Andrew's Falcon Martin-Baker MB-5 *Finished*

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That came up really nicely Andrew. The MB-5 is a long time favourite of mine, you've caught it well imho. How does it compare size wise to a 'stang, its my understanding they were somewhat bigger? I guess if I'd made my I could answer that. :sad: ;-)
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Stevehnz wrote:That came up really nicely Andrew. The MB-5 is a long time favourite of mine, you've caught it well imho. How does it compare size wise to a 'stang, its my understanding they were somewhat bigger? I guess if I'd made my I could answer that. :sad: ;-)
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It's much longer and wider than a Mustang, although wingspan is not so different.

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It's still smaller than the P-47C though!

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Very interesting size comparisons...thanks for showing them.
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Barry wrote:Very interesting size comparisons...thanks for showing them.
A lot of the fuselage was empty space apparently - it was designed for easy service access by relatively unskilled technicians.
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Thanks Andrew, those are great, first time I've seen one displayed like this. It really does put the size into perspective.
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That's an interesting comparison in size. It's a shame it came out too late to go in to production.

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Stevehnz wrote:Thanks Andrew, those are great, first time I've seen one displayed like this. It really does put the size into perspective.
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Certainly shows the size of the P-47!!
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