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Kit: scratch built (1:144)
This pink Handley Page 0/400 came about after I had mentioned that I was scratch building one. Neil Crawford said I should do it up as the "Flying Hareem" or "Pink Lady." This was an HP 0/400 that was done up for a maharajah in India after World War One. That intriqued me and after seeing a picture of the aircraft sent to me by Neil I decided to do it. Unfortunately that was the only photo I came across. I even phoned Stuart Leslie but that was the only photo he had as well. But he did tell me that it was entirely pink except for the engine nacelles which were blue. And that the interior was covered in pink silk! Boy, those maharajahs really knew how to live it up! My model is a bog standard 0/400 but with windows cut into the fuselage sides. The engine nacelles were made of a combination of sheet plastc and Fimo. The rest of the model is my standard construction with rigging made of hot stretched sprue. The pink Humbrol number 200. When I was nearly finished I discovered a glaring mistake. Can anyone see it?