Folks,
I am building a model of the AW Atalanta for the British Airways Museum. I have plenty of detail on the airframe, but the engines are proving awkward. The engines are AS. Serval, otherwise known as the Double Mongoose, ten cylinder radial. From various sources I have a number of photographs, but they’re all from the front quarter. The one exception is a nice frontal silhouette in Flight of December 1930, which is almost exactly the size I need (the model is to 1:48 scale, so the engines will be just under 1″ diameter). What I’m particularly struggling with is anything by way of a side view to tell me how the parts are distributed lengthwise and what’s on the back by way of accessories. Can anyone help, please?
Thanks,
Adrian
By: Lazy8 - 9th February 2014 at 16:11
Thanks RP. Good to know that sort of thing is out there, and I wonder why Google didn’t find it…
Courtesy of ‘aircraftclocks’ I now have enough info for my needs. I’ve thanked him in private, but I should do that publicly too – Thank you!
The Atalanta is 1:48.
By: RPSmith - 9th February 2014 at 16:01
Try this link to National Archives. At a quick glance can see at least 6 references to the Serval.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=144-pa1716_2&cid=2-11#2-11
All held at Coventry Archives.
Roger Smith.
ps what scale is the model Atlanta?
By: Lazy8 - 9th February 2014 at 13:45
PM sent. Thank you!
By: aircraftclocks - 9th February 2014 at 13:35
PM me I have some images. To avoid lowering the resolution, its best that I email them to you. They include a side view of a Serval 5.
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February 9, 2014 at 11:28 am