Pat C Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) More classic Airfix from me - this is my effort at building the Skyvan as G-ASZJ which was the 4th Skyvan and the prototype "Skyliner" all seater variant. And, yes, it is very pink! van7 A few tweaks are needed to change the basic kit into the Skyliner. Most notably two new windows need to be cut out, one filled in, and a rear passenger door was scribed in place of the blanked window. There is also a blister of some kind under the fuselage which was formed from a chopped up Hunter drop tank. van4 With a fuselage that is basically a cuboid, you would think construction should be foolproof but in my efforts to tightly squeeze the components together with rubber bands my first attempt resulted in a distinctly rhombus shape when viewed from the front!!! Fortunately it came apart pretty easily!! van9 This beast is another enthusiastic tail sitter. The front is crammed to the brim with steel shot and yet it was still insufficient to keep it level. Fortunately the replacement 4 blade props and spinners are white metal from Aeroclub and just about tip the CoG forward enough. I needed to slim down the faces of the Garretts in order to match the (correctly) pointier white metal spinners. G-ASZJ can also be seen with three bladed props earlier and later in its career. van8 The pink scheme was used around 1971 and there are some nice pics of this aircraft at the Paris Air Show. There was an earlier version of the scheme with a lemon yellow colour rather than pink. Although you would think that pink is pink, it took a few goes to get the right match. I used Gunze H19 with a touch of red, with a generic light grey for the lower fuselage. The engines were painted with my diminishing stock of Citadel Mithril Silver. van11 Decals for the scheme came from Two-Six. There was a moment of head scratching caused by the scenario below but fortunately the decal being black could simply be flipped over. I can confirm that later prints of these decals do have the logo correctly handed!!! Untitled This aircraft had a long career - it was certainly flying as recently as 2013 as 9Q-CSD with Swala Aviation in Kenya. Hope you like! Pat van5 van1 Edited May 6, 2019 by Pat C 43 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 That is absolutely gorgeous. I never thought anything derived from the Skyvan could be called pretty but you've proved me wrong! Superb modelling. Well done sir. Have a round of Dave G 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Wow! What an absolute stunner! The scheme is certainly eye-catching! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 That is a beauty Well made too, I love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Excellent build and wonderful livery choice on a classic with lots of appeal. And how refreshing! a glimmer of light and hope among so many boom-boom model renditions. Thanks for sharing it! More! Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Great job . I'd forgotten these Bright Skyvans ,saw the Yellow one once , funny planes . An Oman Air Force Pilot fell out of his door after it came off in flight over Al Kassab, Oman in 1985/86 when I was there. Well done ,thanks for showing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I watched one of these land at RAF Wittering last week, while I was driving up the A1 (not this paint scheme though) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Now that is very nice Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Wow! Haven't seen one of these built in a long, long time, and yours is by far the best of the bunch! Looks like a Mary Kay support aircraft in those colors! 😜 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.1127 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Looks smashing. The colour is certainly striking: I love it. Certainly one that my daughter would like to have a go at... perfect. Thanks for sharing, P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Beautifully built and finished Skyliner Pat. Nice colour scheme too! Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 That's great! Interesting back story as well. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 really cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Excellent! Lovely job with nice photo`s to boot. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Very nice rendition of a classic Airfix kit, I had one of these, and the mouldings at the time with all the rivets looked really good, as the rivets were not over done, I can't comment on the fit, as I sold mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 That'sa stunning build of the Airfix oldie Pat the extra work and quality paint finish really set's it apart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 fantastic cubic modelling in an interesting livery colour scheme - nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanex Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Great Skyvan there Pat. It looks lovely in the scheme-the epitome of 70’s British quirkiness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 40 minutes ago, Chanex said: the epitome of 70’s British quirkiness! As indeed am I !!!!😉 Thanks for all the kind comments. I hope to see some more pink aircraft on RFI soon! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Pretty in pink and beautifully done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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