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Post by harrysone on Nov 7, 2016 4:54:06 GMT 12
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Post by kiwiduster1 on Nov 7, 2016 7:09:05 GMT 12
Nice !!
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 8, 2016 16:57:52 GMT 12
Gorgeous!
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Post by harrysone on Nov 10, 2016 7:45:18 GMT 12
Thanks, I'm also seriously modifying an A Model DH.60M (Metal Moth) into ZK-AEJ, the so called 'Racing Moth'. In contrast its virtually got an 'inverted' Tiger moth engine & cowling (more enclosed than this DH-60) and has cabane V struts supporting the wing rather than conventional Moth struts. It also has smaller, more enclosed cockpit openings and a low dorsal spine forming a headrest for the pilot.
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 10, 2016 9:14:24 GMT 12
I'm looking forward to that.
I've had my eye on the AModel 1/48 Moths for a while, the price is quite reasonable if you know where to look.
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Post by dewobz on Nov 18, 2016 13:33:35 GMT 12
Nice work ... as always!
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Post by harrysone on Nov 21, 2016 7:04:31 GMT 12
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Post by kiwiduster1 on Nov 21, 2016 8:20:49 GMT 12
Nice work that man !!
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 21, 2016 12:52:48 GMT 12
What he said! Love it!
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Post by harrysone on Nov 29, 2016 5:59:00 GMT 12
Rigged and awaiting markings...
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Post by harrysone on Dec 9, 2016 20:25:14 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 9, 2016 21:00:26 GMT 12
That is superb. I hope Simon, who owns the real aircraft and is a member here on the forum, sees this.
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Post by kiwiduster1 on Dec 10, 2016 20:11:42 GMT 12
Lovely job as always !!
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Post by harrysone on Feb 8, 2017 9:28:45 GMT 12
The makings of ZK-AKK , Mme Elijah Francis Chichester DH-60G. It's the Avis boxing of the Amodel kit. I filled in the front cockpit, I believe he carried extra fuel here? Interesting there is a Lewis gun and mount in this boxing...in theory you could build on of the NZPAF Moths, there was at least one Moth operated in this fashion on floats in Samoa
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 8, 2017 19:29:54 GMT 12
Yes, the front cockpit housed a reserve fuel tank, the contents needed to be hand-pumped up to the main tank during flight. There are a few photos of Chichester's Moth around to help you out. Arriving in Wellington by ship February 1930, note the name at that time was "Te-Ika-a-Maui" Chich did fly it as a landplane in NZ before converting to floats, but I have yet to see a photo of it as such. Now with the floats off NZPAF Moth 995and then a few from the net: Inverted at Norfolk Island April 1931 The final accident, Katsuura, Japan, 15Aug31
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Post by harrysone on Feb 8, 2017 23:03:14 GMT 12
Nice photos; I've seen 1-2 before but not all of them...Hmmm...looks like I'll have to add some leading edge slots in the top wing. I have an optional slotted wing left over from one of my previous Amodel kits...I may have to try and transplant
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 9, 2017 16:52:43 GMT 12
Great photos Peter. Is that something written behind the cockpit in the crash photo from Japan? Maybe Japanese writing?
I always used to be under the impression that Sir Francis Chichester came to NZ only briefly before he flew the Moth to Japan, but I found an old article referring to him as a New Zealander. I was intrigued so looked it up and found he moved to NZ when he was 18, and set up business here, doing well in forestry. He became a local and lived here till he was 28, when he back to Britain for an extended holiday to see family and do some business, and that is when he learned to fly. So his coming to New Zealand after learning to fly was actually his coming home, not coming to visit, as such. I don't know how much time he spent in this country subsequent to becoming a famous aviator but he apparently considered himself a Kiwi. or at least a Kiwi Brit.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 9, 2017 19:51:44 GMT 12
Yes, Francis came here quite young, worked in mining and then as a traveling salesman. He met Geoffrey Goodwin in Wellington and they set up a partnership in business as land agents, and were very successful at that. They both did flying training at Wigram with the NZPAF which led them into getting the Avro agency and importing Avians both for joyriding and for sale.
FCC then got the idea of buying a larger plane overseas and flying it back to NZ, but by then the 1930s depression had struck and all he could afford was the Moth. He bought that in the UK, and after a short tour around Europe he set out to try and break the record on flying to Australia but after an incident or two arrived in Oz but did not break the record.
There are a couple of books out there which cover his early life quite comprehensively.
After a short and disastrous early marriage in NZ, he married (for the second time) a well-connected English woman. They moved to NZ but she could not settle here so they were back in the UK by the late 1930s and he lived there for the rest of his life.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 9, 2017 21:24:25 GMT 12
Thanks Peter. I had forgotten the Goodwin-Chichester Avro agency. They imported a number of Avians I believe. I did not know Francis had done his flying training at Wigram. Wikipedia states he took his lessons at Brooklands, in the UK.
I wonder if there are any television or radio interviews around with him talking about his flying, and his yachting exploits.
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Post by harrysone on Feb 11, 2017 19:09:32 GMT 12
I also have Chichester's Autobiography: "The lonely Sea & The Sky". I inherited it last year when we cleared out my parent's house...looks like a good read!
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