This…plane?
was built for the Great Lakes Reliability Cruise competition.
During its
trials, much to the dismay of its builders, pilot and bystanders, it
stubbornly refused not only to get airborne, but also to taxi.
The naïve advertisement sold it as “Faster
Than Hydroplanes, Safer Than Motor Boats”, which for the second
statement might be true, since it was practically stationary.
The luxurious finish and the general charm of
its design make this one a sure candidate for providing you some hours of
suffering or joy, depending on your personal approach to the task of
scratch-building a model.
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Self-explanatory
images will provide a general idea of the procedures and materials, but if
you have any doubts, don’t worry, I do too.
You may bring the subject of the subject
–accounting for the redundancy- in your next club meeting or favorite
forum, where you can discuss first: Is this a plane? Or is it a boat? In
order to be a plane, does the subject have to credit defeating gravity at
least momentarily? Why somebody will ever tackle the task of scratch-build
“that”? And so forth.
Of the
panoply of adventurous designs that populate the pioneer era, some are truly
remarkable, almost unforgettable in their defiance to logic. And that’s
precisely the reason that makes them what they are, outstanding samples of
alternative thinking.
Oh, poetic winds of an era of creativity, make these
winged fairies fly into the vastest horizons of our imagination.
Gabriel
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