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Dornier Merkur

1747

This unusual RC model of the 1921 airliner is an original design and 1/24-scale. Scott built it for the NorthWest Scale Modeler’s Club display at the Seattle Museum of Flight but plans to fly it when the display is over. The 32-inch-span electric aircraft is covered in Aluminum MicaFilm with homemade graphics. Scott Kruize, Tukwila, Washington

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