Monday, 1 July 2019

Airfix new 72nd Tiger Moth - build review


A quick build before moving on to bigger and more complicated projects. The Tiger Moth isn't a large aircraft so after a few hours in the garden this is almost ready for painting and decaling, which, as with most biplane kits- or so I'm led to believe -will have to be undertaken before fitting the top wing. Here the cockpit 'doors' have been cut away and the rear fuselage has been cut out to fit the anti-spin strakes. Inside the fuselage halves framing and controls are molded onto the side walls. Two instrument panels with decals are provided. The only area of poor fit has been the lower wing to the fuselage but the assembly is such that the correct dihedral is ensured. The elevators and rudder have been cut out and deployed as is usual for a machine at rest. One area which had me scratching my head was the fit of the tail fin - no, it doesn't sit level on the fuselage on the real aircraft either! Not that I knew that even having an example of the aircraft to 'study' locally  - G-ACDC seen at Postling Farm airfield, Kent, (below) is one of the oldest machines still flying apparently..

 






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