Unkempt Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Another one from the Matchbox group build. A few years back there was a thread with a pretty convincing argument that several Heyfords were used for trainers in WW2 and at least one was painted in trainer colours, with yellow undersides. Well, here it is, best as I can make it. Matchbox PK-605 1/72nd Handley-Page Heyford, acrylics by Tamiya, rigging by ez-line, plenty of putty by Tamiya and Perfect Plastic Putty. 46 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 A really unusual build,stands out from the crowd,so to speak. Lovely piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 A really fantastic aircraft; I DO love the look and shape of this aircraft ! Looks awesome with the yellow under surfaces. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 It really does look different with the yellow undersides. Lovely model,thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 done a great job with that, the colour scheme is differant, very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) Very nice. I think such livery Heyford is seen here, for example: Cheers J-W Edited January 7, 2018 by JWM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkempt Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, JWM said: Very nice. I think such livery Heyford is seen here, for example: Cheers J-W Yep, that's one of them; the other is this: ...and it's all from page 3 of this thread so many thanks to all there, and mostly John Aero and dogsbody for the pics. Edited January 7, 2018 by Unkempt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 That is a great looking Heyford ... I really like the scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Brilliant, unusual, and not to forget full of character! I love every bit of it. Congrats JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Very beautiful "steam punk" bomber.....Always loved that Matchbox kit wich, altogether with the Vickers Wellesley, made an interesting duo, miles away from the commonly seen, mainstream kits we all know..... You've don justice to that "oldie but goodie". Congratulations. Cheers,.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Neat! Can't have too many Heyfords! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Superb looking Heyford and a very interesting and attractive scheme. I can't believe I haven't acquired a kit of this yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Excellent !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) It was this stream that motivated me to do a 'Jurby' yellow Heyford. Thank you for the inspiration. I hope you like my effort - 'Unkempt's' work was a useful guide. As you can see I chose to pre-paint top and bottom wings separately and then join them !! IMG_0121 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_1711 by arhills, on Flickr Oops, looks a bit S&M 😉 IMG_1711 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_1711 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_0128 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_0127 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_0130 by arhills, on Flickr Edited November 22, 2019 by Adrian Hills Initially attached wrong images 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Adrian Hills said: I I'd like to know more about this pressurized Wimpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 The missing images. The other Heyford seen is one I did to celebrate the Daventry experiment - Britain's first attempt by Watson-Watt to detect an aircraft using radar. IMG_1697 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_1662 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_1661 by arhills, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Procopius, This was incorrectly posted on this thread. I used the Matchbox kit as the basis. Added some Airfix Lanc engines splayed at the back to fit nacelle profile. The pressure vessel on the front was made by turning in a lathe a billet of aluminium and then vac-forming two halves over it and joining. The tail profile and under nose fairing was made using Milliput. DF loop pull moulded in clear over a kit one. Canopy pull moulded over a suitably shaped bit of Milliput. It hung in a model shop for many years in Lewes, East Sussex and I was never happy with the colour blue and the shape of the nose. Ian Huntley, who I took my colour reference from specified a darker blue, which I initially used but then repainted it lighter. As I was refinishing the model I took the opportunity to make the nose more pointy with Milliput as my skills with a lathe aren't too good and my billet was too blunt. I used the same billet method to produce a grand slam bomb for a Lanc but I don't have that any more. A friend has recently turned two pressure vessel billets for me. One 1/72 and the other 1/48 !! Watch this space 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Procopius said: I'd like to know more about this pressurized Wimpy! I did similar conversion some years ago from Itaelri model - not so much difficult to do: I will follow yellow Heyford one day... Cheers J-W Edited November 22, 2019 by JWM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Must get me one of these, and recreate K6902, a Heyford III used in the Daventry RDF tests... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Grand! Love to see a Heyford and you've (both) aced the mysterious yellow scheme! I notice the aircraft in the second photo with the airman leaning on the spat seems to be coded "E"...in case you want to add an extra decal post hoc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Just noticed this, stunning and refreshing in that scheme too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Don't see many Heyfords and that scheme is superb. Very smart indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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