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    Default Folded-Wing Handley-Page O/100 or O/400?

    I'm working on a Shapeways model of a Handley-Page O/100 (see below) and I might as well add a normal O/400 and an American version with Liberty engines.

    Question: The wings on these planes could be folded just past the engine nacelles to allow this huge aircraft to be moved into a standard Bessoneau hangar. Would there be any interest in a Shapeways model with the wings folded, either at 1:144 scale or maybe at a smaller scale? The folded-wing model could be used either as bombing targets or in dioramas.

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    It would be a neat option, I have always wondered why it needed to fold. I'd buy one for the novelty for sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clipper1801 View Post
    It would be a neat option, I have always wondered why it needed to fold. I'd buy one for the novelty for sure.
    It was a big plane and the folding wings were to allow it to fit into a standard hangar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rabbit 3a View Post
    It was a big plane and the folding wings were to allow it to fit into a standard hangar.
    I had no idea the wings could fold on some versions. Cool fact.



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