red baron 5 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 my last built, enjoy : 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 That is realy nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Rare subject...and looks great. Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Excellent result! I didn't realise that MiniArt had strayed from AFVs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) It's a nice and original model. Excellent look 😀 Edited December 2, 2019 by Dric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Thats lovely. I've got two on the go at the moment and hoping to get them finished off this week. Just one small thing - I thought the cabin door for the forward seat entrance slid up and down within the fuselage rather than opening out? If I'm wrong I'm going to have to make a few changes to mine. Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red baron 5 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, petetasker said: C'est adorable. J'en ai deux sur le coup pour le moment et j'espère les finir cette semaine. Juste une petite chose - je pensais que la porte de la cabine pour l’entrée du siège avant glissait de haut en bas dans le fuselage plutôt que de s’ouvrir? Si je me trompe, je vais devoir apporter quelques modifications à la mienne. Peut me voir frapper les références quand je rentre à la maison pour vérifier. Belle construction. thank you, for the door I admit having just followed the assembly instructions, I will look if this door should be like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Looks excellent! 👍 Very nice job, congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Very appetizing model! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I got one for Christmas... delicately moulded, 1/35 is close enough to 1/32 not t o bother me. Serials K4230 to K4239 and K4296 & K4775 were delivered between 1934 to 1935 and equipped the Army School of Co-operation at Old Sarum near Salisbury. Old Sarum is my local airfield and hosts the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection which also features Old Sarum airfield. I want to finish the A/C as it would have been at Old Sarum in early 1935. The big question is the finish...silver overall, or early upper surface camouflage. Does anyone know? I'm searching for photos..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 26/12/2019 at 13:03, 224 Peter said: I got one for Christmas... delicately moulded, 1/35 is close enough to 1/32 not t o bother me. Serials K4230 to K4239 and K4296 & K4775 were delivered between 1934 to 1935 and equipped the Army School of Co-operation at Old Sarum near Salisbury. Old Sarum is my local airfield and hosts the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection which also features Old Sarum airfield. I want to finish the A/C as it would have been at Old Sarum in early 1935. The big question is the finish...silver overall, or early upper surface camouflage. Does anyone know? I'm searching for photos..... Hello mate All of the photographs I’ve seen suggest an overall silver dope with aluminium nose section. The shots of camouflaged aircraft all seem to be dated much later into the early 40’s. Peter Brookes book ‘Cierva Autogiros’ tells us that Rota’s only served with the School of Army Cooperation at Old Sarum until the outbreak of war. Hope this helps Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 very nice autogiro rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Pete, I think you are right. Camouflage only arrived in 1939, and then for first line A/C. They also all seem to have a roundel on the upper fuselage and no tail stripes. So, silver dope it is, with a pink/red dope bleed through linen on the inside! Quite why the kit instructions suggests white overall for the one that was used on a carrier for a while beats me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Interesting subject and wel done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, 224 Peter said: Pete, I think you are right. Camouflage only arrived in 1939, and then for first line A/C. They also all seem to have a roundel on the upper fuselage and no tail stripes. So, silver dope it is, with a pink/red dope bleed through linen on the inside! Quite why the kit instructions suggests white overall for the one that was used on a carrier for a while beats me! The kit is absolutely lovely but Mini Art do seem to have let themselves down somewhat with their colour and serial research. Guess they’ve based the white scheme from black & white photographs? Good luck with the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 The delicacy of the mouldings is impressive, it makes some of the big names efforts in larger scales look clumsy! I've found a photo of 3 in formation over Old Sarum, clearly in silver dope and aluminium. The question is "what colour are the rotor blades?" My guess is that they were canvas covered wood, so silver seems to make sense. Does anyone know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 hour ago, 224 Peter said: The delicacy of the mouldings is impressive, it makes some of the big names efforts in larger scales look clumsy! I've found a photo of 3 in formation over Old Sarum, clearly in silver dope and aluminium. The question is "what colour are the rotor blades?" My guess is that they were canvas covered wood, so silver seems to make sense. Does anyone know for sure? The photographs of the early silver dope Rota's appear to have the same coloured rotors - Impossible to know for sure but the tones on the blades do seem to be the same as the airframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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