Yous guys know I've got this thing about the de Havilland DH.88 Comet and the MacRobertson race.
I got two of the SBS Model DH88 after the two I did a while back succumed to heat in the move we made last year. I'm planning on displaying them in their race day colors of Black (Black Magic G-ACSP) and Red (Grosvenor House G-ACSS).
There's a photo showing Black Magic and the 3rd DH88, "the Green one" G-ACSR and a GEE BEE R6H which would have been flown by the real aviatrix of the era, Jackie Cochran. You know the female pilot who didn't crash all the time and get lost? I wanted to do this display, the two Comets and the Gee Bee.
Anyway I searched the other week for the Granville Gee Bee but it would seem the R6H was not a subject that model makers were interested in.
Lw and Behold! My friends at SBS Models just released the Gee Bee R6H!! I'm jumping on it as soon as payday hits and we're going to make this happen.
Picture in your mind if you please, Oct 20, 1934, early AM at RAF Mildenhall, Black Magic, The Green One and Jackie Cochrans Gee Bee.
@paddy is that the RAF station you're close to?
I got two of the SBS Model DH88 after the two I did a while back succumed to heat in the move we made last year. I'm planning on displaying them in their race day colors of Black (Black Magic G-ACSP) and Red (Grosvenor House G-ACSS).
There's a photo showing Black Magic and the 3rd DH88, "the Green one" G-ACSR and a GEE BEE R6H which would have been flown by the real aviatrix of the era, Jackie Cochran. You know the female pilot who didn't crash all the time and get lost? I wanted to do this display, the two Comets and the Gee Bee.
Anyway I searched the other week for the Granville Gee Bee but it would seem the R6H was not a subject that model makers were interested in.
Lw and Behold! My friends at SBS Models just released the Gee Bee R6H!! I'm jumping on it as soon as payday hits and we're going to make this happen.
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Gee Bee R6H QED 1/72 scale Plastic Passion, SBS-PP04, resin/clear resin/decals, Resin kit, Very limited production, master and built model by Gábor Szab
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Picture in your mind if you please, Oct 20, 1934, early AM at RAF Mildenhall, Black Magic, The Green One and Jackie Cochrans Gee Bee.
@paddy is that the RAF station you're close to?
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