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(96,043 posts) Fri Aug 29, 2014, 10:09 PM Aug 2014

Aeroplane In A Bottle: From This One, I Will Be Getting Some Cash.... [View all]

This was my entry in a small modeling contest. It took the first prize, which just arrived today --- a very large scale kit, one which I would never build myself, but that I can probably sell off for something around a hundred fifty dollars. Might work out to a dollar an hour on the assembly....

It is built from scratch, in 1/72 scale ( six feet to the inch ), and the wingspan is a bit under nine inches.

It is a Short Admiralty Type 827, one of three which were sent out to Zanzibar in the late spring of 1915, and then were sent up to Basra, and employed by the Royal Naval Air Service in support of Gen. Townsend's drive on Baghdad, operating around Kut-al-Amara when it was taken in September, and subsequently. The 827 was designed as a floatplane, but at least two of those in Iraq, one of which was No. 822, had their floats replaced with wheels, as operating from the surface of the Tigris River presented many difficulties.

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Aeroplane In A Bottle: From This One, I Will Be Getting Some Cash.... [View all] The Magistrate Aug 2014 OP

Lovely! blogslut Aug 2014 #1

Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #5

Beautiful! And I thought of you, Sir, this past Wednesday evening. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #2

I Appreciate That, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #6

Wow! A great creation. panader0 Aug 2014 #3

I would like to know that myself. Lochloosa Aug 2014 #4

Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #7

the albatross had the radiator in front of the pilot too shaayecanaan Aug 2014 #29

Outstanding!!! Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #8

Glad You Like It, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #11

That's a thing of beauty! cyberswede Aug 2014 #9

I Don't Think Anybody Ever Said That About An Early Short Bros. Product, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #12

The history of it is what makes it even more interesting, I'd wager. cyberswede Aug 2014 #15

It Does Indeed, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #16

agree hibbing Aug 2014 #22

I admire your skill denbot Aug 2014 #10

Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #14

Congratulations on First Prize !! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #13

Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #17

all things WW2 ... he can talk WW2 for hours on end. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #19

I Do some From That Period, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #21

Interwar aviation is a fascinating subject. malthaussen Aug 2014 #44

For Me, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #46

Are those bee hives above the engine the radiator? Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #18

That It Is, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #20

I admire your work because I don't have your patience to build them Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #25

I See You Are Serious About That, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #26

Perhaps if you read his memoir, Going Solo, you could be inspired to build it Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #27

wow Kali Aug 2014 #23

Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #24

Love scale modelling JohnnyRingo Aug 2014 #28

I Enjoy It, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #30

What a wonderful passion. lovemydog Aug 2014 #31

Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #37

Nice Job cantbeserious Aug 2014 #32

Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #38

simply lovely azurnoir Aug 2014 #33

Thank You Very Much, My Friend The Magistrate Aug 2014 #42

A glorious piece intaglio Aug 2014 #34

Glad You Like It, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #39

Magnificent work caraher Aug 2014 #35

Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #40

I did a Google search caraher Aug 2014 #45

Well done.. sendero Aug 2014 #36

Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #41

Fine work! malthaussen Aug 2014 #43

Very nice, sir. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #47