Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T21

[825]

I first wanted to do a Sea Balliol after seeing a picture of Captain Eric Brown taking off from an aircraft carrier in a Balliol. I've got a resin version in the stash but the Special Hobby version is much more up my street. Mainly injection moulded with a bit of etch. I think the cockpit etch, especially the seatbelt/harness is a bit oversize. But here it is.

 

Built pretty much OOB. It went together OK but the canopy seems over big and needed some filling around it. Revell Aluminium for the airframe,Tamiya red for the recognition stripes and Citadel yellow for the 'trainer' stripes. So here is WP328 from the the Maintenance Test Unit at RNAS Abbotsinch in 1963. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A rather nice little aeroplane

 

Edited November 3, 2017 by 825

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Your model looks excellent 👍 sadly I’d never known about these aircraft until these kits were released. 

[825]

39 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Your model looks excellent 👍 sadly I’d never known about these aircraft until these kits were released. 

Thanks. It really is a rather nice little aircraft. Although ir was designed as a trainer, and the side by side configuration would have been good, you can see it would be an ideal liaison plane and a useful hack. The livery I chose was probably the most challenging but as a Glasgow boy at heart something that flew out of Abbotsinch (HMS Sanderling) was a must. 

[Max Headroom]

Nicely made model and the most interesting of all the schemes it wore.

 

I have a sort spot for a Balliol👍

 

Trevor

[CedB]

Very nice model of an interesting subject. Good job

[glatisant]

That's magnificent.Must get one for myself.Love the scheme.

[Homer]

A very striking little model you are to be congatulated on bringing the best out of the kit well done.🖒 👏