rickshaw Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 S-2GT Turbo-Tracker in RAN Service In 1967, the Royal Australian Navy received the first of its 18 S-2E Tracker ASW aircraft. In 1976, 13 of these aircraft were written off or damaged in a deliberately lit fire in their hangar at the Nowra Naval Air Base in Australia in an act of sabotage. Those 13 aircraft were replaced with S-2G tracker aircraft purchased from the USN stocks in the United States. In 1980, the decision was taken to replace HMAS Melbourne with a new, larger carrier. In 1983, the decision was taken to update the S-2G to turbine engines, Pratt and Whitney PT-6 engines being chosen, to give the RAN an all turbine fleet, removing the necessity to carry two types of fuel onboard the carrier. This is the kit I'm starting with: This is the S-2G conversion kit, from Uncle Les over at Beyond the Sprues forum: This is the Turbo Firetracker conversion kit to bring it up to a Turbo Tracker: http://imageshack.com/a/img908/3672/rRRdA9.jpg[/img] The build is finished: http://imageshack.com/a/img923/4916/1sRc1F.jpg[/img] The Model As you can see, this was a Hobbycraft S-2 Tracker kit, married to an Uncle Les S-2G conversion kit, plus two new Turboprop engines from Lone Wulf models. The decals came from a set I purchased off of Ebay. Painted with a hairy stick, using Tamiya and Vallejo Acrylic paints. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Very nice! another fine WHIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasweir Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 That looks really good in Aussie colors. Great looking model 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 That would have been something to see in real life. Saw the RAN trackers in my youth at a couple of Nowra airshows. The Tracker looks great with turbo props! You've done a great job the R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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