Mikey-1980 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Mornin' all! You may have seen floating around the WIP forum, my effort to build one of the more obscure aircraft to enter service into the RAF, but a vital one. "During the Cold War period, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) Transportation Command section required a modern heavy strategic transport. The call was answered by General Aircraft through the GAL.60 "Universal Freighter" Mk 1, an odd-looking, yet highly useful, high-winged, four-engined aircraft. The cargo hold was served by a combination door-and-ramp arrangement and Bristol "Hercules" engines drove conventional propeller units. The cockpit sat over the nose of the deep fuselage and a raised tailboom completed the aircraft. Of particular note was the fixed, wheeled undercarriage which did away with a complex retracting function and lowered maintenance commitments. A first flight was held on June 20th, 1950. Blackburn Aircraft was responsible for manufacture of the series. Total production eventually yielded forty-nine units with 20 of these through a first-batch order. Service introduction came in 1955 and production ended in 1958. At the time of its adoption, the Beverly was the largest aircraft in service with the RAF. " We then move forward to 1965. A fresh faced lad from Gloucestershire completes his boy entrants to the RAF and gets his first proper posting to Royal Air Force M.Hurraq - My dad....Airman A.Wright. You can read and see more on the build on this link. Unfortunately the "Insert image from URL" will not allow me to post individual pictures at this time. Not sure why though? So here is the album on Flickr for you to take a look at instead. Blackburn Beverley Pictures 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Is there any issues with the insert image tab? I cannot seem to share pics or embed them as normal? Edited March 27, 2020 by Mikey-1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Well done Mikey!!!! You did justice to this very unique subject!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 You don't need to use the 'insert image' button. Just paste the photo's URL into your post. When you submit the post, the link will magically convert and show the image itself. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Well bugger me with a fish fork! that worked perfectly, thank you @bhouse that was a massive help! Thanks as well @Sky Keg tried to my dad proud with this one too. Many a fond memory with the Beverley. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Great result. 👍 I have one of these in the stash together with the Argosy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 It's a great kit, fiddly in places but in general, pretty decent. There is a further PE kit you can get if you after some additional detail like the loading ramp, though I cannot find where i say them. i know it was a Polish website I saw them on. I am half tempted to get another and make an aircraft from 84 Squadron too. Or perhaps the prototype from 1959? Would be great to see your effort next to the Argosy? @binbrook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 'tis an odd-looking aircraft. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Looks great, turned out really nice that! Good to see a little known type getting some love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Cheers @Lord Riot this behemoth of an aircraft has a special place in our family history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Turned out nicely. I always remember the one that used to sit at Hendon, shame it was scrapped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Cheers! I just hope the last example at Fort Paul is saved and restored to its former 84 Squadron glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanfan Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Nice build - thanks for posting. The example at Fort Paul is well worth a look and fun to explore inside. Regards, Vulcanfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Stunning, very nicely done... definitely not the best looking aircraft the RAF used! gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 May not the prettiest, but she was a work horse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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