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Lukgraph de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie 1:32 – build review

May 29, 2020 By Francis Porter

Lukgraph de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie 1:32
with Geoff Coughlin

Initial thoughts – the plan!

So excited to be getting into this new build of the Lukgraph Dragon Rapide, in 1:32 scale no less!

Have you seen my in-box browse/review? If not, you can find that in the usual place in Aircraft-Here Now.

I had the pleasure of flying on a Rapide at the IWM Duxford, England a few years ago with my daughter, Emily and what a great experience that was. We flew in a dark blue and silver machine, one of two DH.89s that were giving regular pleasure flights from the airfield at that time. My plan is to build a personalised Rapide from the kit in my own markings, yet resembling on first glance the aircraft we flew in – well why not? A chance not to be constrained for once!!

The only real amendment to the kit is to include the extra window on the port side (present on most civilianised Rapides), just aft of the entry door – the window and photo-etch (PE) frame are included in the kit – happy days :)

Reference…

There are many photos of the exterior and interior details on the web and so I am just using those for this project. Most of the pics I have found are copyrighted so I can’t include them here, but you’ll find plenty of help on the web. So you just need to decide what version to build, either one of the three included in the kit, or one of your own.

de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie 1:32
(Photo: DH.89 Dragon Rapide (G-AEML) at Kemble Airport Open Day, Gloucestershire, England, 9th September 2007. Built in 1936. Courtesy, Adrian Pingstone)
(Photo: de Havilland Dragon Rapide at Duxford Aerodrome, UK. Courtesy, Alexf)
(Photo: de Havilland DH89a Dragon Rapide 6 (UK registration G-AGTM, year of build 1944) at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in May 2005)

Let’s get underway…

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