BIGGLES SIG Photos...shock horror!!

[Pablo1965]

Thanks for the pictures.

[Army of One]

Mr R....you will have to excuse my ignorance....what constitutes a Biggles model? I am aware of the existence of the character....just interested about what a/c.....sorry if this is a silly Q or I have missed something somewhere......H

[Radish]

The SIG aims to replicate in model form anything mentioned in a Biggles book, illustrated in any Biggles publications, etc...

Thus, there's a wide degree of interpretation available for some models.
"The White Fokker"...the very first Biggles story, has at its centre, a White Fokker D.VII, so that's easy. But many aircraft are just given brief descriptions....the Sea Otter mentioned in some stories isn't of the Supermarine variety, but a twin-engined aircraft.....hence there can be a degree of invention.
In "Biggles Follows On", a Czech-registered DC-3 is mentioned.....and that's all the guide given. So I've built two of these, each slightly differently finished, to prove that "variety" is possible from one reference.
The Beaufighter has been given a "new" scheme due to a temporary depoloyment at sea aboard a carrier....don't forget, the US launched B-25s from a carrier in 1942.

[James]

Nice pics of some great models. 

[Army of One]

Radish........many thanks....I appreciate you taking the time to explain....some great models there......

[Dork the kit slayer]

Thank you whom ever posted these pics*.Well done.

* it cant be Radish as there is no pic of poorly sighted girls in corsets or the odd looking cove in the stockings.

[Radish]

Well then, to maintain the record....

[Gondor]

Gary's cracker from "Biggles in the Baltic"

That sounds rude

Gondor

[Radish]

 

And last night in Manchester I looked quite decent.....

[Radish]

Many thanks, chaps....