[WWI] Martinsyde Buzzard info

[Mikko Saarela]

MessageHere you find some Antti Lappalainen's photos of the Finnish surviver:

http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_4441/

Mikko
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hooper, Dave 
  To: World War I Modeling Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [WWI] Martinsyde Buzzard info


  Many thanks to everybody who answered my Buzzard query, especially Carlos and Paul who did some digging. For future interest to anybody intending to build the Pegasus kit these are my thoughts:-

   

  The article Carlos sent confirmed my feelings that the strut location points on the Pegasus kit are incorrect, either in that the bottom points are too close together or the upper wing points are too far apart. After playing around with the kit last night I found that moving the lower rear interplane struts back as close to the Aileron hinge as possible (which is only about 0.5-0.75mm) solves this problem resulting in a much more pleasing look. 

   

  Now whether the strut positions are slightly different on the surviving Finnish Buzzard as I suggested yesterday as a possibility is a matter of opinion, certainly many of the photos I have seen of this machine suggest a difference to me, but logic dictates otherwise. It could be that most of the photos of this machine on the web have been taken with a very wide angle lense which has accentuated the difference in angles between the front and rear struts.

   

  Anyway I'm now happy with the appearance of my Buzzard, which I guess is all that really matters.

   

  Regards

   

  Dave   




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