1/72 S.E.5a

[lastvautour]

The trophy winner will be highly please. I sure would. Your did a fantastic job Mark. Congratulations.

Lou

[Peter]

Wow what an awesome job! I would keep your plane and throw away the trophy if I won.

Peter

[Boomerang]

  Excellent work Mark.

  Gordon

[cliff strachan]

Very Nicely Done.
Cliff.

[buccfan]

Very impressive work Mark, regards Paul J.

[R.F.Bennett]

    

[Mark Braunlich]

Thank you for the compliments gentlemen.  I hope you will approve of the completed Philcox Trophy.  Philcox was the name of the pilot of this machine in the 1921 Oxford-Cambridge inter-collegiate air race.  The figures are repainted Skybirds castings.  Everything else is scratch except the o-rings used as tyres. 

Cabane and undercarriage struts are brass, the interplane struts are bamboo.

[Mark Braunlich]

Here the S.E.5a is shown with a solid 1/72 Gloster Grebe I built in 1998.  Both airplanes designed by H.P. Folland.

[buccfan]

Very nice indeed Mark, I'm sure the winner will be well pleased with the trophy, it looks very realistic with the grass and the figures. Regards Paul J.

[Mark Braunlich]

The flying model competition for which this model was created as a trophy has been concluded.  It's been great fun.  You may read abou it here:  http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_forum/index.php?topic=12955.0

[lastvautour]

Mark, what a fantastic read. Magnificent photos and active participation by many made the article a winner. Your trophy presentation must have been the crowning event.

Lou