Allright for Miles Mohawk substitute Percival Mew Gull.

Roger Smith.

Well it was flown as an RAF fighter in the film “Things to Come”:)
John

This is the Officers badge (below Air Rank) of the RAF (after 1st April 1918). The crown surmounting the Eagle above feathers which is what the wavy things represent. If I had to make an informed guess at this I would go for an Avro 504K propeller blade circa 1918 perhaps made into a stylised chair perhaps after being broken (pranged) by the original owner.

The 504K was a standard two seat training aeroplane.

Does the top badge have the letters RAF or RFC in the centre of the wing decoration?

John

The shape of the blade suggests to me it may be off a Le Rhone Sopwith Pup or a One and a half Strutter (Clerget). I think Pup (RNAS?) 1916/18 time. Most certainly not Spitfire.

John

Of all the drawings I think the most interesting is the Horsley layout. I reveals a dual control facility for the gunner, which I thought had died out with Great War types.
Thank you for posting the photos.

I suppose you have the David Thirlby book The Chain Drive Frazer Nash.

John

It’s Snipe E6629 of 32 Sqn. Collided with telegraph wires Lympe 1/10/24 after engine failure in formation takeoff (from Lympe). Note NF roundels. E7629 did not survive into the postwar RAF (not listed).

John

This seems to be exactly what and why J-P is asking his question – presumably so his model can “stand” correctly even though the scale weight/construction is wrong. I presume you can only get the answer with a Spit IX and a tape measure.

As an advanced sufferer of AMS* myself, I recognise the symptoms

Richard

*Advanced Modeller Syndrome. Do you get worried about how many rudder wires a Sopwith Pup had? I do…

Well as a model designer myself with a particular interest in Spitfires (albeit smaller scales) I am having difficulty with the translation.

Surely if there are no working oleos on the model and the model has been made to high quality drawings (?) then the measurements needed are the u/c angle of rake and an average loaded oleo length at rest. Hence my observation that the legs in the picture look too long to me.

May I suggest a leg rake of 15 deg from the horizontal and a loaded oleo length the distance from the wheel centre to the underside of the wing along the u/c leg in full scale of 39 inches (99cm). The tail wheel centre to the fuselage (vertically above the centre) of a full scale 7 inches (17.5cm).

This would give a typical Spitfire “sit”.

John

Hi
ID models is no longer in existence, the whirlwind moulds/dies were sold to combat model in USA.
As I understand it ID models did not produce the moulds/dies themselves, but purchased them from a modeller.
cheers
jerry

The ID models were the product of a friend of mine and he did indeed produce all his own masters etc. When the owner retired he sold on the moulds to a third party (not Combat) who did virtually nothing with them . They have since been sold again and some are being updated and re-released. However it’s possible not all the old subjects will appear. I believe some were subject to unauthorised copying.

John

Just a codicle, The models were simple vacform shells to be used by the very skilled modeller/ scratchbuilder as a basis.

Is this a Glenn MO.1?
John