Mach 2 1/72 Viscount converted to an 800 series

[Scott Garard]

Bill,

 

Get in touch with Peter Maloney at Hawkeye Models Australia: [email protected]

 

Back in the day, Peter was a surface finisher at 34 Squadron who worked on the Viscounts.

 

Some info I gleaned from him:

 

-Wings were the same as the 700 series aircraft.

-Engines were the uprated type with bulged cowlings

-Only lengthened forward of the wing

-Rear pressure bulkhead was moved aft and the door repositioned

-Both aircraft were originally built for a cancelled TAA order

-A6-435 ex Union Carbide VIP aircraft
-A6-436 ex Shah of Iran VIP aircraft

-Both aircraft kept the interiors that they were purchased with 

-Always flew with slipper tanks

 

And some conversion info:

 

 

 

Cheers!

 

Scott.