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Airsail 1/6 Scale Chipmunk


I've finally got round to gluing some sticks of balsa together and produced my model of a DHC-1 Chipmunk. It's fitted with an OS 52 four stroke engine with an onboard glow for (hopefully) added reliability. Taxying trials and C of A formalities were dispensed with on Good Friday and after waiting for suitable weather to coincide with a day off to commit it to the air it was test flown on the 26th of April 2003 with most satisfactory results.

Since these photos was taken, on a bright but rather blustery day, I've added quite a bit more detailing to the model.

Here are a few more shots (all clickeable, of course):


A couple of close ups of the cockpit area:


...and finally one posed (with the shortest member of the club to make it look as impressive as possible!) to prove it's really a model. Whaddya mean, it's obvious...

Just for fun, I've produced this "flying" shot - let's hope I can get one of the real thing soon!