canberra kid Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 With my 1/72 scale U.10 build on the long finger, I've moved on to my next project. A very interesting Canberra WV787 built as a B.2 but later modified to an approximation of B(I)8 standard. She was used for some interesting trials from aircraft icing to chemical and biological weapons delivery. John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis9444 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Looking forward to it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 All the components that will need engraving or re-engraving and modifying have been sorted out, I’ve scanned the relevant drawings in preparation. The wings are B.6/B.(I)8 but the fuselage is a mix of B.8 and B.2. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Hi John, sad story what happened to your 1/72 Canberra, but I´m sure you will save it once the first disappointment is over. Sanding and perhaps re-scribing some of the panellines will surely turn it into a nice model. Good luck with this one! Cheers, Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Looking forward to it.. Thanks Haggis9444, me too. Hi John, sad story what happened to your 1/72 Canberra, but I´m sure you will save it once the first disappointment is over. Sanding and perhaps re-scribing some of the panellines will surely turn it into a nice model. Good luck with this one! Cheers, Mario It was a bit disappointing Mario, but I will return to it later, but I'm looking forward to this one, I've been wanting to build her for a long time. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 John.. oh this is gonna be so good to see and watch ..clean start . I am intrigued by its usage for delivering biological and chemical weaponary....When was that.. I like things that relate to ones builds... that';s all. thank you for sharing your build. HOUSTON 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'm on board John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 John.. oh this is gonna be so good to see and watch ..clean start . I am intrigued by its usage for delivering biological and chemical weaponary....When was that.. I like things that relate to ones builds... that';s all. thank you for sharing your build. HOUSTON Houston, as you would imagine the details of the chemical and biological warfare trials are not well publicised or indeed well documented in the public domain. All I know is she was working in conjunction with the weapons research establishment at Porton Down and spraying over Salisbury Plain, the work didn't last long as the Uk withdrew from developing all such weapons not long after the trials started, WV787 continued her work as an icing and smoke test rig at RAE Boscombe Down. There is also a story that she was involved in an ice weapon that would stop on aircraft engines by producing and ice cloud of just the right size to stop the engine fan, I guess it would work in a similar fashion to the dust clouds from Volcano's? I'm on board John Good to have you here Gary, I hope it works out OK! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) John, Thank you for the information. It is always AMAZING to read that an aircraft has had an interesting lifestyle and any controversy Behind it. In seeing builds here , most of us only imagine it's use in combat, battles, transportation etc but never Something That would raise the eyebrows. So thanks for that bit of interesting information.makes for an interesting thread . Good luck and will be back to see more. Edited December 21, 2014 by HOUSTON 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I've marked out the missing or misplaced panel lines and highlighted the ones that need filing. It's a tedious job that shouldn't really be down to the modeller to have to do, but in a strange way I quite enjoy it! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavodavo Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Should be a good one. I read somewhere WV787 had a Buccaneer nose? Dave Edited December 21, 2014 by wavodavo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Should be a good one. I read somewhere WV787 had a Buccaneer nose? Dave You're right Dave she did have a Blue Parrot radar nose, she was involved in the trials for that too, but I don't think it was a long job. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Looking forward to following this, that spray equipment should be fun to do! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Looking forward to following this, that spray equipment should be fun to do! Martin Yes martin, I'm looking forward to the spray bar, it should be a fun challenge! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 More corrections and additions, this time the fuselage, as I said at the start of the build WV787 was a hybrid B.2/B(I)8. The fuselage is pure B.2 with just a B.8 nose grafted on, so luckily Airfix's lack of attention to detail was a blessing as the missing strengthening plates that should be on the B(I)8 do not need removing. I still had to delete and add panel lines that Airfix got wrong but nothing too bad. Now the nose, I was expecting to add and delete some panel lines but what I wasn't expecting was the fact the equipment hatch is depicted too low down the fuselage! So more work. The extra bits were not too many, so that's good. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirfixAndy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Love this aircraft ... I kiss it a few times whenever I go to Newark Air Museum where she is now lovingly cared for. Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Love this aircraft ... I kiss it a few times whenever I go to Newark Air Museum where she is now lovingly cared for. Andy Me too Andy, it's nice she survived and not too far away from home. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 I've now added most of the new panel lines, I will leave some until the fuselage is joined as they will need to alien properly. I've also done what from past experience will be the first of a few passes with the filler. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirfixAndy Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Im enjoying the show Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Im enjoying the show Andy Thanks Andy John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 At last I can get on with some building! First job is to remove the pyramid from the decking behind the pilots seat which is more applicable to the PR.9 than the B(I)8. The structure on the B(I)8 is quite different. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi John, Is this beautiful baby 1/72 or another scale? Either way a cracker Cheers Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi John, Is this beautiful baby 1/72 or another scale? Either way a cracker Cheers Bruce Thanks Bruce, she's 1/48. I did start one in 1/72 but I thought if I'm doing the spray rig it would be easier in 1/48 we will see! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 The pit is now finished and ready to fit, I've not added anything other than the work behind the seat head box and some blue straps on the Nav's crash seat as next to nothing will be seen and a bit of dry brushing with medium sea grey to bring out the detail and add a bit of contrast. . John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Certainly an unusual variant of the Canberra and looking rather smart with it. Quite a history to her as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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