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I was glad to contribute to it with the model you see here
BTW, The Curtiss Robin -also in this blog- was featured too.
Skyways and WW1 AERO are fine publications where many times I find inspiration (and good information!) for my models.
A deceiving itsy-bitsy teeny weenie:
A surprisingly lively little thing this Monocoupe; the beast
in the beauty you may say.
With a long lifespan and a design that evolved into many,
equally-successful sub-types, the Monocoupe became one of the many iconic
shapes of the Golden Age of aviation.
Many a machine of this type won or placed high in a
remarkable number of races and was used by big names of aeronautics as well as
by the general public.
There is plenty of material out there for you to satiate
your appetite for knowledge, but I’ll recommend Skyways magazine of April 2012,
that features a great article and...this very model.
Regarding the modeling side of it, not much to tell you that
I haven’t told you before in one of the many articles posted before, but I must
say that I keep waiting for a reasonably-priced printer that can print good
white images and that is not out of production, a nightmare to handle and
maintain, and with available, fairly-priced supplies. We live in hope.
The photos pretty much describe the building process, which
consists of training a labor force composed of all those discarded 1/72 figures
in the spares’ bin. Once they learn, they are good, don’t require food and their
only request is to read poetry once in a while.
I’d like to thank Lars Opland of Khee-Kha Art Products fame,
Tom Polapink and Matias Hagen for their help with this project.
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