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FLYING SCALE MODELS [ PAGE 1 ] |
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A unique range of true scale ARTF models manufactured in the Philippines in now available in U.K |
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| These outstanding models are imported and distributed by Midlands Model Products and are available from Shrewsbury Model Centre. The brains behind the manufacturing operation at Lapu-Lapu City in central Philippine are Goran Kaldersen (who settled from Sweden) and Thomas P. Welch, who formed K & W Model Airplanes Inc. and trained 27 local people in the art/technique of precision semi-mass production aeromodelling. K & W cut and prepare all their own balsa wood, which is locally grown on Mindanao Island. All the aircraft in the range are designed to 1/5th scale and range from 63" (1600mm) to 104" (2642mm). All have been designed basically for R/C flying and are all "early aviation" types over the historical period 1903-1933. There are presently 14 models in the range, although not all, as yet are available in U.K. Models can be supplied, to order, in various states of completion, including complete uncovered airframes, fully fabric covered (Solartex) and painted in the basic colour scheme relevant to the type, or covered but unpainted. A further four models are likely to be available later in the year. | |
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001 Tummelisa 1920 | The Tummelisa was a 1919 Swedish trainer built by the Swedish Army Aircraft Factory. A total of 30 were built and an example still exists as the Swedish Air Force museum, in Linkoping. K & W's model spans 63" (1580mm) and suits .46-.60 two stroke motors or .60-.80 four strokes. Four function R/C gear is required. |
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Morane Saulnier L | The Morane Saulnier was an early user of machine gun interrupter gear, then copied (and improved) by Germany, being applied to the Fokker E III (the Fokker scourge!) The aircraft was originally designed for surveillance and artillery spotting, for which, the parasol wing layout was ideal. K & W's model spans 86.8" (220mm). Recommended power is .46-.60 two stroke motors or .60-.80 four strokes. |
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Thulin Type D | The Thulin Type D was a Swedish licensed built version of the Morane Saulnier Type L. to which a more streamlinedcowl was applied. It spans spans 86.8" (220mm) and recommended power is .46-.60 two stroke motors or .60-.80 four strokes. Price TBA |
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Bleriot XI 1909 | The youth of today may think they're very trendy with their peaked caps on back to front, but Louis Bleriot beat them all to it by most of a Century! K & W's model is the Bleriot cross-channel version with a wing span of 63.2: (1600mm) and again suits .46-.60 two stroke motors or .60-.80 four strokes. |
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Pfalz E-1 | This early WW1 scout entered service and paralleled the Fokker E-III "Eindekker". The prototype was actually French -a licensed built copy of the Morane Saulnier Type H! It was one of the first to use an interrupter gear linked to the single forward firing machine gun. The 1/5th scale model spans 72" (1800mm) and weighs in at about 8 lbs ready to fly. |
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Thomas Morse S-4c Scout | Although christened "Scout", the S-4c was actually a trainer type designed in 1916 for the U.S. Signals Corps. It was widely used as a training machine and, post WW1, as a flying school machine and sports aircraft. The 63.8" (1620mm) span model features four function controls and weighs all-up at 9 lbs with .46-.60 two stroke motor or .60-.80 four stroke. Price to be announced |
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Nieuport 17-C1 | Possibly the most famous of all French WW1 fighting scouts, no self respecting range of WW1 kit models would be complete without a model of the Nieuport 17, since the type was, arguably, one of the most attractive types of that era. This 1/5th scale K & W model spans 66" (1650mm) and, with four function R/C equipment, weighs about 8.5 lbs with .46-.60 two stroke motor or .60-.80 four stroke. |
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One of the ambitious models in the K & W range in their Bristol F2B, finely detail as the pictures below reveal. |
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Bristol F2B "Brisfit" | For British scale enthusiasts, the Bristol F2B is possibly the most evocative model in the K & W range, and the biggest, with a wing span of 94" (2390mm). This one weighs in at 16 lbs ready to go, with full four function radio and .60 -.90 two stroke motor or .90-.120 four stroke. For year 2000, there are likely to be two full size Brisfits flying in U.K., the one owned and flown for many years by the Shuttleworth Museum at Old Warden and another owned by The Fighter Collection at Duxford, which should kindle new interest in the type. Price to be announced. |
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