The Fly Deco Udet Flamingo

 

 

 

Model:

Udet U12 "Flamingo"

Kit:

Published by fly deco. Purchased from S&S

Scale:

1:33

Price:

Around $5:00

Difficulty

Moderate

Number of Parts:

About 100

Time Required:

App. 15 Hours

Instructions:

General directions only (in German)

Diagrams:

Exelent Diagrams, 2 Period Photos and one Model Photo

Fit:

Excellent

Coloring and Artwork:

Very Good color

Printing:

Good paper and high print quality

Resources:

Very Limited. I have a large aviation reference library and could find nothing on this airplane. The internet does have some information on Udet and his company.

 

 

Comments: This was a relatively easy project with a great result! The model is very well engineered. It assembles easily and its complete internal structure yields a very sturdy model. The prototype had a lot of charisma with a 1930's airshow paint scheme, trim biplane wings with distinctive interplane struts, and a fully exposed 7 cylinder radial engine. The engine turns out especially well in the model when detailed as described in the instructions. This time I built everything "box stock", so what you see is what you get. Construction was very straightforward so I won't add any more details here.

Fly Deco offers several other equally intriguing subjects including a bf-108 trainer, an SG-38 glider, and the Grade Eindecker from 1909 which resembles the Santos-Dumont Demoiselle. They all come in a large 12x16 inch format on two pages. I'm surprised I've not seen any fly deco products on the various web sites, as they all look as great as the U-12 displayed here. Fly deco is not even mentioned in the Card Model FAQ. I hope this example will encourage you to try one of these great kits.