Miles M.21 - for Tophe

[ericr]

yes, please finish it even outside the GB, because it looks good

[kitbasher]

At long last done.....sorry I couldn't finish it by the deadline, Tophe, but I hope were you around to see it you'd like it.

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Anyway, very quick backstory:

Hurricane I V6939 was delivered from % Maintenance Unit to Miles Aircraft at Woodley in January 1941 to be converted into a flying testbed to investigate asymetric aircraft design.  All military equipment (armament, gunsight, armour and even - initially - the radio) was removed.  The design's second Merlin engine was mounted in the modified fuselage of a damaged Hurricane I (records in The National Archives cannot confirm which Hurricane), while the centre wing section was a completely new component, albeit based upon the aerofoil section of the Hurricane.

V6939 first flew on 3 June 1941, completing a few circuits and bumps of Woodley aerodrome.  A handful of aerodrome circuit and local area flights were subsequently undertaken, and while the M.21 proved the feasability of asymetric design, Air Ministry interest was never more than lacklustre, and no future for the concept was percieved,

The M.21's last flight (like it's first - circuits and bumps at Woodley) was on 14 August 1941, after which the aircraft was grounded and rapidly reduced to produce.  Its remains are believed to have been unceremoniously scrapped in February 1942.

[PR19_Kit]

Absolutely SUPERB Dave! 

Tophe would have LOVED it I'm sure. Indeed, he probably is. 

[frank2056]

It looks awesome and definitely something Tophe would enjoy!

[63cpe]

Owww, that's sweet! Lovely model and surely Tophe would've loved it too.

Great model skills and great camo scheme aswell.
In one word awesome!

David aka 63CPE

[ericr]

excellent !

and very Tophe-spirited I think indeed !

[NARSES2]

Looks good Dave 

[zenrat]

  

[kerick]

What they all said!
 

[kitbasher]

Thanks chaps, glad you like it.

[The Rat]

Somewhere, Tophe is smiling. 

[Rick Lowe]

What they all said!
 

Yup!