I know, I know, it looks like a flying Venetian blind.
Much has been recently said in certain forums about the genesis of the Leigh/AVRO Baby multiple aerofoil plane.  We won’t repeat those charges here.  Suffice to say that Mr. Leigh converted an existent Baby airframe in something…quite different.

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Being as the original was about 7.6 meters in span, in 1/72 it is a tiny model.  Construction was quite simple, helped by the extensive –never better said- use of Aeroclub aerofoiled plastic struts and brass “Strutz”.  For the radiator front a left over photoetched part was used and wheels were made of solder coil and punched-out styrene.  Some interior was fancied and the engine louver plates were made of “corrugated” styrene sheet.

The Horatio Phillips Multiplane-like Baby is a cute little bug that will shine on your building table and you could take it to the next club meeting in a matchbox.

Love is blind, and sometimes beauty is also a “blind”.

Gabriel 

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