Rigby Paper Model Club


Model Airplane News

March 1934, page 20 (pictures 3 and 4) and page 38.

Pictures No. 3 and 4 should be of unusual interest to model builders. The models which you see in these pictures have not been built according to orthodox construction lines. They are the handiwork of Mr. W. Rigby of 45 Valley Field Road, Streatham S.W. 16, England. Mr. Rigby has been in the field of aviation for a great many years and is doing good work at the present time by helping to make the young men of England air-minded through writing articles, building, and selling model planes. The two ships shown in picture No. 3 are models of the "Supermarine," equipped with wheels instead of floats.

If you will look closely you will see that on the wing of the largest ship reposes a small model of the same design. The miniature model on the wing has a wing span of 3 inches. The wing span of the large one is 28 inches. The unusual part of these little planes is that they are both made of paper. Believe it or not, the small model flies 75 feet. The large one makes flights of 200 yards. These flights are very realistic, indeed, as may be ascertained by looking at the picture No. 4. Here the little ship is shown in full flight in Green Park, London. The fact that these two models are over six months old speaks very well of their durability. It compares favorably with models of other types of construction.


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