1956 Suez Collection 1/72nd & 1/48th

[tonyot]

Hiya Folks,

               I made these some years ago and they were featured in a Suez Special edition of a modelling magazine but I don`t think that I have ever shared them here,..... so if you are interested here they are;

 

Fleet Air Arm;

 

1/48th Aeroclub Sea Venom`s

 

 

1/48th Classic Airframes Sea Hawk

 

 

 

1/48th Hobbyboss(?) Wyvern

 

1/72nd Skyraider AEW.1 (Aeroclub conversion with Hasegawa kit)

 

 

1/72nd Avenger (used for COD duties by HMS Bulwark Ships Flight)- Hasegawa kit.

 

 

1/72nd Italeri Whirlwind conversion

 

This represents one of the helicopters from the HMS Eagle Ships Flight and was used for SAR from the desert to rescue a downed Sea Hawk pilot,.... I have since found out that the door codes were laid out differently  with smaller numbers and the carrier code `E' above.

 

This is one of the HAR.22`s used in the Commando Assault.

 

Joint Service Trials Unit Whirlwind also used during the Commando Assault

 

French Navy

 

Hasegawa Corsair`s

 

Although wearing Suez Stripes,.... this unit was actuallly held in reserve!

 

 

RAF

I do plan to built models of the Hastings, Valetta, Canberra etc,... but they are future projects.

 

1/48th Aeroclub Venom FB.4

 

1/48th Classic Airframes Meteor FR.9 (208 Sqn was based in Malta to protect the island,....some wore Suez Stripes!)

 

1/72nd Matchbox Meteor NF.13 (39 Sqn provided air defnce cover for Cyprus) 

 

French Air Force

 

1/48th Heller RF-84F

 

1/48th Monogram F-84F

 

1/72nd Matchbox Mystere

 

Israeli Defence Force

 

1/48th Hasegawa P-51D

 

1/72nd Matchbox Mosquito

 

 

 

1/72nd Heller Ouragon

 

And Finally,......The Baddies

 

1/72nd Dragon MiG 15

 

1/72nd Matchbox Meteor NF.13,....(one of these aircraft carried out a night interception against an RAF Valiant) 

 

 

And that is the lot,.....hope you like them!

 

Cheers

          Tony

Edited August 14, 2018 by tonyot

[JWM]

Excellent and colourfull collection Especially the navy birds are really eye-catching. ! It makes me a bit angry on myself that I restricted my filed of construction models to 1935-45...

Best regards

Jerzy-Wojtek

[CJP]

That is a lovely collection of models Tony - I especially like the FAA & the Aeronavale ones

CJP

[SuKhoi_Fitter]

Looking good!!!

[Unfinished project]

Outstanding Tony, every one a winner. That’s an amazing collection you have built. 👍👍👍👍

[Meatbox8]

A terrific collection Tony.  I recognised your Whirlwinds from the article which I cut out and put in my reference file for future use.  Well, it is the future now and I still haven't built a Whirlwind!  I especially covet the Skyraider and Avenger as I 'need' kits of these two types for my FAA line up.  Those Armee De L'Air jets look particularly sleek. 

[russ c]

Great Suez collection there Tony, great stuff

[Silver Fox]

Greta work as usual from the O'Toole Aircraft Factory. I find it hard to pick a favourite but I do especially like the Sea Venom and RF-84F.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Beautiful collection 

[Niknak]

Super collection, 

[cngaero]

What a superb and interesting collection.

 

[Greg Law]

Fantastic  collection of quality models.

[Harold55]

Very nice indeed!  Love the collection and provides some great ideas for some future builds too.

[Cookenbacher]

Fantastic collection Tony!

[Spitfire31]

What a terrific collection, of great historical interest and every model finished to exacting standards.

 

Totally impressed by your skills and perseverance!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Darby]

Nice collection. No prizes for guessing the ones I'm biased towards.

[Rabbit Leader]

Wow!! I thought the first few were as good as always from you, but then it was like this post was never going to end, the quality models just kept on coming!! Too hard to pick a winner amongst that lot, however your Matchbox Meteors and 208 Sqd FR.9 did make me slow down my scrolling. 

 

Id be happy to achieve all that in a lifetime of modelling. 

 

Cheers.. Dave. 

[RMCS]

Fantastic 

[woody37]

Stunning collection mate and I bet you built them all in one week 🤪

 

hope you had had a good holiday

 

[Mark99]

What a collection of great builds, lovely work

[stevej60]

What a superb collection Tony,great to see it.

[pacificmustang]

OOH!  I think Ive just  found the scheme for my Trumpeter 32 scale Avenger

Great collection Tony.  I miss Neil Robinson's editing

 I loved how he used to "theme" issues of his magazines.  I still have this issue at home as well as the one he did on 2TAF, or was that SAM?

 

Bruce

[stevehnz]

Blooming awesome line up there Tony, once again, you've delivered by the bucket load, those are superb.  👍

Steve.

[Vultures1]

Great collection and really interesting background details

[John Masters]

Great collection and all very well built too!  Now...wouldn't that make a great little GB?  

 

"Suez Crisis: Land, Sea and Air?"