1/42 103-D Randles Kellett Autogyro YG-1B - XR-2 - Deluxe Prefabricated Version
Vaccuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
Very rare kit from the 1940s. Although it is the same part number as the 'small box' issue, this is the 'large box' deluxe version with much greater prefabrication. This is a large (17 inch LOA) model of this 1930s craft. This unique ship had no ailerons, rudder or elevator. Directional control was through a pivoting rotor head. Rotor blades folded for storage. The KD-1 made the worlds first autogyro roof-top landing in May of 1935 at the US Post Office in Philadelphia. The plans say this is the XR-2 and YG-1B. The plans certainly look like the YG-1B Army Craft; the YG-1B was modified with a constant speed rotor and became the YG-1C; it was then redesignated XR-2. This craft is also known as a KD-1; the model will built any of the three. Features 3D carved hardwood fuselage, cut-to-shape (2D) hardwood rotor blades, machine-carved wheels, 80% carved hardwood propeller, numerous other pre-cut parts that are all either 3D or 2D cut and very good full size, three-view plans. Never started and inventoried complete with all paperwork. Randles was another name for Ranco and may have simply been the deluxe version of the Ranco kits as they shared the same address. Just a few of those kits include the B-29, Cessna Bobcat, Sikorsky Helicopter and Kellett Auto Giro. There is evidence that they made boat kits also.
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