Wez Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 32 minutes ago, 71chally said: Please let Steve be right and win the model, would love to see a decent injection Scimitar! But in case he is wrong, Canberra? Jan's already called it, SR.53, ripe for many a WHIF colour scheme! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 48 minutes ago, Wez said: Jan's already called it, SR.53, ripe for many a WHIF colour scheme! As soon as I get a space I have the Simian 1/48 kit. I think it's a superb choice. Well done to Jan and the KP family for their positive engagement with us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Wez said: Jan's already called it, SR.53, ripe for many a WHIF colour scheme! That's really weird, when I posted that Steves' post #675 was the last one showing! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 33 minutes ago, 71chally said: That's really weird, when I posted that Steves' post #675 was the last one showing! Â Weird, still an SR 53's a nice choice right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Personally speaking I would have preferred a Scimitar, Vixen or Canberra which I would have bought numbers of, but heck it's British and post-war so put me down for one! Edited September 7, 2017 by 71chally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, 71chally said: Personally speaking I would have preferred a Scimitar, Vixen or Canberra which I would have bought numbers of, but heck it's British and post-war so put me down for one! Certainly feel that way about the Canberra, to some extent the Sea Vixens but the Scimitar leaves me a bit meh! At least the SR.53 was designed on the right side of the Solent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Lacking a Scimitar, I can see an SR.53 in a "service" scheme being quite attractive. No doubt some thus finished Whifs will be boxed. Steve. Edited September 8, 2017 by stevehnz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 An Airfix one just sold on the local e-bay for 56 AUD , 33 GBPounds or thereabouts. I didn't bid as I'd given up trying to build that one. (Learnt a lot about white paint, though). The real question, however, is - Who let the cat out of the bag ? Someone must have had prior knowledge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Polc Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 dalea - no, nobody was informed before we decided. Â There is in fact only one gentleman, Joe Warner Cherrie, who knows our second Telford project, which is still secret.... But he is not allowed to participate in our the next quiz.... :-) Â SR-53 boxing - we plan two boxes, one real prototypes and the second what-if schemes. We are looking for the real persons to immortalise them as the pilots fo our whif planes (we are doing it everytime, usually selecting some Czech modelers). Your whif scheme tips are welcomed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I was being facetious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 hours ago, Jan Polc said: dalea - no, nobody was informed before we decided.  There is in fact only one gentleman, Joe Warner Cherrie, who knows our second Telford project, which is still secret.... But he is not allowed to participate in our the next quiz.... :-)    Must buy him some beer......  SR-53 boxing - we plan two boxes, one real prototypes and the second what-if schemes. We are looking for the real persons to immortalise them as the pilots fo our whif planes (we are doing it everytime, usually selecting some Czech modelers). Your whif scheme tips are welcomed.  Royal Auxiilliary Air Force squadrons, Royal Dutch Navy and Swiss Air Force  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Jan Polc said: dalea - no, nobody was informed before we decided.  There is in fact only one gentleman, Joe Warner Cherrie, who knows our second Telford project, which is still secret.... But he is not allowed to participate in our the next quiz.... :-)  SR-53 boxing - we plan two boxes, one real prototypes and the second what-if schemes. We are looking for the real persons to immortalise them as the pilots fo our whif planes (we are doing it everytime, usually selecting some Czech modelers). Your whif scheme tips are welcomed. How about a "what if" of the SR-53 in Irish Air corps markings. (You have the decals already from the Spitfire TR9). The what-if would be that Ireland joined NATO in the 1960's and was part of the rapid response force dealing with the defence of the Atlantic Corridor..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 36 minutes ago, Prenton said: How about a "what if" of the SR-53 in Irish Air corps markings. (You have the decals already from the Spitfire TR9). The what-if would be that Ireland joined NATO in the 1960's and was part of the rapid response force dealing with the defence of the Atlantic Corridor..... As it's a "What-if", then you could get away with anything. Personally, I quite like the idea of some of those Germany based Hunter/Sabre/Venom sqns on my kit, the what-if being that the 1957 Sandy's paper on manned aircraft was never published... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 52 minutes ago, Wez said: ...the what-if being that the 1957 Sandy's paper on manned aircraft was never published... ...that would be the greatest what if of all time! Â I'm not hugely into WIFs and to me for them to be effective they need to have some sort of grounding in reality. Wasn't the SR.53 just a proof of concept for the more operationally laid out 177? I guess a few European schemes, German Luftwaffe & Marineflieger, Belgium, Danish etc, what if they hadn't been conned convinced into buying the F-104. Â Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, 71chally said: ...that would be the greatest what if of all time! Â I'm not hugely into WIFs and to me for them to be effective they need to have some sort of grounding in reality. Wasn't the SR.53 just a proof of concept for the more operationally laid out 177? I guess a few European schemes, German Luftwaffe & Marineflieger, Belgium, Danish etc, what if they hadn't been conned convinced into buying the F-104. Â Â I've just got the new, revised edition of Project Cancelled - British Fighters, I've yet to read up on the SR.53 and associated projects so I'm not that au-fait with the details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Jan, referring to our conversation @ ModelBrno, will the Bf-109 Erla Versions already be on sale at E-Day? Thanks for info, Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Polc Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Hi Roman, no Erla 109G will not be on sale @ eDay. Unfortunately. We hope in November, but we have some more complicated projects now - the line of 1/48 aircraft, which are time consuming a little bit. I think that the last deadline can be next Go Modelling in Vienna... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 9 minutes ago, Jan Polc said: Â I think that the last deadline can be next Go Modelling in Vienna... Jan, I will be around, this is my hometurf. Hope to see you there. Regards, Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 8 hours ago, Jan Polc said: dalea - no, nobody was informed before we decided.  There is in fact only one gentleman, Joe Warner Cherrie, who knows our second Telford project, which is still secret.... But he is not allowed to participate in our the next quiz.... :-)  SR-53 boxing - we plan two boxes, one real prototypes and the second what-if schemes. We are looking for the real persons to immortalise them as the pilots fo our whif planes (we are doing it everytime, usually selecting some Czech modelers). Your whif scheme tips are welcomed.  Spectrum.  The SR-53 would be a perfect whif predecessor to the interceptor.   Yours thinking out of the box TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 4 hours ago, 71chally said: Wasn't the SR.53 just a proof of concept for the more operationally laid out 177? Yes, far too small to be an operational practicality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said: Yes, far too small to be an operational practicality. Just like the Spitfire then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 @Jan Polc If you want some Whif ideas, the SR.177 garnered interest from the RAF, RN, Germany and even Japan(!) perhaps that'd be a source for colour schemes. I'd imagine they're be similar to the Lightning squadron schemes for RAF examples, Dark Sea Grey over white for FAA examples, German colours may be Basaultgrau and Lichtgrau and I'd imagine all over metal for Japan? Though others more in the know might have a better idea. Perhaps with a pair of wingtip Firestreak or even (whisper it) Fireflash missiles might be an idea, but they might look too big and ungainly, you'd have to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 14 hours ago, Jan Polc said: SR-53 boxing - we plan two boxes, one real prototypes and the second what-if schemes. We are looking for the real persons to immortalise them as the pilots fo our whif planes (we are doing it everytime, usually selecting some Czech modelers). Your whif scheme tips are welcomed. 112 Squadron sharkmouth. I mean, come on! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 41 minutes ago, Procopius said: 112 Squadron sharkmouth. I mean, come on! The man's not wrong you know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Would that not look better on the SR.177? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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