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Title: 21st April 1918
Post by: macsporran on April 21, 2025, 08:34:05 PM

Another outing on this significant date for an old model of mine.

Made way back in the eighties from the Merit/Smer kit, I entered this for the Scottish Nats and was disqualified because the judges thought the prop was made of wood! (Back in the day, it all had to be plastic.) I was furious as it was carefully shredded plastic.

Anyway Airfix were the main sponsors and they gave me their big Harrier kit as they thought my Dr.I was rather good.

Long gone, but still got the pics.
Sandy

(https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/T8XeXLt_xl.jpg)
(https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/Y5n0XYa_xl.jpg)
(https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/gk9mNxp_xl.jpg)
(https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/ImTgIHC_xl.jpg)

Title: Re: 21st April 1918
Post by: DaddyO on April 21, 2025, 08:43:33 PM

Nice one Sandy

They had some odd rules back in the day (I remember making a couple of figures for the Model Engineer Exhibition that I couldn't enter because I'd done some work as a prop/model maker and thus was deemed a 'professional' model maker)

Paul

ps - great prop so I can understand why they thought it was wood  ;)

Title: Re: 21st April 1918
Post by: NigelR on April 22, 2025, 01:04:40 AM

An oldie but goodie, lovely work Sandy. You never could trust judges...... ;)

Title: Re: 21st April 1918
Post by: Dirigible-Al on April 22, 2025, 06:01:43 PM

That's funny that you got penalised for making a prop too realistic.
Alan.

Title: Re: 21st April 1918
Post by: lone modeller on April 24, 2025, 04:19:31 AM

Nuff said about judges - first class model though.

Stephen.

Title: Re: 21st April 1918
Post by: andonio64 on April 24, 2025, 08:19:07 PM

Well it's really a mesmerizing scene, with all of its meanngs...
Whatever the judges said I _LOVE_ that broken propeller!