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  1. Instead of focusing on the builds in hand, and there's plenty of it, I find myself drawn inexorably to this little bundle of fun..... Turns out I just can't resist the draw - the challenge... of a plane on floats! 😎 And I'm working my way through quite a few of the Vintage Classic reissues as they appear on the shelves. They all have issues of course - the DH Heron dates from 1958 for goodness sake and this DHC Beaver was tooled and issued in 1971. But I had some fun with the Matchbox Norduyn Norseman kit, in the Mbox Group Build, up on floats. Nearly abandoned, put on skis, and then another successful run at the floats and rigging. So I'm under no illusions about the installation of floats on these little rascals, but the result, the appearance, is worth the effort.... Whereas the Norseman was flying before and during WW2, the Beaver first took to the air in 1948. I suppose it could be thought of as an updated or upgraded Norseman. All metal construction and maybe improved STOL capability, tough as old boots, the Beaver found its place in the Canadian Bush aviation scene. Like the Norseman, it converted easily between wheels, skis and floats. The model, it's no surprise, is supplied with military decor only, and dull drabs and browns as suggested 😝 No suggestion of the plane's true purpose, it's real work or function (at least matchbox supplied the civil scheme for the Norseman.....) Some fantastic civil schemes are out there, many of them still in the air and working. Well, I've been tinkering with the bits of plastic and weighing up the options. A lot of the civil airframes have a bigger rear window to the rear of the passenger doors instead of the little porthole windows featured on the kit fuselage pieces. I've punched styrene discs and reamed the holes to take them. A bigger, squarer opening will have to be made and glazed on each side. The other issue I've started on is releasing the flaps and possibly the ailerons. The plastic of the wing top panel has the two flying surfaces incorporated whole, with the under panels just reaching to the hinge line. So this involves an angled cut right through the wing panel. I've got there with one of them.... Tough going but little and often will get there. I'll get the other flap off before I decide whether to tackle the ailerons as well. Anyway, I'm looking forward to having a companion Canadian Bush plane little skytruck on floats to sit with my Norseman 😎ðŸ‡ĻðŸ‡Ķ
  2. I'm having a right old bonanza with smaller multi-engined planes at the moment, and Airfix are on a roll supplying me with their Vintage Classics reissue programme! Throw in a Twin Otter from Revell and happiness ensues 😍 And all at no great expense. They've all been opened and rummaged through, amidst a little cloud of nostalgia that comes free with every box. Top of the pile, for no particular reason, is this one, First issued in 1969 and totally contemporary with the aircraft itself. I think Airfix were trying to stay ahead of the game by choosing the USAF version that was being made. Fitted with a pair of Garrett turboprops to please or to suit the US, it looks like it was destined to be used in a medical evacuation role, with an extra wide entrance. The Airfix plan fell on its face though, simultaneously with the USAF order being cancelled and Handley Page going bust. Production the plane was taken over by Scottish Aviation and ultimately by BAe, and the Jetstream succeeded for many years. But not with American Garrett engines! I'm not sure if ANY airframes were built in the style of the Airfix kit, but you'll never find a picture of one! I suppose the after market guys may come up with a viable option now that the kit is reissued....... Or maybe not. My challenge, in the meantime, is to have a go at scratch conversion and see if I can make a real Jetstream. The issue is this..... And I'm in the process of something quite different! The actual build is progressing with a few mods that I'll detail, but hassle-free and no big drama. It's just those engines. I'm sort of thinking that it was an opportunity for Airfix to make good on their error of judgement, and tool up a little sprue with the right turbine fit. Oh, and throw in a small selection of civil schemes on the decal sheet. How nice would that be?? 😎
  3. Here's my first for this GB, as if I have nothing else to do...ðŸĪŠ Airfix' Vintage Classic kit of the DH4 used by Cadbury and Leckie to down Zeppelin L70 in 1918. I read that they flew to over 16,000 feet? Incredible. In any case...the box art... The schematics... The sprue...and decals, which look just fine. And the price tag... I'll start in on this over the next few days. I have some wrapping up to do first. -John
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