Bandsaw Steve wrote in his comment. Also to make the engine / undercarriage fairings was a complicated affair. And two of them. The designers at De Havillands made us modellers' life not easy ....😅 Anyhow, I am glad I have seen this beauty in real; in the sixties I lived near Rotterdam Airport, where the KLM used one for Photo work. I still remember that beautiful sound, like sewing machines ! With kind greetings, JohnHaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Beautiful!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Having spent many hours in and around Rapides I think this captures the character of the type superbly. Magnificent work, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Awesome! Can't begin to think what a challenge it must be to scratch-build something like this! Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Wow! Amazing scratch building there, you have captured the look of the Rapide perfectly. It's a shame the windows have gone all brownish but I guess that's just the passage of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Wow , what can I say that's not already been said , I have the Aeroclub model but this is in another league. I hope mine turns out as good as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Words fail me, so I will echo what the others have said. This in no way looks like a scratchbuild, but a state of the art kit. Beautiful in all respects! You sir, are one steely-eyed modeler. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 Dear viewers, Thank you for your compliments, much appreciated ! Greetings, JohnHaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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