Dora Wings Percival Vega Gull

[harrysone]

I had some fun with this, was going to be a Jean Batten aircraft, until I realised she flew a similar (but different) Gull 6. Never mind, I built it as Guy Clapshaw's Proctor which in turn has been modified back to a Vega Gull

Great little build in 1/72, quite a bit of photo etch



DPP_2 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

DPP_3 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

DPP_1 by Harry Follas, on Flickr

[Dave Homewood]

Lovely!!

[ZacYates]

That's exactly what I want to do with the 1/48 kit. Sure would be nice if they did a Gull Six!

Are those kit decals or did you make/have them made, Harry?

[harrysone]

decals are about 90% home made Zac, The font for the rego is direct from close-up photos. The only commercial decals are the Percival logos on the tail

I'm also looking at modding another of these kits back to a Gull 6, I have read some info online that suggests that this isn't a difficult proposition

forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/116704-sorting-out-the-percival-gulls

www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1934/1934%20-%200411.html

www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201010.html

www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1935/1935%20-%200614.html

[ZacYates]

Do you think you'd be able to make the decals in 1/48? As with many of my projects, the decal question is what's stopping me from getting the kit!

I like the idea of doing a conversion! There's a bit of info out there on the Six, John Adams of Aeroclub fame who helped Dora with this kit may be able to help if you can reach him.

[harrysone]

Yes, easily modified to 1/48 (just up the scale factor by 100% & hit print

I saw someplace that John Adams was involved