Not what it appears to be

[harrysone]

Small wet weekend project...Not a Tiger but an Amodel DH.60G III Moth Major in RNZAF (requisitioned) colours. I believe 2-3 of them were impressed at start of the war. Not too sure whether silver or yellow, the sole picture I can find makes me think it was the latter.

IMG_7728 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

IMG_7721 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

IMG_7738 by Harry Follas, on Flickr


With some brethren
IMG_7745 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

IMG_7751 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

[Dave Homewood]

Great looking Moth!!

[ZacYates]

Lovely job Harry, a real "gotcha" for the uninitiated.

[Dave Homewood]

I actually spotted the serial number as being 'off' before anything else.

[Antonio]

Awesome trio

[davidd]

A little-known fact; if the aircraft was powered by a DH Gipsy III it was called a DH 60G-III Moth; if by a Gipsy Major I it was a DH 60 Moth Major. Note the Gipsy III was an inverted version of the previous Gipsy II, and the latter was an improved Gipsy I. The Gipsy Major I was a redesigned and enlarged version of the Gipsy III.

All the aircraft shipped to New Zealand for our aero clubs, and subsequently impressed into military service here were powered by the Gipsy Major I, which of course was the same engine as installed in all our DH 82As (Tiger Moths, officially designated as the Mk. II in RAF). This last detail hardly ever necessary in New Zealand as we never had any of the much rarer original DH 82 variant (known in the RAF as Tiger Moth Mk. I).

Sorry for the above, couldn't help myself, but these aircraft have caused a lot of nomenclatureal confusion over the years.

[harrysone]

Lol…explains why you see the aircraft with 2 confusing designations …well explained!