Rickpadwick1801 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 How about that B-52 as the RAF B-52K Rick? I like that idea. I've been thinking about it whilst I've been at work today and came up with the following scenario : With the departure of the USAF from RAF Mildenhall and the takeover by the RAF in 2015, the RAF needed a new aircraft to base there. The RAF was looking for a way back into the nuclear deterrant business, so It decided upon a variant of the B-52 Stratofortress equipped with new engines (4 instead of 8), equipped to carry all weapons in UK/US arsenal including HARM missiles for defense suppression, jamming pods, laser designation pods etc. Because the RAF were adopting this new aircraft into service, they needed to decide on a colour scheme and a new name for the aircraft. Anyway thats the scenario, I have no idea what colour scheme or name to give the aircraft (if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to suggest them). Or a B-52 in Raspberry Ripple scheme....mmmm A Raspberry Ripple scheme ? I didn't know planes came in Ice Cream.....I suppose it could be the B-52 Ice model and have the ice cream van jingle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainpeden Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi all, I would like to join this GB, I am thinking maybe.... What if Me-262 had been the world first passenger jet airplane ? With seat for 8 passengers ? or something else Wasn't there a passenger version of the Vampire with 4 seats? I like the idea of a USN Shackleton in Blue or LGG/White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Because the RAF were adopting this new aircraft into service, they needed to decide on a colour scheme and a new name for the aircraft. Boeing Birnam B.1? Uses a UK town name (Scottish, to curry favour) as is traditional with bombers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I like that idea. I've been thinking about it whilst I've been at work today and came up with the following scenario : With the departure of the USAF from RAF Mildenhall and the takeover by the RAF in 2015, the RAF needed a new aircraft to base there. The RAF was looking for a way back into the nuclear deterrant business, so It decided upon a variant of the B-52 Stratofortress equipped with new engines (4 instead of 8), equipped to carry all weapons in UK/US arsenal including HARM missiles for defense suppression, jamming pods, laser designation pods etc. Because the RAF were adopting this new aircraft into service, they needed to decide on a colour scheme and a new name for the aircraft. Anyway thats the scenario, I have no idea what colour scheme or name to give the aircraft (if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to suggest them). So four big Rolls Royce engines and some RAF markings? Dare say the overall grey scheme is your most likely colour. I like the idea of a USN Shackleton in Blue or LGG/White. A USN Shackleton in overall gloss blue sounds rather cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Plus the missus takes all the parcels in as she is at home when the postman comes. A work colleague sends all his parcels to me! Okay, they are records rather than kits, but the principle is valid... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Think I might actually enter this! Maybe the navalised jaguar that's been much discussed elsewhere, not 100% sure yet ;-) In British or French markings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 British, not sure which decade though, and not sure whether to run with a parallel engine upgrade to the RAF ones or something new. Speyed Jags anyone? ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc2324 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Speyed Jags anyone? ;-) Eye watering for any big cat I`d imagine........ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Speyed Jags anyone? Maybe not Speys but....... http://www.globaldefence.net/technologie/19888-indian-jaguar-re-engining-nears.html Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Wasn't there a passenger version of the Vampire with 4 seats? I believe there was. But if it were me, I'd be wanting summat a tad more reliable than those Jumo 004s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I believe there was. But if it were me, I'd be wanting summat a tad more reliable than those Jumo 004s... You could call it the Comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Wasn't there a passenger version of the Vampire with 4 seats. Someone in the 80's got as far as a mock up of a nine seater called something like 'Mystery Jet'. Wings, tail and engine were reused but with a totally new fuselage. T'internet is silent about it, but I recall seeing a photo. