Scale Dak

[Hagar]

I just treated myself to a new scanner & printer with the intention of restoring my old family photos. I found these old shots I took with my old Canon SureShot when I was heavily involved with R/C flying some years ago. The chap in the photos is our club chairman at the time with his beautiful scale Dakota & Harvard. Unfortunately he had problems with the Harvard retracting gear so couldn't fly it on this particular day.










Two of our club members built scale Dakotas & were part of a team invited to fly them at Arnhem on the 50th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. I think there were 6 Dakotas in all & other members of the team had built Horsa gliders which were successfully towed by the Daks. This apparently went down very well with the locals & veterans & they flew from the same field the first gliders landed in back in 1944. Pete & Dave also have several beautiful scale Spitfires & Hurricanes between them & it's quite an experience watching them put on a display.

I'm still getting used to the scanner but thought these were worth posting.

[C]

Nice to see some good old fashion 35mm shots Doug.

Harvard's very nice. Very nice indeed. For that matter the Dak's not bad either!

Charlie

[Dan]

Cor, you've got all the gear now aint it Doug!! I fly RC too, but I prefer this sort of thing...

The Zagi - The best plane I have ever owned!



Great fun... I've got about 6 hours on type, with a nice big brushless in the back!
Dan  ;D

[ozzy72]

Great models, that first shot could almost be a real Dak

[Hagar]

Great models, that first shot could almost be a real Dak

It's far more impressive than it looks in my photos. Every single rivet lovingly placed by hand. They're actually blobs of PVA adhesive applied with a hypodermic syringe. A far better use than they're usually put to these days. The fully retracting gear was specially designed & cost a small fortune. Not sure but I think those props are for static display only.

I fly RC too, but I prefer this sort of thing...

The Zagi - The best plane I have ever owned!

Very nice Dan. I'm no scale modeller either. I don't have the patience & I'm not made of money.

[Craig.]

nice pics doug, the scanner looks to be good from the quality of the shots. was one of the first things i got for my original film photos.

[Ben_M_K]

Very nice!

I got a begginer RC plane for my b-day in August, and I let my dad fly it first. Well he could'nt control it and it got to high and flew over the woods. Well that was it, $100 down the drain. After that I said, thats it for RC planes.

I still enjoy going to RC plane airshows and fly-ins. Lots of fun!