Welcome back to Scale Me Down, and to the Weston Park International Model Air
Show 2021. This year marked the 25th anniversary of
the show. Let's jump straight in with some
highlights.
There were huge crowds over the weekend enjoying the great weather and an
action-packed show.
Azza Stevens and Sonny Millgate flew a routine with these enormous 65% scale
Piper Cubs.
We produced 3D printed pilots from scans of Azza and Sonny's partners a while
back, and I'm looking forward to seeing them installed in these planes.
Also, there were lots of jet powered models flown over the weekend, including
this turbine DG800 glider
There were lots of scale jets flown including this lovely Mig-15 and these
two BAe Hawks and also Rob Harrison from bravo303
here on youtube with this IAD Serpent.
There are also lots of beautiful scale models including this enormous 1:6
scale Lancaster bomber, powered by four Zenoha engines, and flown by Tony Hooper.
Flying alongside it was this Zirolli designed Douglas Dakota, which was
electric powered and flown by Chris Johnson.
This third scale Sopwith Pup was powered by a Moki radial engine and it
featured a smoke system to simulate being shot at by the Hun !
We were visited by a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight,
and keep watching for more full-size displays (and fireworks !) to come in the video.
In addition to a selection of traders for all your aero-modelling goodies, it
was also fun for all the family.
Including craft stalls, a fun fair military vehicles, model cars,
model boats, and drone racing.
Also at the show was the Helifest competition.
This is where pilots fly an aerobatic routine with their model
helicopter to an interpretation of the music.
The winner this year was Thomas Ralph. Let's have a look at some of his routine.
Well done thomas ! On with the show, and a full-size aerobatic
display from Richard Goodwin in his Pitts Special.
This very powerful aeroplane produced loads of noise and enormous volumes of
smoke.
My favorite display of the show were the Global Stars aerobatic team, led by Mark
Jeffries with their Extra 300 and Cap232 aircraft.
If you think that formation loop was pretty, you should have seen it flown at
night with fireworks and LED lighting!
Next up with a night display was Ian Gallagher from Aero FX in a
glider,
followed up by Guy Westgate in a Grob 109b motorglider.
Gwen and I used to instruct on this type for the Air Cadets.
The huge crowd showed their appreciation by waving their mobile phone screens and
glow sticks.
The party continued into the evening with more night flying displays,
lasers and fireworks !
This display was particularly good, featuring Zagi flying wings and they
were lit with color changing LEDs which were wi-fi controlled.
They also did some night combat with these inexpensive models.
This looks great fun and reasonably cheap and easy to do at your local club.
The night displays were rounded off with a spectacular firework crescendo.
We had a great weekend, and I hope you enjoyed the show too. If you like this
video, please like and subscribe to support the channel and thanks for
watching.