RoyalAircraftEstablishment

Thank you all for your lovely messages. I've followed this site for a while as a lurker and many of your projects have been inspirational, so your encouragement means a lot. The supportive nature of the members is one of the main reasons I joined Britmodeller. Andrew

Thanks very much Steve. The V1000 would be nice, maybe a BAC 2-11/3-11, or the complete 'Stuck on the Drawing Board' catalogue (plus a house extension)?! Andrew

You're absolutely right; the rear fuselage tapers far too sharply but I followed the original drawings. A good case study for the application of flow control (vortex generators, strakes, etc.) or maybe just design it properly in the first place! I've always loved the SAS Dragon schemes of the 50s (Caravelles, DC-8s, etc.) but the display model at the Farnborough Air Show was clearly aimed at BOAC, so I went with that. I've called it Victory, but maybe that would not have been an appropriate post-war choice.

It also helps steady the hand. Honest. However, spelling whisky with an 'e' in these parts is probably a lynching offence!

Hello Folks, This is my first post, so be gentle with me! It's a conversion of the Revell 1/72 Victor K Mk.2 into the HP97 proposal for a civil version (see also the HP111 military transport proposal. The wings (including modified tips), most of the vertical tail, the horizontal tail, and some of the nose were used from the kit. The rest is plastic plumbing pipe (for the double-bubble fuselage), balso, plastic card, various fillers, and homemade inkjet decals. Having worked on the design of the A380, I've always had a fascination with previous double-deck designs, and who doesn't love that wing?! I need to sort out the nose paint/decal interaction but other distractions abound.