Aircraft manufacturer’s scale models
It’s always a pleasure to have beautiful scale models available. Here are two pieces that are as exceptional as they are interesting: two helicopters produced by Sud Aviation at the beginning of the 1960s.
The first model represents the prototype of a Puma, or rather more exactly, the “Alouette IV” since this was the name of the prototype. It is also the name that appears on the outer box for the model, the box in which the model has been solidly fixed since its manufacture right up to…the moment these photos below were taken.
There is no signature, inscription nor any particular markings that allow us to identify the manufacturer with certainty. The workmanship makes us believe that it could be Réducta or La Maquette d’Etude et d’Exposition.
The model is in painted wood, with an equipped cockpit, which looks very marvellous on a model of this size, since it is of the scale 1/30 (length of the fuselage: 47cm, not including the rotor). It is a very delicate piece, despite its size and overall form. This is due to the markings, which have been hand-painted, as well as the way the undercarriage and the metal rotors have been made.
The second model is more unusual since it’s a reproduction of a Sikorski H-34, also of the scale 1/30 (the fuselage has the same length as the Puma). Although it is of American production, it has the Sud Aviation logo on it since the French manufacturer made several examples of this machine (about 300).
The model has the same workmanship as the previous one, although there are a few differences. This one has movable wheels, the tail wheel can be swivelled in different directions, there are embedded windows made from plexiglass (apart from the window in the sliding door), some of the decoration has been hand-painted and transfers have been used to make the inscriptions on the vertical stabilizer.
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Sud Aviation (sikorski) H-34 (circa 1960) - Wood, metal and plexiglass - Size : fuselage length 18.5" (47 cm) , rotor diameter 21.61" (55 cm) - Price : Euros Sold (Currency assistant) - Contact
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Updates are back on the Website with this item, targeting both collectors and aviation enthusiasts. It comes from a F-4 Phantom Martin Baker ejection seat (MK H7, MK GH-7, Type 7 A1,...).
It is an ejection handle with its very characteristic colors and shape ...
F-4 Phantom ejection handle - Price : Sold
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Gnome Omega engine
Gnome-Rhône is a famous French airplanes’ engine manufacturer since 1915 following the merger of two manufacturers. One of them was Gnome which became famous in 1909 with its first generation of Omega rotative’s engine with which Henri Farman won the world record of distance and length with his plane “Voisin”.
Omega engine was very special because it was a rotative engine,the crankshaft was permanent and the engine was rotating with the propeller at the same time. Here is a very nice scale model made during the manufacturer’s era for its promotion.
The set-up of the model can be surprising , we could think that it should be inverted with the propeller on the foreground. This configuration permits to highlight the engine and the manufacturer’s name.
Indeed, if the model is displayed like this it is because it is the authentic set-up, the one the engine had on the plane – the engine was mounted forwards the airscrew !
Rotative engine, air cooling, 7 cylinder bank, capacity of
8 liters (2.11 gallons), 50 horsepower at around 1200 revs *
The model is of the finest workmanship. The laminated propeller is fixed on a copper painted engine. Both are interdependent and they can turn together as it was the case in reality. The unit is assembled on a ball bearing stand.
This model is very nicely and finely made and is still in an exceptional
condition for its almost … 100 years ! Only is to be deplored a very small lack
in blade’s tip.
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* Picture : Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace website
Gnome Omega engine model (circa 1910) coper and wood - Size : base width 16,5 cm,
engine diameter 5.12" (13 cm), propeller diameter 15" (38 cm), height (engine/propeller)
3.15" (8 cm) - Price : sold (Currency assistant)
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M.D. 320 "Hirondelle"
The "Hirondelle", built on the airframe characteristics of the Falcon 20, was powered by two turboprop (Turbomeca Astazou) to comply the specifications imposed. Unfortunately, the French Air Force modified those specifications and decided that the new aircraft will be jet-powered. The M.D. 320 project was definitely stopped and was the last Dassault propeller-powered aircraft.
This is the original Dassault promotional model, only a few were made ...
Scale : 1/60 - Length : 8"1/2 (21 cm) - Winspan 9" 4/5 (24,5 cm)
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The Potez 840 : the last Potez aircraft
Scale 1/100 : length 10" 2/3 (26,5 cm) - wingspan 12" 5/4 (32 cm)
