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Originally Posted by John Pete what scale is the Hawker Tomtit? looks really good |
The Tomtit was built from a Veron Kit about twent five years ago .It is approx 1/6 scale 52" wingspan . The picture was taken at the old Walsall airport site just as some guys in the distance started playing cricket . The giveaway is the elastic bands holding the wings on! The engine is an Enya 35 fourstroke inverted . Futaba radio gear and flies like a dream .
The Concorde is only 22" span ,built from a plan with sheet balsa wings and a veneered foam fuselage . It's powered by a Cox TeeDee .049 glow engine running on 30% nitro with a pusher prop .You can just about see the engine at the back . It's quite difficult to fly . You have to throw it like a javelin to get up airspeed,then let it build up speed for about 100 yards before you attempt to climb away .Once going it's OK .
The yellow and blue 'plane is a 54" span funfly called Millenium built from a free plan and powered by an Irvine 53 twostroke . Alas ,it is no more !
Yes I am the "Pete" behind Pete's Pilots and these are two of my 1/4 scale creations . The jet pilot in the seat is made from painted latex mouldings .And was used in a fabulous 1/4 scale turbine powered Hawk ,which seems to have vanished from the modelling scene . The seat was made by an RAF technician a few years ago .
The other pilot has a lightweight foam body and real clothes .The head , hands and feet are made from foamed polyurethane resin in silicone moulds . Inside the body is a bendable wire skeleton enabling the pilot to be properly posed. He is the pilot for an Army AOP (Aerial Obsevation Post) Auster. Here is a picture of him and his mate in their berets .
You can see more of my stuff at
www.petespilots.com