Gimme Shelter Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Its not new and I cant remember if it ever made it to this forum; built about 6 years ago from the Revell 1/72 Sea King and the Whirlybird Decals / Models S61NM conversion kit, this diorama has been totally re-built and brought back to life after being totally smashed to pieces by a rogue tennis ball aimed at it by some moron. Left in many pieces to rot in a very well buried box in my attic, I found this during a house move in February and decided to bring the memory of the Lands End service back to life. Originally built as a memory of my childhood days when my parents owned a cottage over on Tresco in the Scillies which we flew to originally via St Mary's and then in later years as a direct service to Tresco; the family would trek over on what was originally a BEA service and then in BA's red white and blue colours. This particular S61 (BEON) ditched killing 20, just 1 month ahead of one of our numerous trips over to the Scillies. A big mention to Roger Evans of Whirlybird Models who has brought this amazing model to our benches - another subject that had for many years been overlooked by the main stream manufacturers. Hopefully, one of my club colleagues at Farnborough shall soon bring another Whirlybird 1/72 S61NM to life to compliment this diorama After the 2017 rebuild... And finally, as it was before its new facelift and rebuild back in 2011 Thanks for looking in - John 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Great save, great model and a great little snap shot in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Brilliant 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Wow! That is an awesome re-build! I love it. Was the tennis ball incident deliberate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Well done recovering from the tennis ball incident John, can't tell there was ever any damage. I love the S61N, it just looks right if you know what I mean and of course it's in my favourite BA livery! Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Nice colorful build with great presentation Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Cracking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Really nice build and Dio`, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Looks lovely! Don't want to carp, but shouldn't the pitot head on top of the rotir head point forwards, rather than to c.2 o'clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Great refurb, and a cracking little dio! Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Saw it in the flesh at last month's club meeting - and it looks the biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Great diorama, so refreshing to see a civvy version, the figures give it scale and character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 A super little diorama, in both incarnations. Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 hi fellow modellers - thanks for all the kind words and helpful pointers for improvement if ever I attempt to model the return trip! Hope fully another member at Farnborough will soon be bringing another S61NM to life in 1/72 John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 That is awesome! Can't believe that ever got hit by a tennis ball! Where do the 1/72 figures come from? They really set the whole thing off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nice build. As as well as building models, I try to hunt out the more unusual flights like that. On a trip the U.K., I tried to get on that flight, but the time I was there it was booked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Very nice rebuild. I was familiar with the first build though and indeed it helped my decision to buy my own! If I can find a spare 5 bladed tail rotor do you want it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Lovely - also brings many memories of the Scillies run, in these and the preceding Rapides. Great that you managed to get it back together again so successfully after the 'incident'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 On 21/06/2017 at 0:35 AM, kapam said: That is awesome! Can't believe that ever got hit by a tennis ball! Where do the 1/72 figures come from? They really set the whole thing off! Hi Kepam - these little chaps are Preiser figures - expensive but worth the investment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveparry Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi I just came across this and very interesting to see G-BEON so nicely depicted. A colleague from my company Ron Goddard and most of his family were killed in the crash - only his 12 yr old son survived. Seeing the people walking out is quite poignant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Very special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 2:41 PM, steveparry said: Hi I just came across this and very interesting to see G-BEON so nicely depicted. A colleague from my company Ron Goddard and most of his family were killed in the crash - only his 12 yr old son survived. Seeing the people walking out is quite poignant. Hello That was a tragic accident and something I remember all to well. We had a property on Tresco so were very frequent flyers over to St Mary's or Tresco once the direct service was launched back in the '80's. We were booked to travel on the service 1 month after the crash but ended up in Cape Town instead that year. I remember being extremely apprehensive boarding the next S61NM on our next trip to Tresco thereafter. Having flown on the service so many times beforehand, I thought the trip to be safe and without any potential dangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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