1:10 model: Who can I honour?
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:44 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Back in last October I started a rather protracted build of a radio-controlled model of the Stirling, the reasons for which were that apart from liking the look of the type I have not seen any other models of it being flown or published. It seems to be very much 'the forgotten bomber' in the modelling fraternity as elsewhere. The reasons for this lack of flying models are the practical difficulties of producing a working undercarriage and Gouge flap system (I am still struggling to get these reliable in operation). There are increasing numbers of other bomber types being flown and my intention is to publish my model design once it has been test flown so that the imbalance can be at least partially redressed.
As I seem to be entering the final phase of building and have started to finish it, I need to make a decision on which actual aircraft it will represent and this is where I would welcome some input.
Arthur Creighton, who came to speak at my local club last night, suggested that this forum might prove to be fruitful in this. So my question is (as header) 'Which aircraft and crew can I most usefully honour?'
As you will see from the photos below, although the model is only built to 'sport-scale' standard it has developed more towards being a Mk.IV, but earlier marks could be represented except for the fact that the intakes over the nacelles are of the longer type which seem to have been introduced in the Mk.IV. (I have been influenced by the slightly easier nature of this to model as it has less turrets!). It may be however that these were not standardised across the types during manufacture. Again I lack detail in this matter, but assuming this is so these could be modified even to go back to a Mk.I series 1 aircraft if there happened to be strong reason for doing so.
Back in last October I started a rather protracted build of a radio-controlled model of the Stirling, the reasons for which were that apart from liking the look of the type I have not seen any other models of it being flown or published. It seems to be very much 'the forgotten bomber' in the modelling fraternity as elsewhere. The reasons for this lack of flying models are the practical difficulties of producing a working undercarriage and Gouge flap system (I am still struggling to get these reliable in operation). There are increasing numbers of other bomber types being flown and my intention is to publish my model design once it has been test flown so that the imbalance can be at least partially redressed.
As I seem to be entering the final phase of building and have started to finish it, I need to make a decision on which actual aircraft it will represent and this is where I would welcome some input.
Arthur Creighton, who came to speak at my local club last night, suggested that this forum might prove to be fruitful in this. So my question is (as header) 'Which aircraft and crew can I most usefully honour?'
As you will see from the photos below, although the model is only built to 'sport-scale' standard it has developed more towards being a Mk.IV, but earlier marks could be represented except for the fact that the intakes over the nacelles are of the longer type which seem to have been introduced in the Mk.IV. (I have been influenced by the slightly easier nature of this to model as it has less turrets!). It may be however that these were not standardised across the types during manufacture. Again I lack detail in this matter, but assuming this is so these could be modified even to go back to a Mk.I series 1 aircraft if there happened to be strong reason for doing so.
