Amy Johnson's DH.60 Moth in 1/48th (Amodel)

[Bigkev]

Hi All,
My next project is to try and make a model of the Dh.60 Moth used by Amy Johnson on her epic flight from England to Australia in 1930.
The kit I am using is the Amodel kit in 1/48th, which is a short run injection mould. As such some details are a little bit soft on detail, missing, or incorrectly labelled on the instructions. Overall though it doesn't appear to be too bad. I remember Bill tackled one in 2017 and made a good job of it, so I will be gleaning any tips from that build. For me I hope to portray 'Jason' as it was on the flight with the front cockpit faired over, a spare prop lashed to the port fuselage side, and I think there was a spare wheel under the centre section between the undercarriage legs, but I need to do a bit more research on that point.
The instructions are a bit vague in places and do not show exactly which optional parts relate to Amy's Moth, so again a bit of research and cross referencing needed.
The decal look okay but I will test out a few unwanted items on a spare part before committing them to the finished item.
Strangely enough the instructions show both 1/72 and 1/48th references kit wise.......?
Some picture of the kit before I start:-

[cph64]

Just checked Kev and as I thought AModel released this in 1/72nd as well hence the odd instructions.

[Bigkev]

Yes, your right Chris. I did see that they did it in 1/72.
The moulding for the 1/72 is similar but not quite the same.

[zak]

I did build one of these a few years ago, the odd problem with fit if I remember correctly.
I will bring this to the next meeting for you.

If you look under "Biplanes and Rigged aircraft" you will see mine - shelf of shame material!!!!

[chriswil42]

This should be a good build Kevin.

[Bigkev]

I did build one of these a few years ago, the odd problem with fit if I remember correctly.
I will bring this to the next meeting for you.

If you look under "Biplanes and Rigged aircraft" you will see mine - shelf of shame material!!!!

Hi Zak,
I'd forgot about your build. I'll definately have a look, and if you would be kind enough to bring your model along to the next meeting I'd love to see it and hear of your problems with the kit and best way to tackle them.

Is the picture of Amy Johnson, something you'd recommend to check out.

Kevin

[zak]

I did build one of these a few years ago, the odd problem with fit if I remember correctly.
I will bring this to the next meeting for you.

If you look under "Biplanes and Rigged aircraft" you will see mine - shelf of shame material!!!!

Hi Zak,
I'd forgot about your build. I'll definately have a look, and if you would be kind enough to bring your model along to the next meeting I'd love to see it and hear of your problems with the kit and best way to tackle them.

Is the picture of Amy Johnson, something you'd recommend to check out.

Kevin

Already sold it, sorry!!!!

[Bigkev]

No worries. Had a look at 'Biplanes and rigged Aircraft' and viewed it there. Looks okay to me, but I think I'll find it a bit of a challenge too.
Cheers.

[councilman]

Look forward to this one.