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This is the newly-boxed kit - same 60s tooling but with new box art and decals. I suspect the moulds have been cleaned up a bit though as the parts fit very well on the whole and the styrene was nice and shiny... I re-scribed it, replaced the windows with clear resin and added a few details here and there.
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DH Comet, BEA Red Square. 1/144 Airfix with 26Decals After much Chopping around an Amodel Comet last year I thought I'd have another go at the old Airfix kit, I used the most recent boxing which has the cabin windows filled in. First released in 1961, it is very simple with only 6 parts to make the basic airframe (2 fuselage halves, upper and lower full span wings, and 2 tailplanes). The wheels are far too skinny for my liking, so I replaced the mains with the spare ones in the Amodel kit, and the nose wheels are Viscount main wheels from S&M kit. We really do need an up to date injection moulded Comet in 1/144 scale, but this one still scrubs up well considering it's age. (oops, just noticed I've knocked the aerial wire loose while taking the photos). With my much modified Amodel Comet C.4 Thanks for looking, John
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Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C BEA late 1960s This is the old Airfix kit with a ‘standard set’ of modifications to make it look a bit more like a Trident. These are : Addition of wing root fairings Increased fin chord Sharpened tailplane / fin fairing Reprofiled wing chord Replaced wing fences Offset nose gear Reshaped radome Rescribed engine nacelles Decals are from TwoSix. In the photos the dark blue on the fin looks darker than the cheat line blue, but for some reason this isn’t noticeable in ‘real life’. The next one will be in the original Red Square livery to complete a trio of trijets. Picture to show the extent of the wing to fuselage fairing on the starboard side only: First two Tridents completed :
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Hi all! hope you’re all coping well with lockdown, looking for some advice please, currently working on a AA Trident, looking to do the speed jack BEA scheme, I’m just stuck on what shade the tail should be, as it’s quite a strange blue shade looking at reference photos. any advice would be amazing please, both rattlecan or paint mixture for airbrushing would be fine thank you
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1/72 Vickers Vanguard (Gene Hooker Vac-form)
kev67 posted a topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
This is my completed Gene Hooker Vacform 1/72 Vickers Vanguard, in BEA livery G-APEP, which has taken me a while to finish, and is the only model I have fully completed this year in 2014, I hope you like Build thread http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234924057-172-vickers-vanguard/- 94 replies
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Having a soft spot for all things Postwar Vickers aircraft, I thought I would try my hand at this Vacform model produced by Gene Hooker of USA, I think originally the moulds may of come from a Travel Agents desk model as the kit is not supplied with any props or wheels, but looking at the plans I have it looks quite accurate. This shall be a challenge as I intend to have the passenger doors open with scratch built steps, I shall be constructing the front part of the engines and making resin moulds from these, also the Aeroclub props are from the Britannia which will be modified, all the windows and doors will need cutting out, I am thinking of making the windows from clear resin, the only thing I shall need to find is some suitable wheels. Once I have constructed the basics such as the wings and such I can then add extra detail and start scribing Hopefully as this will be a challenge it will be painted BEA red square colours. The 4 photos below were taken from Carlos a memeber on Britmodeller and can be deleted at his request, as I did not take any photos showing how the vacform model looks straight from the box, but gives a good indication on how basic the model is and what work needs to be done to make it acceptable.
