[WWI] Voisin III in 1/72nd scale

[Michael Kendix]

Diego:

>From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
>Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 09:02:01 -0300
>
>Careful with that nacelle. It shows a "blunt" type seen on Russian 
>Vosisins, probably a field modification. It's not at all like the nacelles 
>seen in the surviving examples of Le Bourget and Belgium, but spot on with 
>that on Monino.

I am considering a Russian one - I have a couple of profiles that look 
interewsting.

>According to Harry Woodman, the Flashback wings had some shape anomalies as 
>well.

The Classic Plan's wings are not quite the same as the Falshback kit's. I 
put the Classic Plane's against plans in the FMP tome and there are some 
differences.  In particular, the lower wing's ailerons appear as protruding 
back beyond the main wing part in the plans but in both kits, they are 
fairly flush.  Pictures on the WW1 list web site show a flush wing.  I 
realize there are some inaccuracies but for me the Flashback was spoiled due 
to those over-accentuated flying surfaces.  At least the model will "Look" 
good, even if it isn't completely accurate.  The nacelle on the vac kit 
isn't bad either so I could always use that too.  The Flashback has a lot of 
nice resin bits, wire wheels, etc. Curiously, the vac kit contains some 
circular clear parts for the landing lights or whatever those things are 
that Len Smith pointed out.

We need a Voisin 3 Datafile!!!:)

Michael