Sorry Steve a Bi-plane only.
Papa695s let’s build a bi-plane.
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Very concerned at you turning into a wingy Andy .I'm gonna join in with this one,a double first for me....
... first Biplane.....
... and first WW1 Aircraft..
..... oh dear,I could be in trouble now!!...
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Kinda looking forward to it in a weird sort of way!!
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You can always build it out of matches....
Remind me when we get a bit closer to the date and I will make the section for this one.
Will do Ian. Thanks.
peterairfix
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My first entry should qualify as it has two wings 
WOW - originally released for " Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" 1965/66 - there were 6 in the series from Inpact, of wihch only two would qualify for the build, this, & an Avro biplane, the others being monoplanes & a triplane.
I remember being taken to see the film when it first came out, at the old Odeon, in Sheffield, for my birthday!! There was a full sized replica of the Bleriot Monoplane on the cinema foyer roof - sticks in my mond!
Dave
Steve-the-Duck
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Ooh, one of the old 'Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines' kits
With no mention of the film on the box, but that's definitely Stuart Whitman at the controls
With no mention of the film on the box, but that's definitely Stuart Whitman at the controls
Steve-the-Duck
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SIX 'Magnificent Men' 'planes? I thought there were only four, but I may have confused the number with the Inpact British fighter biplanes
Avro Biplane, Avro Triplane (Terry-Thomas' 'plane)´ Boxkite, Bleriot, Depurdussin and Martin-Hanayside. Never one of the little Demoiselle tho'
Avro Biplane, Avro Triplane (Terry-Thomas' 'plane)´ Boxkite, Bleriot, Depurdussin and Martin-Hanayside. Never one of the little Demoiselle tho'
I assume that the marketing license was for Inpact, when the moulds were sold on, that license wouldn't have gone with them. I've seen the boxes, but never seen any made up, they are real collectors items in the original boxing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39455558...Ji5z6vFfO6WwIesHmAe7Cvfw==|tkp:Bk9SR9i0pO_lYg
Dave
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39455558...Ji5z6vFfO6WwIesHmAe7Cvfw==|tkp:Bk9SR9i0pO_lYg
Dave
Steve-the-Duck
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Yeah, saw that lot on eBay when I was trying to find what they all were. Still a really interesting set. I mean, apart from the Wright flyer, are there ANY other kits of pre-WW1 'planes?
When searching for these I came across a whole series of aircraft cslled 'Magnificent Men' but they may be just instructions for scratchbuilding, or possibly paper kits. The Phillips multiplane is tempting as it's so nuts. It's the one in that old piece of film that collapses at the wing roots
When searching for these I came across a whole series of aircraft cslled 'Magnificent Men' but they may be just instructions for scratchbuilding, or possibly paper kits. The Phillips multiplane is tempting as it's so nuts. It's the one in that old piece of film that collapses at the wing roots
There are a few, but they are either of vacform construction, or limited run resin kits. Like the Santos Dumont, Burgesse Dunne, Deperdussin - one that was/is injection is the Sopwith Tabloid ( just prewar ). I did make the Burgess Dunne tailless biplane vacform in the 80's. A model that I was very proud of.until after a few weeks, the thin wings started to sag giving gross anhedral! The thin vaform plastic just wasn't strong enough.
Burgess Dunne D8
At that time I was well into vacform models, Like the Vickers Virginia, Vildebeest, Fox Moth, Comper Swift, Westland Pterodactyl and loads of other obscurities. White metal parts by Aeroclub! Resin kits had just started to appear, but were very expensive - the mainstreamers were still churning out Spitfires & Stukas, so, it was either vacforms or scratching. I still have a few vacforms in a box, most of which now have been released as injection moulded kits!
Dave
Neil Merryweather
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I belive the boxkite replica made for the film is still flying at the Shuttle worth collection
Very nice Peter.
Wingest !