ORIGINAL: RFJ
I understand and agree with what you say Ed. A good pattern design would usually be designed by someone who competes sucessfully in competitions and develops his models over a period of time.
In defence of Dave Platt, not of course a specialist pattern designer, his Kingpin was pretty much state of the art in 1966 as it was basically a Taurus/Nimbus clone with a much simplified structure. It was flown in competition ( British Nationals) and speaking as someone who has "seriously competed in pattern" I considered it as good as anything available at that time. That was why I built it.
Ray
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Even some of us junior geezers can be trumped in the memory game. It is good that folks like you do not take offense, but instead come back with useful information.
I was not aware of Dave Platt's Kingpin until this thread. And, looking at the photos, it does appear to be competitive for the era. I stand corrected. Thank you.
Ed Cregger