DH-82 Tiger Moth, Kartonowa Kolekcia, 1:33

[Wilfried]

Hello Gentlemen,

I have the honour to present another one from this small publishing company KK; after the F-104 with benevolent thoughtful comments I love to show some pics of my last completion, the DH-82 Tiger Moth. I hope you will enjoy them ... ?

lovely regards
Wilfried

[Texman]

Nicely done!

[Leif Ohlsson]

Hello, Wilfried - you already know how much I like this build. The original build thread - detailed - is here at Kartonbau.de, for those interested.

Leif

[Tapcho]

Looks like a very nice kit. And your build is brilliant as always.

Tappi

EDIT: And now that I've seen the original thread I know the kit is excellent (thanks Leif)

[YOAVHOZMI]

what a beautiful building...well done.

YOAV

[Don Boose]

Magnificent work, Wilfried!

Don

[papermodelfan]

Very nicely done, Wilfried. A beautiful little craft.

I have a technical question. This aircraft is fitted with anti-spin strakes, the horizontal slats that stretch forward from the stabilizers on either side of the turtledeck back. I first ran into these on the Controur Creative model of the Tiger Moth, and I puzzled over them for awhile. How do they actually work to prevent a spin? Are they on hinges so that one or the other can flap up if the tail starts to slew sideways too much - sort of an instant expansion of fin area? Why not just make the fin bigger instead? Since they are not standard equipment on other aircraft, maybe this was just a way to correct a design flaw of the Moth? Scratching my head.

[Leif Ohlsson]

Some answers here:

"Tiger Moth anti-spin strakes" (Kartonbau.de, in English)

They are static. As you say, more of a prolonged stab. And the fin often gets the same prolonging on other aircraft, for the same reason.

Leif

[eatcrow2]

Beautiful model!!

[Wilfried]

Hello gentlemen,

warm thanks for your nice comments; and thank you Leif for your announcements on kartonbau ...

lovely regards
Wilfried