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Someone in the 80's got as far as a mock up of a nine seater called something like 'Mystery Jet'. Wings, tail and engine were reused but with a totally new fuselage. T'internet is silent about it, but I recall seeing a photo. Trevor I did some Googling this afternoon, and found this small nugget of information. <* After the service life of the Vampire, in the late 1960s an American firm, Jet Craft of Las Vegas, Nevada, came up with schemes for modernizing surplus T.11s, the most intriguing being a six-seat business jet configuration named the "Mystery Jet II", with a new forward fuselage and a Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet replacing the Goblin. It was something of a fun idea, but Jet Craft then went broke, with the company's boss ending up doing a year in jail on criminal contempt charges, and the Mystery Jet II never flew. Apparently Jet Craft was resurrected for a time in the late 1980s and proposed concepts much along the same lines as before, but by that time the whole idea was a complete nonstarter.> From here: http://www.airvectors.net/avvamp_1.html#m6appropriately as an addendum to the section of the 2 seat Vampires. And having found out a smidgin of information, I found a photo here: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Jetcraft-Mystery-Jet/0196893/L/ And there's an article, here: http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/444/Vampires-of-Las-Vegas.aspx Glad to be of service. EDIT: Incidentally, having read the whole article now, there's a really, really, REALLY mind-blowing what-if at the end of it... food for thought for the terminally insane. Edited January 10, 2015 by Rob G 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Incidentally, having read the whole article now, there's a really, really, REALLY mind-blowing what-if at the end of it... food for thought for the terminally insane. Utterly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shermaniac Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Still working this one up but how about a 1/48th Stormovik in Desert Air Force? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Jim Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Definetly in now, My entry will be a small airborne collection, 1x BAC Concorde CC.1 (Call-sign: Britannic One), The Queens Flight, 1983 3x BAC Eagle SR.2 (Call-signs: Lion, Dragon, Unicorn), The Royal Protection Flight, 1983 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Definitely in with an RAF B-52 bomber. Does anyone know where I can get some aftermarket engines i.e. A380 engines or 747 engines, weapons (nuke cruise missiles plus conventional weapons - anti ship missiles, anti radiation missiles, gravity bombs, guided bombs - JDAM, Pave way plus other RAF weapons) ? Rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Definitely in with an RAF B-52 bomber. Does anyone know where I can get some aftermarket engines i.e. A380 engines or 747 engines, weapons (nuke cruise missiles plus conventional weapons - anti ship missiles, anti radiation missiles, gravity bombs, guided bombs - JDAM, Pave way plus other RAF weapons) ? Rick Got just what you need, Rick...when I built my Revell 747 it came as the Lufthansa boxing with the P&W engines, so I got some resin RB211s for my British Airways build. The Revell P&W engines are still on their sprue if you want them? Cheers, Dean Edited January 10, 2015 by Deanflyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Got just what you need, Rick...when I built my Revell 747 it came as the Lufthansa boxing with the P&W engines, so I got some resin RB211s for my British Airways build. The Revell P&W engines are still on their sprue if you want them? Cheers, Dean Thats great Dean, Do they have attachment pylons for the wings or is it just the engines ? Will PM you. Cheers, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The pylons are moulded to the engines, Rick...it's all there. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The pylons are moulded to the engines, Rick...it's all there. Dean Hi Dean, Tried to PM you, but it said you can't receive any messages. What scale are the engines in ? I meant to ask because that will influence what size kit and weapons I search for. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hi Rick, sorry my inbox was full and I hadn't realised. Should be ok now... The engines are 1/144 - I assumed that'd be the scale you'd be working in, somehow. Revell do a very nice B-52H which I built some years ago. Cheers, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Cheers Dean, PM on the way. I've also realised I am going to need some RAF bomber decals in that scale as well. Dunno where I will be able to find that type of thing. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 https://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?adv=1&product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=&product_type_id=2677&code=&scale_id=957&keyword_search=RAF&setPerPage=25&sort=0&search_direction=0&save_search_name=&save_search= Fill yer boots! Other suppliers also exist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike52656 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Nice, looks like I finally have a reason to build a Hungarian flanker. Edited January 11, 2015 by spike52656 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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