Aircraft to inspire the new generation

Given the date of the impending arrival a small scale Horsa Glider wouldn’t be out of place.

thanks for the kind words and advice – always noteworthy on the forum. Not sure Charlie’s suggestion of scale will satisfy my OCD, but will give it some thought

Thinking colour is important too. Vulcan would be too big, as would Concorde. Red Fokker triplane ticks colour and shape

At a very young age perspective is irrelevant so mixing the scale doesn’t matter. Shape matters a lot so both Vulcan and Concorde are good choices. And you can make the shapes any colour you choose. Keep it simple but bold. Accuracy and subtlety will follow as the child grows older and comprehends more.

Congrats on the sprog, when he arrives. You do know he’s a he, then…?

Thinking colour is important too. Vulcan would be too big, as would Concorde. Red Fokker triplane ticks colour and shape

Maybe we should have some guidance as to how big the framework for this mobile is expected to be!
I mean, when I was growing up I had a small toy Vulcan bomber, solid and in bright green plastic, (don’t ask, I haven’t seen it in years!) that had a wingspan of probably around 100mm, and there were models of Concorde available in near enough any size you could wish for (again, a yellow plastic one which came out of an Xmas cracker with the lovely choking hazard length of maybe 30mm), so when you say too big are you imagining them all to one scale?

If you are building it yourself there are some exceedingly tiny electric engines around, for models, which might be incorporated into moving the mobile, tiny lights too (word to the wise: my daughter – who arrived nearly two weeks late! – had some dangling dolphins which lit up; unfortunately it was a little on the long side, even when hung from the ceiling, so that when she was able to stand up in her cot she pulled the lower ones off…). Of course lullabies are traditional, it’s true, but a nice, gentle rendition of Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines might be suitable for assisting your offspring to sleep, or possibly the theme to the film The Battle Of Britain…

Names:
Hunter – worked for Hunter S Thompson.
Hercules – I’m sure you’ll find a non-deity Hercules if you look hard enough!
VC10, or Spitfire, or Phantom – be a trendsetter!
BUT I do not give any guarantees that any of the above – or any others along this theme – will find favour with your better half… Worst comes to worst you could always give the little fella (if he is, of course) a nickname that keeps the aviation theme greased in your mind.

Ah, it is lovely to have little ones – mine (two years old in October) screams, thumps, scratches, and throws – but then she smiles the most loving smile and I am twisted around her little finger. Again.

pink and or blue recce spitfire

Thinking colour is important too. Vulcan would be too big, as would Concorde. Red Fokker triplane ticks colour and shape

You could also have coloured aircraft, a Red Arrow, a White TSR-2, a Blue Eagle?

Aircraft that are interesting shapes, dare I start with the Vulcan?