xvtonker Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Neil Gaunt of Aim72 has announced a 1/72 scale conversion for the Revell C-54 to allow the Canadair North Star or civilian Argonaut. Release is expected in the next few weeks.....:-) XVTonker 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Callahan Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Are the conversion bits vac or resin (or both)? Decals included? TIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Neil sent me the following picture showing the parts included in the conversion. The engines are in resin with white metal props and exhaust stacks. The kit includes different exhaust stacks for the original Canadair North Star, RCAF & BOAC variants XVTonker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Callahan Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Thanks for that info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Nice, but what about the windows for a BOAC Argonaut? modelldoc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Nice, but what about the windows for a BOAC Argonaut? modelldoc From what Neil's saying, they will be included as decals if the builder doesn't want to reshape the kit windows to square. XVTonker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That's sounds good. Comes on my list. modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That's sounds good. Comes on my list. modelldoc Mine too I'm afraid. Looking forward to this one Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 xvtonker, on 05 Jul 2016 - 08:05 AM, said: Neil sent me the following picture showing the parts included in the conversion. The engines are in resin with white metal props and exhaust stacks. The kit includes different exhaust stacks for the original Canadair North Star, RCAF & BOAC variants XVTonker But apparently not the TCA crossover version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 But apparently not the TCA crossover version Since I received this information Neil has advised me that there will be three conversions for each of the TCA, RCAF & BOAC variants so that should keep you happy Jessica.. XVTonker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 xvtonker, on 13 Jul 2016 - 07:12 AM, said: Since I received this information Neil has advised me that there will be three conversions for each of the TCA, RCAF & BOAC variants so that should keep you happy Jessica.. XVTonker That just may require me to reward him with some of my hard-earned cash Do you now if he's going to issue fill parts for the locations of the nacelle intakes and oil coolers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Afternoon everyone. Here's an update from AIM72 regarding the North Star/Argonaut conversion. Each individual set will contain parts for four engines XVTonker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Looks good, For BOAC markings please G-ALHK. modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Looks good, For BOAC markings please G-ALHK. modelldoc You must be psychic as AIM72 are planning to release decals for BOAC C-4 Argonaut G-ALHK 'Atalanta'.... XVTonker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 That's excellent. Comes it as a set with the engines? modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) I've been on 'LHJ, the BOAC appo trainer and flew on another BOAC Argonaut when I was 3 or 4, no idea what the reg was but remember the flight. I just found this site with a bunch of enthusiasts renovating an RCAF kite. Wizards and Merlins ! Great name. http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/210/Wizards-and-Merlins--the-Restoration-of-a-Canadair-North-Star.aspx Edited July 22, 2016 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Please make it LHJ. A note to BZN20, whilst we were called many things, "appo" wasn't one of the them. Of the more printable names, a common collective term was "apparenti" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Oops, that should have been "apprenti"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Please make it LHJ. A note to BZN20, whilst we were called many things, "appo" wasn't one of the them. Of the more printable names, a common collective term was "apparenti" We were Appos! RAF. You and I used the same RAF APs 3278A and 4302, Airframe training manuals,if you were Airframes . My dad used to bring them home from the Cranebank "appo" training school. Like I was going to read those on leave. BTW he took BOAC appos (your name is too long!) for safety precautions ,I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Not wishing to hijack the thread, but as apprentice I never heard the term "Appo", and even when I went back to work at the Apprentice Training School I didn't come across the name. As for the APs, I wouldn't know because, in HMS Cranebank terminology I was a "greenie", . Any way let's hope the markings are for LHJ, if only to mark its contribution to aviation training. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I took some photos of LHJ in 1967/68 when it was on the grass between BOAC and BEA hangars but might have been a bit nearer to where the BMI hangar was built,on the BOAC side of the road. I managed to get a look around it,doors open,nobody around...Game on ! Hopefully (photos) they'll turn up sometime been looking for them for ages. I'll give you a shout when they do ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 That would be good if you can find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Latest news on the Argonaut / North Star conversion, complete with assembly instructions: http://www.aim72.co.uk/page6.html XVTonker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Now all we need is a Carvair conversion for the Revell DC-4 kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Now all we need is a Carvair conversion for the Revell DC-4 kit. YES PLEASE!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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