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Hawker Siddeley H.S. 121 Trident 1C G-ARPC, British European Airways, early 1970s. Airfix 1:144 kit with decals from a TwoSix Decals sheet. Although I am mostly a military aircraft modeller I sometimes make incursions in other fields. This is perhaps my most serious attempt at an airliner so far (the second) and a project I really wanted to do since I was given this kit back in 1990s. Fortunately Two Six released a sheet covering the livery I wanted instead of the British Airways scheme that came with the kit. I built this kit in 2013. The white was airbrushed but the remaining colours (the main ones being Xtracolor) were brushed on. It didn't come out perfect precisely due to the painting but I'm pleased with it nontheless. As always, thanks for looking and comments are welcome. Miguel
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Airfoil 1/144 BE Red Square Vanguard 1/144
lomasca posted a topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
I finished it! Dog of a kit, but very satisfying to complete such a beautiful aircraft. I made this as a father's ay gift for my dad. I wanted to make it in flying jack (my favourite BEA livery) but it turns out my dad hated it! (though it clearly looked better on the Trident) Some of my earliest memories are of us going round the Vanguard at Brooklands. Stand arrived a week after this was completed too thanks to Humbrol digging through their warehouse. They don't make them like this anymore! -
Hello, C/N 61143 was the first S-61N - rebuilt from a S-61L in 1962! As far as I’m aware 61143 was one of the longest serving commercial S-61 ( I think the oldest was an S-61N C/N 61032). C/N 61143 is unique in that it is the only Japanese-built S-61N in the world. Apparently Mitsubishi were going to set up an S-61N production line for the Asian market. This helicopter was built as a demonstrator in anticipation of a healthy demand. The orders were not forthcoming and this was the only one built by Mitsubishi in the end, Mitsubishi gave it the C/N of M61-001. 61143 was purchased by BEA around 1970 and given the registration G-AYOM. It operated from Aberdeen airport (Dyce) ferrying passengers to a from North Sea Oil & Gas installations. She was in service with British Caledonian Helicopters, British Airways Helicopters, British International Helicopters, Brintel helicopters and Bond/ CHC Scotia. I believe it was upgraded at Bond / CHC for SAR operations as part of a contract with the Irish Coastguard. 61143 was registered as EI-SAR and served with the Irish coastguard from 1998 until 10th December 2013 where it stood it’s last SAR watch before being replaced by the new S-92A. A while ago my Dad heard a rumour that Sikorsky where considering having 61143 as a sort of museum piece, or something like that. However, it would appear that 61143 may have another lease of life - Carson helicopters have purchased a number of old S-61’s and refurbished / upgraded them. According to helis.com database 61143 was in Seaforth docks May 2014, ready for shipping to Canada for conversion for a logging company. As a tribute to this long serving aircraft I’ll be building 61143 as she was around 1974, serving BEA & the North Sea Oil & Gas industry from Dyce using the Revell 1/72 kit, whirlybirds S-61N conversion set and whirlybirds S-61N seats. http://www.airliners.net/photo/BEA-Helicopters/Sikorsky-S-61N-MkII/1443571/M/ Cheers Aaron
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Hi to all this is my little airfix Vanguard. colors by extra colors (dedicated BEA enamels) decals by Two six sweating and swearing by me (with the clear parts, using them was clearly a mistake!)http://http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/16/03/74/40/img_2010.jpg BBCode thks for watching
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Hi guys Here is my S&M Models 1:144th Vickers Viscount that I was given at my club West Middlesex for a six month challenge competition. I have used Two Six Decals BEA Red Square scheme and BlurProps. This was a simple little build that I worked on and off this year recently completing and winning the club competition. The picture in the frame is a vintage postcard of G-AOYN that I found on evilbay. Finished in Tamiya, Vallejo and Halfords appliance white rattle can. I am not totally happy with the pictures but I have limited time these days so they will have to do. I hope you all enjoy. DSC_6607 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6615 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6617 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6623 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6625 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6627 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6629 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6634 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6635 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6641 by Mark Inman, on Flickr DSC_6643 by Mark Inman, on Flickr
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I have been trying to complete a number of long standing builds and this has been on the back burner for quite a while. I finally completed it a couple of days ago. It's the S&M Models kit and I have used Two-Six decals. I hope that you like it, next up will be the Airfix MiG-15 which I will be working on between my MiG-21 builds for the STGB.
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This is the superb but tiny Dragon Rapide kit by Aeroclub. I have been trying to get it finished for a friends birthday so it will be winging its way over the weekend. The aerial mast is over scale but I could not get it any thinner without it bending when tensioning the wire, any suggestions on how to achieve this in 1/144th scale would be very welcome. Any errors are due to this modeller being ham-fisted when putting the kit together. Now to get back to my STGB build. Thanks for looking
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Je suis un rock star Je avais une residence Je habite-la In the sarf of France Voulez-vous Partir wiv me And come and restez-la Wiv me in France. Nope. I'm not building a Concorde. Or a hovercraft (that would've been cool!) But BEA's on strike. There's no planes flyin'...
