Scratch-built 1/72 Fokker V.42

seaplane-glider

by Gabriel Stern

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1919…a seaplane-glider...now, that’s a concept.  Whatever the logic behind it, the result was as cute as cumbersome.  A not well known Fokker apparatus that was also tried on wheels, apparently didn’t produce any remarkable results to assure a place in posterity…other than this.

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Towed by a motor boat with and without a pilot, the flight performance was strangely about the same.  It was reported that among fish and cattle some stress cases were developed but fortunately without major consequences. Same goes for the pilot.
It is a small model in 1/72, with simple lines that render design and construction easy enough to be dealt with over a weekend.

Gabriel

Photos and text © by Gabriel Stern