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29 minutes ago, Pollitt said:

So I saw this thread while I was waiting for my membership to be activated. Today I took a full collection of images at RAF Museum Cosford of XD145 for anyone that wants to use them for their models. I've hosted the photos on my google images as a shared folder so you should be able to see them.

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/50DnVm1lGpE0nuCO2

 

Photos are taken starting at the front, going around the port side, around the rear to the starboard side then returning in reverse taking pictures of underside / wheel details.

 

If anyone would like me to get any others send me a request and I will do my best. I haven't added any cockpit pictures as I can't really do any better than the museums 360 photo on facebook linked above.

 

Enjoy!

 

Stuart

Nice shots. If you would like to send a link to Julien, who does our Walkaround section, he can incorporate them in our library.

Cheers

Frank

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1 minute ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

Nice shots. If you would like to send a link to Julien, who does our Walkaround section, he can incorporate them in our library.

Cheers

Frank

Er would love too? But being a newbie I'm not actually sure who that is or how to do that? :blush:

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24 minutes ago, Pollitt said:

So I saw this thread while I was waiting for my membership to be activated. Today I took a full collection of images at RAF Museum Cosford of XD145 for anyone that wants to use them for their models. I've hosted the photos on my google images as a shared folder so you should be able to see them.

 

Great photos! Thanks for taking them and making them available. The SR.53 is relatively unknown on this side of the pond except to hard-core enthusiasts. I've been intrigued with it since building the original release, bagged Airfix kit many years ago, one of the first Airfix kits I ever built. I knew nothing about the airplane at the time, but bought the kit (mail-ordered from Arthur Mullett Ltd. along with some then exotic Humbrol enamels) simply because it looked so cool!

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Really appreciate this walk around series of photos Pollitt.  There’s some excellent detail shots there and for those that aren’t exactly close (like me) these images are very handy to have. 

 

Welcome to BM and many thanks.

 

Cheers. Dave 

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On 19/09/2017 at 9:57 PM, Aardvark said:

Of course it is model it is not real !
One view of proportions a canopy and nose wheel is enough to understand is a model!

 

Serge

Don't need to go to the trouble, look at the Fire Tender in the background! :whistle:

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12 hours ago, PhoenixII said:

Don't need to go to the trouble, look at the Fire Tender in the background! :whistle:

Fire Tender in the background???

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Dredging up a dormant thread, who has any ideas as to an in-service name for the SR.53 (or SR.177), if it ever went that far? I see AZ Models chose "Rocketeer" but that to me doesn't sit well with contemporary RAF types.

 

Pure conjecture, I know, but a bit of fun and food for thought for "What If?" modellers and story writers such as myself.

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28 minutes ago, k5054nz said:

Dredging up a dormant thread, who has any ideas as to an in-service name for the SR.53 (or SR.177), if it ever went that far? I see AZ Models chose "Rocketeer" but that to me doesn't sit well with contemporary RAF types.

 

Pure conjecture, I know, but a bit of fun and food for thought for "What If?" modellers and story writers such as myself.

I think "Pocket Rocket" might have been appropriate,

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You see any systems in this name Saunders Roe aircraft:  

 

Flying boats 

 

-Saunders Kittiwake

-Saunders A.3 Valkyrie

-Saunders A.4 Medina

-Saunders A.14

-Saunders/Saro A.7 Severn

-Saro A.17 Cutty Sark

-Saro A.19 Cloud

-Saro A.21 Windhover

-Saro A.27 London

-Saro A.29 Cloud Monospar

-Saro A.33

-Saro A.36 Lerwick

-Saro A.37 Shrimp

-Saunders-Roe SR.A/1

-Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess

-Saunders-Roe Jet Princess (paper project only)

-Saunders-Roe Duchess (paper project only)

-Saunders-Roe P.192 Queen – concept 

 

Land-based aircraft 

 

-Saunders T.1

A.22 Segrave Meteor 

-Saunders/Saro A.10 "Multigun" 

-Saro-Percival Mailplane also known as A.24 Mailplane 

-A.24M (Spartan Cruiser) – derived from Saro Mailplane. 

-Saunders-Roe SR.53 

- Saunders-Roe SR.177 

 

??????????????

 

Then maybe -

Saunders-Roe SR.53 

" Chaos  "  or 

Saunders-Roe SR.53 

"Anarchy" ?????

:):):)

 

B.R.

Serge

 

 

P.S.

 

 

B.w. at Saunders-Roe, system was here:

 

Spacecraft:

- Black Knight

- Black Arrow

- Black Prince

......but Saunders-Roe SR.53  "Black ......" ......."Black"-what???

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6 minutes ago, tempestfan said:

53: Black Kitten, perhaps ? With the 177 Black Tomcat ?

No, because this:

 

24 minutes ago, Aardvark said:

- Black Knight

- Black Arrow

- Black Prince

in association with knight century..............maybe

- Saunders-Roe SR.53 

" Black Sword  "  

????

;)

28 minutes ago, Aardvark said:

Saunders-Roe SR.53 

"Anarchy" ?????

Saunders-Roe SR.53 

"Anarchy"......

Anarchy in the U.K.........maybe 

Saunders-Roe SR.53 

"Sex Pistols" ???

:):)

B.R.

Serge

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