Today I like to show something according to rule 12a, it is really a pre WW1 aircraft:
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle 1908It was the first sports aircraft of the world produced in small batch. For more information please see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-Dumont_DemoiselleThis model was created from a kit of the french company
AJP MAQUETTES in my prefered scale 1/48. The kit contains mostly PE, piano wires, a metal airscrew and paper for covering. And again I scratch built a lot of details, like engine and fuel tank, made here my first wooden airscrew and used Gaspatch turnbuckles.
I had a lot of fun in this project. Really pitty, that many other of the old struts in 1/48 of this company are too big for my cabinet
Let's see if you are flashed by this model
Frank
The engine completely made from scratch on my lathe (after I was unhappy with the result of the PE kit parts):
View from below on the water coolers:
Size comparison with Euro-Cent:
On final place in my glass cabinet (with a lot of free space)
I found a fantastic reference picture on Wikipedia, which helped me a lot with the engine:
Quelle: wikimedia.org
Wooden control wheel:
The bamboo stringers was faked with small copper wires:
Engine core:
cylinders
Turned tank:
