This plane was my entry for the unofficial 'TWE tiny
challenge' on www.cardmodels.net. Everyone was invited to build a paper model of
his own choice at 75% of the original size or smaller. After some consideration,
I decided to do Fiddlersgreen's Grumman Avenger
(http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Grumman-Avenger/avenger.php) in 1/1250
(i.e. at about 7.4% of original size). I printed several sheets each of the size
of a small stamp, and repainted it in British Pacific Fleet markings on normal
paper. However, before I did so, I removed all gluing tabs and other unnecessary
stuff from the graphics. Apart from bringing me to the very limits of my modeling
skills, the build was straight forward. I only omitted the cowling ring, which
turned out to be impossible to cut out. I want to stress that this build was to
meet a challenge, and therefore I used the original parts' layout. Normally I
would heavily modify this kit before building it in 1/1250. In particular, I'd
reduce the number of fuselage segments to three, use a separate fin, and I
surely would not use two parts for the wing roots and outer wings. The carrier
is my venerable 1/1200 scale Ark Royal from Airfix. I know, completely unsuitable, but it's the only one I got.
Michael Kaintoch
Munich, Germany
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