Howard of Effingham Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 best of luck mattie! nothing that plastic card and filler can't solve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) Mattie, I'd take 'Turnerdad' up on his offer, it appears to be 1/72 model he's offering. If you don't want it I'd gladly take up his offer for the Recce SIG. It's been a quandry for us also all year where/how to get a Sentinal model for the stand. As some one said above maybe there is one on the way from somewhere, lets hope so. The Ops cabinet is missing a model of an AC-6T Turbo Commander that belonged to Turner Aviation that used to come into Waddo twice a week 1983 - 84 and for a while when 50Sqn Vulcan Tankers finished was just about the only aircraft we had landing there, happy days. Then we went through the NIMWACS JTU saga - not so happy days. If you go for the 'Turnerdad' option please do us a blow by blow build account of the model. Regards and good luck with it. Ian S Edited November 4, 2008 by Radar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooksy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Get stuck in Matt. It'll be a great result if you can pull off a scratch built Sentinel. Glenn R has done some great scratch building, and his in progress threads are very inspiring. If you can chop certain parts from your donor kit for some areas of the aircraft that will be a bonus and certainly help you get it done quicker. Good luck mate Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) Some shots as promised. Solid, but the shape is good. Will need to be stretched at the front. Edited November 4, 2008 by turnerdad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 This looks like a great project Matt, great to see you are having a go at it, I look forward to seeing it progress. I would also love to build a Sentinel to go with my E-3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Good luck mate! Hope it goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattie Bee Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) I would also love to build a Sentinel to go with my E-3D. Just a Sentinel? What about the only Operational Aircraft type at Waddington 5 On work up Non-operational 8 and 23 Non-operational on exercises 51 Operational in the Gulf 54 Training Sqn No operational commitments 56 Evaluation Sqn No operational commitments And that model looks great turnerdad my mind is made up how I'm going to do this so when I start the WIP thread the rest of you will also get to know Edited November 5, 2008 by Mattie Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain.. ipms north somerset Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 hi there turndad have you got any information about who made the resin / wood ?? model you have in this pic is it possible to get my grubby fingers on one ?? iain We have resin global expresses at work, definitely 1/50, and another smaller scale, but not sure exactly what. I'll check tomorrow if you like-they are soild though. I've actually got a 50th scale out in the shed. The tail was damaged and it was going to be skipped, so I took it, got a spare tail, now just need the fin extension. Not sure if they are fitted with IFR probes-you'd probably know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain.. ipms north somerset Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 hi all i would like to also have a go at building to so ... can any one answer this ? is the CRJ-700 any where close ? iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Rozendal Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hi all, Broplan of Poland offers a 1/72nd vacform of the Sentinel R1. I got mine here Aviation Megastore Broplan Sentinel Regards, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain.. ipms north somerset Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 hellp peter any chance of some ics of the kit ?? is it any good ??? iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robc Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 hellp peter any chance of some ics of the kit ?? is it any good ??? iain I posted some 'box review' pictures back in March : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65983 I believe a link was provided to these shots in your other Sentinel thread last month. I have not had the time to start the kit yet so cannot comment as to how good it is. regards Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy72nd Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I picked the Broplan kit and have one comment; Has anyone ever tried to get replacement parts from them? The canopy glazing vac form is bluntly horrible, there is the raised detail of a hair in mine and also 2 -3 lumps (unknown origin) that make it pretty much useless, so I plan to ask for another!! Otherwise the rest looks OK, typical vac-form, gonna take some work but frankly don't see it being done in injection any time soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Come on Airfix - we have the E3D and the Nimrod, now how about a Sentinel???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover101 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I quite agree! Good up-to-date RAF subject! Airfix should pick up on their past coverage of contemporary RAF. God knows their are precious few types in service now. Looking forward to the Lynx..... ...and what about a corrected BAe 125...? ...Anyway... I am halfway through my Broplan Sentinel R1 having run out of patience converting Welsh Models Challenger bits and drawing new bits for a prospective resin kit. I cast the formings of the Broplan kit without damaging them and cut the nose from the far superior Welshmodels kit but got bored...! After making the cute little Anigrand 1/144 resin Sentinel I wanted a BIG ONE! Now I've got going on the (very flimsy and damaged) Broplan offering, I may only use my resin engines! The shape of the Broplan Sentinel isn't bad but it needs careful assembly. The plastic's just too thin. The Welsh models vac fuse/resin wing Challenger is much nicer and crisper but the two aeroplanes are so different only the cockpit and basic fuselage tube are relevant. I may yet mould my Broplan one before I finish it - to make a basic resin kit of plugs... Now to turn the Airfix Nimrod into a lovely Dan-Air Comet 4B....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I quite agree!Good up-to-date RAF subject! Now to turn the Airfix Nimrod into a lovely Dan-Air Comet 4B....! likeswise - I'd love a decent 1/72 sentinel........and the nimrod/comet conversion has been done so thats well possible; not sure I'm up to doing it but I might be tempted one day to try and convert it into an RAF pax comet..... ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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