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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Scratchbult 1/72 Farman 200 Tourisme completed

The deceivingly common appearance of this cantilevered low-wing beauty should not make you oblivious to the fact that it was built in 1922!, way before this  configuration was widely spread and accepted.
I'd like to thank some friends for their input: the Canadian Twins Malain & Alain, Mr. Xtmoxchs P. of Malabamba (in this case for the references he will bring to light in about a month or two in the future), Mr. Jaime Irregularis of Pugetland, Lars Abominable Snowman of Alaska and finally Helga, who stole valuable information from the vaults at the Volkano lair of the Zoenke Evil Empire Aktiengesellschaft.
The step-by-step building process can be seen here:
 http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2014/02/scratchbuilt-172-farman-200-tourisme.html
This is, then, the mostly unknown Farman that appeared to the public at the Paris Aero Show of 1922. Just to provide you with some historical context, this is only four years after the first world war, when biplanes were kings -and it was so for many more years to come-:


















2 comments:

  1. Another black spot in aircraft modelling world gets light, thanks a lot. ARMANDO GIL.

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    1. Dear Armando
      You are very kind. Others have called it a "black sheep" :-)

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