1/32 Tiger Moth

[ams888]

Hi All,

Well the birthday present I got for myself in February is finally finished. I ummed and arred about what scheme to do it in, and finally settled for ZK - AKG. All the info i have found on it are all courtesy of the Ed Coates website, and ADF Serials.

ZK - AKG was built in Australia, at Bankstown.

Quote from ADF Serials "BOC Unit 18 Rongotai 29 October 1941. Delivered to Taieri on 10 November 1941 and used by No.1 EFTS 1941-1943. Sold to Nelson Aero Club from No.42 Squadron on 09 August 1946 and entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-AKG on 09 August 1946."
Unfortunately AKG suffered a serious accident when it crashed into Nelson Harbour on 02 November 1947.

Here is a picture of the actual aircraft. From the Ed Coates website



And here is my Model

[smithy]

Nothing wrong with that, looks lovely.

I have this kit as well, so are there any issues others building it should look out for?

[ams888]

I had a few issues with the lower wings joining together properly, and the centre struts are difficult to join to the wings as well. Just make sure that you drill all the holes, and don't miss any, as I did, because i was half way through rigging, and realised I'd missed a few holes, which is quite difficult to drill when the plane is half built. But other than that, I found it a very enjoyable build, and I am very pleased with how it turned out. It is the first biplane I have rigged, and I was a bit nervous about it, but the instructions for the rigging are very clear.

[Dave Homewood]

Beautiful job! It looks great.

[Peter Lewis]

Superb work.

Where did you get the upper top wing colour detail from?

[ams888]

I used Artistic Licence for the upper wing. I know that Nelson aero club's colours are blue and Silver. I didn't want to just have a plain top wing, so I copied the current scheme of ZK - BLK, and did its wing stripe. Of course after doing that, i realised that the rego on the top of the wing looked totally out of place, because the blue blotted out part of it. Still haven't figured out how to solve that problem yet, so until i do, my Tiger has a rego on the bottom of the wing, but not the top.

[Peter Lewis]

Good view of the top wing from this angle
Looks like a full width registration across both surfaces in black?

[ams888]

wow cool! I looked everywhere for a picture that showed the top. I might just paint over my stripes, and put the proper rego on. Thanks for that added info.