kmf Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Aer Turas Canadair CL-44J Welsh Model Scale : 1/144 Hi All I started this for the Non Injected Moulded group build last year. It was finished just in time for Telford, so some of you will have seen it there. The kit is a Welsh Model Vacform kit. I’ve had the kit for years, so it’s about time I built it. The kit is nice and easy to build. I opened the cargo door and the swing tail, install a floor and also built some cargo boxes, replaced the engine exhausts as the kit did not have any exhausts and built some wheel wells. I printed some decals for the cockpit windows. This is the finished model. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Modeller Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Very nice work kmf !! As soon as I saw the first photo load up, I thought "oooh 'eck .... it's crashed!!" Then I realised it was just some skilful modeller making a great job of opening the tail on a normally quite difficult to build vacform kit!! Very well done, an excellent build and thanks for sharing!! Kev Edited February 6, 2016 by Mr Modeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyinoz Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just Lovely.. be nice to have a 1/72 one on my shelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Ah, so it was yours. It looked stunning in person.Larger photo here 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Nicely done! Not a subject you see often, but marvelous nonetheless. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Absolutely beautiful and splendid build How on earth an aircraft has the ability to essentially "break" itself in half like that and still fly is one of life's great mysteries! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Smashing build. Is "Shergar" in the crate? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 We've had some belters this week. This is brilliant. Don't know where to start,so I won't. Fantastic,well done and thanks very much for showing. Mind blowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeltech Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Wow! I used to fly the CL-44. The tails were always stained by the exhaust just like you have depicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmf Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thank you for all your nice comments. Ah, so it was yours. It looked stunning in person.Larger photo here Thank you for posting a better photo. I was using my phone, so that is why my photos are not great. Wow! I used to fly the CL-44. The tails were always stained by the exhaust just like you have depicted. Where did you fly the CL-44? When I was younger I would watch the Aer Turas CL-44 at Dublin airport. I always remembered the staining on the plane. I don't think I ever got to see the tail open, but it must have been strange to see it open. When I was building the model, I didn't know if I should open the tail or not, would it look funny.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Great job. I often saw the real thing fly past. I lived ten miles from the airport so never really understood why it needed to be so low so far away from landing. Not that I objected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Now that really is impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Smashing build. Is "Shergar" in the crate? poor old Shergar. They'd never put a horse like that in a crate. Aer Turas made big money flying race horses around the world. They were treated first class. I once flew on a horse charter for another airline. Left the flight deck to get sandwiches for the flight crew and me. The loadmaster tried to get me with horse poo missed me completely. I retreated back inside the flight deck with the sandwiches telling him I didn't care because it was the smell of money. Trouble was the smell made it's way in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish 251 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Great job. I often saw the real thing fly past. I lived ten miles from the airport so never really understood why it needed to be so low so far away from landing. Not that I objected. They didn't climb like modern jets do and if carrying horses they would probably opt for a gentle rate of climb or descent. Here is EI-BRP performing at an airshow in 1986. https://www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03/3331098873/sizes/o/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I was there at that airshow. Remember it well. Pretty sure I have a picture somewhere. Your explanation makes sense. Great aeroplane. Absolutely would love a model of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Superb job saw this at Telford and was mighty impressed thanks for sharing. She was a thing of beauty in the air. I once saw her do a low level 360 over the Coolock area during a approach to 35 and our football game coming to an abrupt stop as we all looked skywards can still hear her whine as she flew overhead regards Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Thank you for posting a better photo. I was using my phone, so that is why my photos are not great. Nothing wrong with yours, In fact it's good to see some good photos from a phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Great job, really nice work there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I remember seeing their DC-7s (iirc) bringing horses into Cambridge airport for the Newmarket races. Nice model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Now that is a magnificent display of, what's the word I'm looking for, oh right - modelling. Really magnificent. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 An exceptional job on a vacform! Putting some crates in and swinging the tail was a great idea. And then you topped it off with a beautiful natural metal finish! Fabulous. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmf Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Smashing build. Is "Shergar" in the crate? Shergar is not in the crate, that would be cruel as the crate was too small. The crate in the front is full of lead. to keep the model from been a tail sitter Maybe when I build an Aer Turas DC-8 I can find a 1/144 Shergar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Shergar is not in the crate, that would be cruel as the crate was too small. The crate in the front is full of lead. to keep the model from been a tail sitter Maybe when I build an Aer Turas DC-8 I can find a 1/144 Shergar. If can you get 1:144th tins of Felix. Let me know please .I need some, my moggie is putting on weight ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Top work on this iconic aircraft. I saw the CL-44 just a few times at my hometown airport as it was already going to be phased out by most of ist Operators. Wonderful model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Nice old propliner and a fantastic paint job, I also like the detail you added which makes for a more intresting subject. AS for your photos, well, they are better than mine and I use a DSLR, maybe there is a lesson in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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