DHC-1 Marmot

[Gondor]

Purchased to replace the Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch) in the late 1950s, the DHC-1 Marmot as it was called in Switzerland, was used as a basic trainer for many years, being retired in the late 1980s.

The Marmot differed from most DHC-1 Chipmunks by having an Avco Lycoming O-360-A4A engine fitted as well as a bubble canopy which the Swiss had deemed as essential to help both student and instructor with their all-around vision, there are lots of mountains that could be flown into in Switzerland after all. The increased power of the 180hp Lycoming was also a welcome improvement.

The use of an Avco Lycoming engine prompted Richard B. Stratton to perform a similar conversion for use by the British Gliding Association.

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[Gondor]

I gave the Marmot a spray of Gloss appliance white after masking off the interior parts that I had previously painted black. I'm never very happy with spraying rattle cans but at the moment it's that or a hairy stick and the can is quicker, well maybe. It was a little later that I was checking the parts for the build when I found that some parts I was going to use couldn't be found 

Not sure if it's because I have separated them or because they were not there to begin with. This getting old thing is not doing my memory any good 

Anyway, Scalemates and look up the DHC-1 in 1/72, a nice company in Belgium has the version I want in stock so they received an order for one from me. It slows the build down a bit because the engine is different, almost all of the rest of the airframe is the same so I can keep going. I could be sticking bits together in the near future. 

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[Wardukw]

Pics please my good Sir 👍
This has me interested 😄

[Gondor]

Pics please my good Sir 👍
This has me interested 😄

Not much to see at the moment other than some badly sprayed parts on a sprue.

Gondor

[Wardukw]

Pics please my good Sir 👍
This has me interested 😄

Not much to see at the moment other than some badly sprayed parts on a sprue.

Gondor

Yeah which reminds me to check the paint work on the Corsair now it's dry 😒

[Captain Canada]

Defo sounds interesting !