1/72 Airfix Westland Whirlwind FB.2

[brewerjerry]

Hi

Nice model

bristols pushed westlands to fit radials in the early days

I like these three at the bottom of the page linked

http://www.airvectors.net/avwhirl.html

and

this

http://www.phoxim.de/forum/index.php?topic=14946.0

there was a drawing for a taurus engined whirlwind on either secret projects or whatif forums

one day i aim to do an allison engined one, suggested in 1940 and the merlin xx offered by westlands in 1941

both mentioned in files at the NA kew

cheers

jerry

Edited August 9, 2016 by brewerjerry

[iJones]

So that's what it looks like. I've been thinking about this for a long time since Finland had a Mercury licence and at one point everything was to be powered by them. It's not pretty but it sure would've been devastaing against SB's and DB's. Great job!

PS How about a Peregrine-engined Blenheim for your next whif?