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Junkers Ju-52 in BEA colours Revell 1:48 The Ju 52 was similar to the company's previous Junkers W33, although larger. In 1930, Ernst Zindel and his team designed the Ju 52 at the Junkers works at Dessau. The aircraft's unusual corrugated duralumin metal skin, pioneered by Junkers during World War I, strengthened the whole structure. The Ju 52 had a low cantilever wing, the midsection of which was built into the fuselage, forming its underside. It was formed around four pairs of circular cross section duralumin spars with a corrugated surface that provided torsional stiffening. A narrow control surface, with its outer section functioning as the aileron, and the inner section functioning as a flap, ran along the whole trailing edge of each wing panel, well separated from it. The inner flap section lowered the stalling speed and the arrangement became known as the Doppelfl�or "double wing". The outer sections of this operated differentially as ailerons, projecting slightly beyond the wing tips with control horns. The strutted horizontal stabilizer carried horn-balanced elevators which again projected and showed a significant gap between them and the stabilizer, which was adjustable, in-flight. All stabilizer surfaces were corrugated. The fuselage was of rectangular section with a domed decking, all covered with corrugated light alloy. There was a port side passenger door just aft of the wings, with windows stretching forward to the pilots' cabin. The main undercarriage was fixed and divided; some aircraft had wheel fairings, others not. There was a fixed tail skid, or later tail wheel. Some aircraft were fitted with floats or skis instead of the main wheels. There is probably no other aircraft in civil or military aviation that is more well known than the Junkers Ju 52. During the 1930's she epitomised flight safety and was a synonym for reliability. It was initially designed - at the request of the cargo airlines - as a single-engine aircraft. Airlines such as Lufthansa however preferred a three-engine variant for safety for its passengers. In addition to robustness, it should require only short take-off and landing runs and still deliver low maintenance and low cost operation. The first aircraft with three-engines took-off on its maiden flight on 07 March 1932. In this series, the BMW 132A radial engine with an output of 660hp was used. With these engines the Ju 52 achieved maximum speeds of between 250 and 290 km / h (155 mph and 180 mph). The Ju 52 had a low cantilever wing, the midsection of which was built into the fuselage, forming its underside. It was formed around four pairs of circular cross section duralumin spars with a corrugated surface that provided torsional stiffening. A narrow control surface, with its outer section functioning as the aileron, and the inner section functioning as a flap, ran along the whole trailing edge of each wing panel, well separated from it. The inner flap section lowered the stalling speed and the arrangement became known as the Doppelfl�or "double wing". The outer sections of this operated differentially as ailerons, projecting slightly beyond the wing tips with control horns. The strutted horizontal stabilizer carried horn-balanced elevators which again projected and showed a significant gap between them and the stabilizer, which was adjustable, in-flight. All stabilizer surfaces were corrugated. The fuselage was of rectangular section with a domed decking, all covered with corrugated light alloy. There was a port side passenger door just aft of the wings, with windows stretching forward to the pilots' cabin. The main undercarriage was fixed and divided; some aircraft had wheel fairings, others not. There was a fixed tail skid, or later tail wheel. Some aircraft were fitted with floats or skis instead of the main wheels. The Second World War interrupted the development of civil air traffic. When the War finally ends in 1945, a huge demand for passenger carrying capacity was identified and the search began for suitable aircraft for civil aviation. British European Airways, which on 1 August 1946 began air services from Croydon, Gatwick and Northolt to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland and Paris, began to feel the effects of the lack of suitable aircraft. One way out of this predicament was the use of Ju 52's captured by the Royal Air Force in Europe. In this way BEA acquired eleven Ju 52/3m in different versions. The British European Airways Junkers Ju 52/3ms were in constant use until the end of 1948, before they were scrapped at Ringway, near Manchester. The Model Whilst this kit has been released in at least two different guises, civil and military it�s nice to see it in this unusual and yet operationally short lived scheme. This kit has been released in Revells Icons of Aviation series and comes in a top opening box with a great picture of one of the options flying over Paris. As a gift set the kit also comes with a paintbrush, glue and six paints. On opening, the box is pretty much full of plastic. There are eight sprues of silver coloured styrene and two of clear. Strangely, Revell have included two sprues which, the parts of which are not required, along with many number of parts on the other sprues that are used in the military version. The build begins with the very detailed cockpit comprising of the front cabin bulkhead, pilots and co-pilots seats, control yokes and columns, rudder pedals, what looks like a header tank, a lovely instrument panel with separate throttle quadrant panel and internal fore and aft bulkheads with the trim wheels. The instructions are a little unclear with the fitting of these so it will be good to test fit before gluing. Moving right aft, the rear passenger cabin bulkhead has what looks like the attendants seat, plus