{"id":3519,"date":"2013-03-13T04:11:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T12:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3519"},"modified":"2013-03-13T04:11:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T12:11:31","slug":"de-havilland-dh-88-comet-black-magic-172-scale-airfix-a01013-kit-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3519","title":{"rendered":"De Havilland DH.88 Comet (Black Magic) 1:72 Scale Airfix A01013 Kit Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3519&text=De Havilland DH.88 Comet (Black Magic) 1:72 Scale Airfix A01013 Kit Review\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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font-size: medium;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Fig 000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/8553533391\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fig 000\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8235\/8553533391_3acaf3aa05.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Buy Now<\/span> <\/strong>link below to purchase the Step-by-Step review by Robert Byrnes <a title=\"Robert Byrnes P47 Thumbnail by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/7026773917\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Robert Byrnes P47 Thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7252\/7026773917_cfa4d8c149_t.jpg\" width=\"93\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Comet number 88, in the sequence of De Havilland designs, was one of the most elegant racing aeroplanes of all time and owed its inception to the planned 100th anniversary celebration for the foundation of the state of Victoria in 1934.\u00c2\u00a0 The well-known Australian patriot, Sir MacPherson Robertson, proposed an air race from England to Australia for which he offered a total prize of \u00c2\u00a315,000 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00c2\u00a310,000 of which went to the winner.\u00c2\u00a0 When the race was first announced in March 1933, there were no British aircraft which had the speed or range necessary to compete in the 12,300 mile (19,800 km) race.\u00c2\u00a0 Eager to go ahead, De Havilland took the unusual step of advertising in the aviation press of the day to produce a 200mph (322km\/h) aircraft for a cost of \u00c2\u00a35,000, if orders were placed by February 1934.\u00c2\u00a0 The race was planned for the 20th\u00c2\u00a0 of October and this gave De Havilland less than nine months to design, build, and test fly the new aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 Built of wood and powered by two Gypsy Six engines, with a crew of two seated in a tandom cockpit with dual controls.\u00c2\u00a0 The first of the three aircraft ordered, (now named Comet), flew on the 8th of September \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A bare six weeks before the race \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the other two flew shortly after.\u00c2\u00a0 The three Comets were distinctively finished in Red (Grosvenor House), Black (Black Magic), and Green, with Grosvenor House winning the race in a time of 70 hrs, 54 min, 18 sec.\u00c2\u00a0 The Aircraft has been restored and can be seen at the Shuttleworth Collection in the Old Warden Aerodome at Bedfordshire, England.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>For the Modeler:<\/b> This Airfix model is a skill level 1, 1:72 scale kit #A01013. It is molded in 24 gray and clear plastic. This Airfix kit only comes with decals to build the Black Magic version. This kit does not have a lot of parts or complexity.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone from a beginner to expert can build this famous racer.\u00c2\u00a0 The end result is all about the seams and how much time you take to fill, sand, and prime. 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