Homebee Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) In project by Dora Wings are 1/72nd Westland Lysander kits Source: https://www.facebook.com/1929101897320378/photos/ms.c.eJxFzNsNADEIA8GOIh4GQ~;~_NnRQU7ne0tjkkWtEdAoLHBlKtvCT7QUgqFeoLdgvWAgf~_ou9EsKeY0~;wAi8AX2w~-~-.bps.a.2340591472838083/2340591612838069/?type=3&theater V.P. Edited October 15, 2020 by Homebee 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yeeeeee! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Bring this off, Dora Wings, and I will have your babies Cheers, Stew 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Ooer! Credit card n standby, space n the stash reserved! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Great! I wonder if we'll get separate mouldings for Mk.I/III and Mk.II? This was one I was hoping Airfix would give us a new kit of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 If they do the Lizzie in 1/72 I will be a very happy chappie indeed! One of my favourite aeroplanes and as I live in a neighbouring village to Tempsford, I can't help but have a personal affinity to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Great news! Hopefully 1/72 will lead, it is by far the greater need given the antiquity (and in the Airfix case the serious accuracy problem) of the available kits. It would indeed be good to have options of a Perseus II as well as the Mercury powered 1 and III. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denford Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Perhaps Xtradecal can be persuaded to give us something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Bewdy Newk! It's long past time for us to have a decent Lizzy in 1:72! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 As well as being accurate can we have the winglights in clear plastic Dora (plus any other transparencies).. None of the other kits do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Please let it have separate flaps and slats. Lysander models just don't look right with clean wings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Absolutely, that's an excellent point, not on the ground, they don't, though 'solid' wings are fine for in-flight depictions. Hopefully multi-part canopies too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 New Lizzie, that’s great news - is it too much to ask for seperate wheel spat covers, id like to model mine off thanks. Cheers.. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 No news on this kit? Does anyone have any pictures of post war civvy Lizzies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 The Lysander had very little post-war civilian use except for the well known few examples on the display circuit. Probably because it was an aeroplane with many ways of killing its pilots and didn't really do much that was of potential value for the usual civilian use categories of moving people and things at reasonable cost. The only civilian user I know was "Westland Dusting Service" of Canada who used a few for crop dusting for a short period. There is only one photo I know of, which shows them to be very plain-jane, and you can find it a way down this page, along with some more information: https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/405818-lysander-nickname-2.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 21 minutes ago, Work In Progress said: The Lysander had very little post-war civilian use except for the well known few examples on the display circuit. Probably because it was an aeroplane with many ways of killing its pilots and didn't really do much that was of potential value for the usual civilian use categories of moving people and things at reasonable cost. The only civilian user I know was "Westland Dusting Service" of Canada who used a few for crop dusting for a short period. There is only one photo I know of, which shows them to be very plain-jane, and you can find it a way down this page, along with some more information: https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/405818-lysander-nickname-2.html Thanks, I heard of them used for spraying but now I see the picture. To bad it's wasn't in colour. I think a couple of those are now restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Quite possibly. You can see why they weren't used for long with the abundant availability of surplus examples of the Stearman, and other types of far greater simplicity and suitability for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 12 hours ago, busnproplinerfan said: No news on this kit? Does anyone have any pictures of post war civvy Lizzies? Work on the 3D model continues. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) So what versions of the Lysander will they release? I can think of British army-coop of 1940 with light bombs and messages bags for use over France. Finland army-coop of WW2. Target tug over Britain and Canada British air-sea rescue Special duties flight - the most interesting version in my opinion Other users: Irish Air Corps (six Mk II) Turkish Air Force (36 Mk II) Portuguese Air Force (eight Mk IIIA) USAAF (25), Indian Air Force (22), Egyptian Air Force(20) Edited March 10, 2019 by LN-KEH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 37 minutes ago, LN-KEH said: Special duties flight - the most interesting version in my opinion This is my hope. I want to do the aircraft that flew Noor Inayat Khan to France. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Callahan Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 A modern 1:72 Lysander is IMO long overdue. Another occasion where Dora Wings is going to get more of my money! As long as they keep pumping our interesting 1:72 kits, I'll keep buying them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 13 hours ago, Work In Progress said: Quite possibly. You can see why they weren't used for long with the abundant availability of surplus examples of the Stearman, and other types of far greater simplicity and suitability for the job. Sounds reasonable. I don't know where to find info on post war Lysanders, been looking a bit just to see what's there. I'm rebuilding two Hawk kits for a display, getting the bug a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) https://modelingmadness.com/review/civil/bakerlys.htm found this about an Airfix kit made into one of the sprayers. A bit bland on the colour, but historical anyway. and this one right from here. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234992205-a-couple-of-172-westland-lysanders/ Edited March 10, 2019 by busnproplinerfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 And there's another photo, excellent! If you are tempted to follow one of those examples and drop the flaps then bear in mind the flaps can't be down without the inner sections of the leading edge slats being deployed. (Normally the outer sections would be out too, but they're free-floating. It's the inner sections which are mechanically connected to the flaps.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 About time we had a 1/72 new tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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