(this is the completed model post, for the building article please go here:
https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2019/05/percival-proctor-civil-adaptation-of.html
Carl Jung regaled us (among many other things) with the
concept of "significant coincidences", which he enveloped on the idea
of "synchronicity".
Little I knew, when I bought an affordable and vintage kit
of the Percival Proctor to convert it -as I frequently do- into a civil
machine, that the livery I would end up choosing (among a large number of
candidates) will have a connection with my country or origin that I wasn't aware of.
As I was building the kit and gathering data on the chosen
registration, G-AHWW, I came across a website (The Aviation Forum) that
provided information about its pilot, Arthur Bradshaw, and stated that he had
worked, about 1947, as a pilot for the Argentinean airline FAMA (Flota Aérea
Mercante Argentina, loosely translated: Argentinean Merchant Air Fleet).
In 1950 Bradshaw returned to his natal New Zealand in the plane with his
family. For the long flight he added an extra underbelly fuel tank.
The building of this vintage kit was simple and
straightforward, and I indulged in just a couple of additions, to keep the
effort and time invested in line with the quality of the molds. My thanks once more go to Arctic Decals from whom I commissioned the decals used. on this project (and many others). At the time of
this post Dora Wings issues, -among many other nice civil subjects- a Mark I and
Mark III of this plane in 1/72, which of course are contemporary molds that
offer a superior quality and detail. But I like the old dogs once in a while, gives you this warm feeling of having rescued a kit, as it was famously said: "Take a sad song and make it better". 😊
Very nice, it's hard to believe it's the old Frog kit!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta ese cambio de "look", Felicitaciones. Armando Gil.
ReplyDeleteGracias Armando!
DeleteQuedó bonito.