supports attached along with a grab handle. Behind the bulkhead a slatted door is fitted. This is the entrance door to the washroom, which is fitted out with a wash basin and another grab handle. In the passenger cabin the modeller has the option to build as either a standard layout or smoker cabin layout. The three piece seats are the same for both, but the standard layout uses ten seats, five on each side with a central aisle whilst the smoker layout uses twelve, eight as the standard layout, but with the seats angled slightly inboard, an additional bulkhead separates four seats behind the cockpit bulkhead. Before the fuselage sides are glued together, the clear window parts are fitted and the port and/or starboard doors can be removed to be posed opened the removed parts are replaced with separate doors, but it would be advisable to remove them as carefully and cleanly as possible. Once the interior is finished, clear parts added and the doors removed, the fuselage sides can be joined together. The fuselage roof has the clear �portholes� added along with the luggage racks, and what I presume are luggage netting supports. Since no netting is included the modeller will have to improvise and add it themselves. The lower fuselage needs very little doing to it before adding to the completed fuselage halves, other than to choose whether the cargo doors are to be opened up or not. The roof and bottom fuselage can then be added, thus completing the fuselage. It should be noted here that plenty of dry fitting and very careful gluing should be carried out when fitting the top and bottom of the fuselage to prevent any requirement for filler, as the corrugations make it difficult to sand and file without causing damage that would be difficult to repair. Once the fuselage is complete, the port and starboard horizontal tails surfaces, elevators and support struts can be fitted, as can the three part tail wheel and rudder control horn. Each half of the port and starboard wings can then be glued together then attached to the fuselage. This would make the model really quite large and unwieldy, so it may be advisable to leave the wings off until the majority of painting has been completed. Continuing to go along with the instructions though, the next parts to be built are the undercarriage. Whilst the spatted wheels and struts are included, these are not required for this build and the un-spatted undercarriage should be used. The two part wheels are attached to the main axle strut and mounting plate followed by the rear strut, which look like it makes a strong assembly. Whilst the model is upside down, the cargo bay doors can also be added, as can the landing lamp in the port wing. Now that the basic aircraft is complete it�s onto the engines. Each of the three engines comprises of the cylinder bank, valve control rods, front engine cover, fuel pipework and exhausts, building into very nice representatives of the real things, which will benefit some careful painting and weathering. The completed engines are then fitted with their respective cowlings, long for the wing engines and short for the fuselage engine, and fitted to their positions. Externally, oil coolers, fuselage radiator, and exhaust outlets are then glued into position along with the underside aerial. The final major assembly is the addition of the very long and flexible flaps. Care and patience should be taken when fitting these as the attachment points are not the biggest or strongest seen on a model. Once they are attached then the lower control horns can be added. Turning the model back onto its wheels the final parts such as the aerials, upper flap control rods, side door and ladder, props and cockpit canopy can be added. It may be of note that the canopy is quite a tight fit and if pressed too hard into place it might deform and cause the header tank within the cockpit to break off, so a bit of dry fitting and sanding will be required. Decals The large decal sheet is really well printed, with options for G-AHOH which flew out of Gatwick and G-AHOF which flew out of Croydon. The decals are all in good register, opaque and slightly matt. Due to the size of the registration codes it might be an idea to cut them down a bit to add fitting. Even then though, decal setting solution will be need to get all the decals to settle into the corrugation grooves, again patience and care will be the order of the day. As stated above, this kit comes with a paintbrush, Revell Contacta glue and six pots of acrylic paints. These include two pots of Aluminium 99, Panzergrau 78, Hellgrau 371, Anthracite 09 and Lederbraun 84. Extra paints will be still need to be sourced to paint the model in the required colours. Also, since the model is so large I would have thought it would need a lot more than two pots of Aluminium. But it's a gesture. Conclusion This is a very nice model of a very well known and recognisable aircraft. In this scale it is also a big one, and will require quite a bit of space to display, but it will be well worth it. It is unusual to see one in BEA colours and I have learnt something in researching for this review as I didn�t know they were used by a national airline. There are a few areas that need some care and attention to put together without the use of any or at least very little filler, but I feel it can be done. I'm still not sure about the colour of the styrene and feel a coat of primer would be a good idea. So if you�re interested in German transports aircraft or just the British civil aviation business, this would be an ideal model, which I can happily recommend. Review sample courtesy of
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Hello Everyone Id like to do a BEA Airtours comet 4. i know of the airfix version, but which version od the comet is it? Also how difficult is it to locate? Thanks Bradley