World Champs videos
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RE: World Champs videos
I asked Peter about all of the rivets you see on the cowl of his DH9. He said they are real rivets, not something that just looks like a rivet head. I understand it took him one whole month to fabricate the cowl from lithoplate. Yes, it is a work of art.
Max Merkenschlager's Stinson A-1 tri-motor even has a roll of toilet paper that you can see in the lavatory when its door is open.
The Westland Lysander was entered in F4G, giant scale.
For those who enjoy exquisite scale models, there is nothing to compare to a World Championship contest. If you would like to plan ahead, the next one will be at the St. Cilia airfield in the state (province) of Aragon, Spain in August, 2012. It took 45 minutes per plane to go through the static judging. Most of the judging is done from a distance of 5 meters, except for the craftsmanship portion. The judges are not allowed to touch the model or measure anything, however, they are very critical in their assessment of how well you created a model of the full-sized aircraft. Nothing that isn't present on the full-scale plane is allowed to show on your model or you lose points. What they are looking for is a model that looks like a shrunken down version of the full size plane. If you were to produce a model with weathering, you had better be able to document that the model was weathered the same as the full-sized plane was. Since this is very difficult to achieve, most modelers try to replicate planes that are in museums or are in excellent condition. The rules for F4C and F4G are available on the FAI website, www.fai.org.
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Max Merkenschlager's Stinson A-1 tri-motor even has a roll of toilet paper that you can see in the lavatory when its door is open.
The Westland Lysander was entered in F4G, giant scale.
For those who enjoy exquisite scale models, there is nothing to compare to a World Championship contest. If you would like to plan ahead, the next one will be at the St. Cilia airfield in the state (province) of Aragon, Spain in August, 2012. It took 45 minutes per plane to go through the static judging. Most of the judging is done from a distance of 5 meters, except for the craftsmanship portion. The judges are not allowed to touch the model or measure anything, however, they are very critical in their assessment of how well you created a model of the full-sized aircraft. Nothing that isn't present on the full-scale plane is allowed to show on your model or you lose points. What they are looking for is a model that looks like a shrunken down version of the full size plane. If you were to produce a model with weathering, you had better be able to document that the model was weathered the same as the full-sized plane was. Since this is very difficult to achieve, most modelers try to replicate planes that are in museums or are in excellent condition. The rules for F4C and F4G are available on the FAI website, www.fai.org.
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