RW Warbird in 1/72 - Omaka, NZ's RAAF Tiger Moth A17-712

[KiwiZac]

Hi all,
Something I'd wanted to build for some time is DH.82a Tiger Moth A17/ZK-BER, formerly VH-BEX, which a friend of mine recovered from a farm with his mate in their teens and rebuilt in Australia during the 1970s. Eventually '712 followed him to New Zealand and she happily flies with a syndicate at Omaka Aerodrome near Blenheim, home of the biennial Classic Fighters Marlborough airshow.

For a few months in 2007 I lived in Blenheim and got to know the warbird-y folk down there and was fortunate to spend many happy hours as unofficial groundcrew for, and flying in, '712 in her old paint scheme:
DSC04919 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
DSC04898 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
DSC04934 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
DSC04915 by Zac Yates, on Flickr

About three-five years ago she was given a "birthday" and was repainted into a fresh paint scheme without the red in the roundels and finflash, and that's what I replicated with my new-tool Airfix 1/72 Tiger. What a delightful kit, I've built two and cannot wait for the 1/48 version!

Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr

I hope you enjoy it.

[Old Wombat]

 

[zenrat]

It is a lovely little kit isn't it.

Nice job.

[Dizzyfugu]

Sweet! Well done. 

[dumaniac]

The one-to-one scale stuff looks fab - the model is great too

you lucky bugger

[KiwiZac]

Thanks folks! I have a plan to build another 1/72 Aussie Tiger...finally an excuse to get another of this lovely kit!!