KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Link isn't working, for me anyway.Might be better to put it on here KLOSTER 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 It seems I cant post my images is there an image hosting site you guys know of that works with britmodeller ? (I'm not in the UK if that matters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 seems I cant post my pics is there any image hosting sites you guys know that works with britmodeller ? ( I'm not in the UK if that matters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 There was some extra code in the link that was causing problems. The link showed: http://http//i84.servimg.com/u/f84/16/03/74/40/img_2010.jpg%20BBCode If you delete the second "http//" and the "%20BBCode" at the end, then use the "Image" button in the formatting toolbar, you get this (and it's a lovely model!): 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Photobucket is a good image hosting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Thanks a lot I'll try as you said then John ! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 The clearly frozen windshield 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Lovely (despite the windshield). Fond memories of sitting on the domestic pier at Ringway Airport watching them as a kid. I probably crossed that one off in my Ian Allan book. Pete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 I think the two six decals really bring something to the this old Airfix kit which is so popular among modellers (the image page of Google for "airfix + vanguard" is full of beatifull, eyecandy, awardwinning Vanguards ! very inspiring) The only setback came from the frozen clear parts and lousy portholes, next time I'll use the decals as I did for the Trident coming next (but I have only one pic) cheers and thks to all Foggy departure from Manchester (that will make up for the opaque windshield) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Very nice Vanguard, just to mention that the outer engines are black half way underneath You probably know that G-APEC crashed with loss of all on board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_706 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 yes true ! I remember having taken notice after the kit was finished unfortunately the kit no longer exists, it ws crashed accidentally by my dad who I had built it for ... It's a phantom Vanguard now if I may say so..." It has ceased to be " would have said John Cleese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Very nice Vanguard, just to mention that the outer engines are black half way underneath You probably know that G-APEC crashed with loss of all on board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_706 Remember that one, I was up to my eyeballs in RAF training and the instructors rammed home the corrosion caused by leaking toilets,in fact that crash tightened up Bilge checks and extra protection to stop it happening again. I also remember PEE at Heathrow and the Invicta Vanguard crash with the women from Axbridge and other local towns in Avon into the ground in Swizterland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael301757 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Thats a lovely job you have done there, brings back memories of the golden era, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 That is a first rate build! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 All that sweating and swearing paid off - nicely done. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Lovely Vanguard, I like the little diorama too, I flew back from Malta on G-APEC just three weeks before its fatal crash. I used to note the reg's of planes I flew on as a kid, and for obvious reasons this one has stuck in my mind. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Lovely Vanguard, I like the little diorama too, I flew back from Malta on G-APEC just three weeks before its fatal crash. I used to note the reg's of planes I flew on as a kid, and for obvious reasons this one has stuck in my mind. John How lucky were you? 3 weeks earlier,the bulkhead would have been almost ready to fail! Think about that for a minute...Phew! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Very nice Vanguard and a great idea with the diorama.Makes a nice scenery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 I had no idea that G-APEC was the one who had the accident. When my Dad broke the model I didn't feel like repairing because I had weighted it with coins so it fell hard on the tiling and the legs and wings broke off. Kev 67 thanks for the information I had no idea ... I feel a bit stupid about my silly joke of a phantom Vanguard (I was talking of my broken model of course) please excuse me. My Dad is a retired B.A. staff (maintenance) and he had told me about an accident with a Vanguard but nor he or me knew the registration of the machine involved. Once again thanks to all of you for your kind and encouraging remarks and please excuse my stupid jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 nice one - like it. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 How lucky were you? 3 weeks earlier,the bulkhead would have been almost ready to fail! Think about that for a minute...Phew! I need to be careful and not cause thread drift on Klosters Vanguard here. But I have a couple of other snippets about 'EC. The reason I remember it is that the accident happened so soon after the family had travelled on it. I've often wondered if there was an indication of pressure leak because I was sat right at the back at the starboard window seat. In flight I had the most severe ear pains that I have ever experienced before or since.I mean really nasty. My parents were well aware of my distress, but it went away after landing. Secondly, there are some poignant entries in my fathers logbook. He was a Vanguard first officer in the 60's, and has multiple entries for 'EC, many of them with Captain Stan Key, who was later in command of Trident G-ARPI that stalled into a field at Staines. This is one thread on a Vanguard that is stirring up some memories! Cheers John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLOSTER 0 Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 Thank you John I flew as a kid very often on BEA's Vanguards, Bac one-elevens, Tridents as my Dad was maintenance chief of station in Berlin and later Paris. Any evocation of these machines or a nicely built model will immediatly carry me back to my childhood's best moments... Cheers Claude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Nice model and the Manchester fog will excuse your windscreen. My friend Peter flew Vanguards (and nearly everything else that BEA had) and has fond memories of them. I show him every Vanguard post on here and he is impressed with how real the models look. Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I think the BEA scheme is very attractive and you've certainly done it justice. Lovely work. Obviously a cold and frosty morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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