Mark Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Hi everyone, has there ever been a conversion set to replace the piston lycomings with a pair of Alison turbines? I used to fly the BN2T for the RAPA in Bad Lippsringe, Germany and would love to model it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard M Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Hi everyone, has there ever been a conversion set to replace the piston lycomings with a pair of Alison turbines? I used to fly the BN2T for the RAPA in Bad Lippsringe, Germany and would love to model it. No. There is a prop set from Aeroclub which will do for the three blade prop and spinner (I don't remember which one - it's from a turbine cessna set or something). The nacelles are down to scratchbuilding. I did suggest to Ali of A2Z about doing a conversion set, just have to get all the reference material to him. If you have any photo's or technical material they would help. Best Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thanks Rich, unfortunately I no longer have any pics, but there's a few on airliners.net including G-DEMO which was BN's demonstration aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 This was a subject that interested me as well - to the point of buying an Airfix Islander kit. Don, of AndyPackModels was talking about producing conversion kits when I last went to Fairford - in 2006, and was very keen to get copies of my photos of Army BN2Ts. I offered to build a prototype model for him - but haven't heard much since. I'll ask him again at Yeovilton this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 (edited) I have been working on converting one one and off for a bit now (whenever I feel like working on it, I lie down until the feeling goes away!!). The underside of the nacelle isn't too difficult - take a llittle off the sides to shorten it, and re-shaping the forward cowl should be easy enough (why god invented milliput) it's the intake on top of the cowling that I'm not sure how to tackle. I have an old Scale Models article on building the Platypus AEW one, and some Aviation News plans. There is also a resin kit from, I think, a Belgian company that pops up on ebay from time to time - they did an ASTOR version as wel, and there is a Trislander too. Edited February 5, 2008 by Dave Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 This was a subject that interested me as well - to the point of buying an Airfix Islander kit.Don, of AndyPackModels was talking about producing conversion kits when I last went to Fairford - in 2006, and was very keen to get copies of my photos of Army BN2Ts. I offered to build a prototype model for him - but haven't heard much since. I'll ask him again at Yeovilton this weekend Think you'd be better getting in touch with Ali of A2zee - we might get an accurate conversion then. If Andy Pack produced one that's anything like that "King Air" vacform they produced then there'd only be one word for it - gruesome! Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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