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Old 04-22-2011, 11:37 PM
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1/48 scale De Havilland DH 34 Airliner 1922

The DH 34 was a large British biplane of all-wood construction that was in brief but intensive operation, in the early 'twenties. This pioneering aircraft presented a number of design problems, including radiator header tank obscuring the pilot's view during take-off and a high landing speed. This with the hazards of early flying resulted in many of its type being lost due to accident.

The DH 34 in paper journey so far..
2005
As a historic aviation subject, in it's all-red Daimler Hire Limited scheme, it took our eye at an early stage. The 1/144 scale model goes back six year ago. (An early take on the famous red livery, with too much scale colour going on).

2009
Now in 1/72 scale with much of the complex nose engineering tidily resolved.

2011 -Today
The final version in 1/48 scale hopefully in scale with the idea of 'Big is beautiful'. New engineering required particularly with access to better drawings and a few new photographs. A bit more work but we think the result will be worth it.

Note that the 1/48 scale fuselage has been given a coat of clear acrylic. These were shiny handsome red plywood birds and Rosie has depicted some of that rippling ply effect in the illustration.
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The first years of the 1920's were (understandably) the brief period of large, single-engined airliners. Without figures or vehicles to indicate the size, photographic images of many of the single-engined subjects of the 1920's can be deceptive. As can be seen the DH 34 was a respectably large biplane.
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Another Contour Creative Golden Agen airliner! Can't wait!

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The basic engineering of the 1/48 should be roughly the same as the 1/72 scale prototype (see image). At this stage we are just redrafting our overall drawings. The drawings are created with reference to photographs and the model will be matched to this as it is developed.
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This is wonderful, Terry! I have always been fascinated by this early airliner and am really pleased that you are going to make it available in 1/48.

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These are some great subjects you are designing now. I eagerly look forward to every one.
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Eagerly anticipating....

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