JOCKNEY Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Bristol Boy and I are undertaking the building of these Biplane Flying Boats in the forthcoming Flying Boats and Floatplanes Group Build. As they are both Vacform kits, neither of them provide much in the way of additional parts that allow the kits to be finished with the appropriate amount of detail required to make them look their best. Therefore can I ask if anyone has built either of these before what sources of information are about to get period detailed photos of interior and exterior etc. Also any tips on the building of them greatfully received as I have only built one other Vacform prior to this. many thanks Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi Pat, Just come across your post whilst Googling! If you use Google images to search for Blackburn Iris there is one cockpit and a couple of internal shots. There's also some Pathe newsreel of one taking off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 A quick search here didn't raise anything other than odd news items and photos: https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html but a more concentrated effort may yield results. Best to narrow down the search years as best you can. Some aircraft got really detailed write-ups complete with structural sketches and GA drawings, photos are a bit so-so due to the original reproduction and then digitising. You may well waste several enjoyable hours finding out things about completely different planes to what you intend. You could try contacting the modeller of these, I'm not sure if he's on Britmodeller as well as ATF & UAMF - he used to turn up at Yeovilton model shows (and would enthusiastically encourage the purchase of vacforms), I can't remember if he made it to the Bovvie replacement in Feb. https://rareplanes.jimdo.com/contrail/ includes the Perth and Iris. My favourite flying boat is the Southampton Mk.II but I don't fancy the Contrail prices, and I don't fancy the resin option....yet. Cheers Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 (edited) A few reasonable shots in The Blackburn Aircraft Company by Malcolm Hall (Chalgrove, 1996) - 2 of Iris I (1 built) - 3 of Iris III (4 built) - 3 of Perth (4 built) plus close up of 37mm COW gun installation in nose. - 2 of Sydney (1 built - effectively a monoplane version of the Iris II) - shot of incomplete cockpit plus 2 shots of the passenger interior of the Blackburn Nile, a cancelled civil version of the Sydney. Smallish shots but may be of some use (no close-ups) in A J Jackson's Blackburn Aircraft since 1909 (Putnam, 1989): - 1 of Iris I - 4 of Iris II - 1 of Iris III - 2 of Iris IV - 2 of Iris V - 5 of Perth Actually the Perth shots are not that bad. The best is given as Flight photo 13793 so a rummage around the Flight artchive might yield results. Edited July 19, 2017 by Seahawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Have a look at the Seawings website, http://www.seawings.co.uk They have a photo gallery, and there are pages for both Perth and Iris. There are 2 interior shots of an Iris which help a bit. Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks very much everyone, great links and ideas. My searches so far have found a very good build on a Russian website, http://karopka.ru/forum/forum259/topic21512/ now trying to find out about getting these decals cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 19/07/2017 at 2:42 PM, Seahawk said: A few reasonable shots in The Blackburn Aircraft Company by Malcolm Hall (Chalgrove, 1996) - 2 of Iris I (1 built) - 3 of Iris III (4 built) - 3 of Perth (4 built) plus close up of 37mm COW gun installation in nose. - 2 of Sydney (1 built - effectively a monoplane version of the Iris II) - shot of incomplete cockpit plus 2 shots of the passenger interior of the Blackburn Nile, a cancelled civil version of the Sydney. Smallish shots but may be of some use (no close-ups) in A J Jackson's Blackburn Aircraft since 1909 (Putnam, 1989): - 1 of Iris I - 4 of Iris II - 1 of Iris III - 2 of Iris IV - 2 of Iris V - 5 of Perth Actually the Perth shots are not that bad. The best is given as Flight photo 13793 so a rummage around the Flight artchive might yield results. Hi Seahawk Thanks very much for the info, I've treated myself to the Hall book, new £7 including postage what's not to like ! The link to flight magazine archive is a dangerous thing, far too much temptation to look at other things, then it's suddenly 1am ! However I did find this photo which is really interesting, although it also raises other questions (don't they always ) https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936 - 1328.html?search=Blackburn perth Looks like 4 blade props not 2 as in the kit, also the canopy has sliding panels like a sunroof and all the footprints painted on the wing surfaces. Still haven't found interior photos, so the search continues Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 More surfing on the internet found this..... I shall use this to motivate myself during the inevitable low points of the forthcoming build cheers Pat 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Try this very clear film of an Iris launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JOCKNEY Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Found this in the Blackburn Perth The amount of rigging looks immense, without wishing to go off topic, has anyone got tips or links for how to do rigging and what to use etc ? cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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