airbus320 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Beautiful!!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Excellent! I have four Airfix Heron kits in my stash, three will be Queens Flight and the fourth BEA red square Srs.1 using Magna Models conversion & detail set. I am now encouraged to make a start! Many thanks Edited April 13, 2020 by AMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Stunning! Simply beautiful revamp of this old classic kit. Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Excellent Neil!!!!! In a word.........beautiful!!!!! My compliments and regards for this masterpiece!!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Great job, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Blimey that's nice! Great job. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Wonderful job Neil - she's a real stunner! Edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toniosky Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Amazing what you managed to get - very nice ! Edited April 15, 2020 by toniosky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Used to see these coming into Ipswich Airport, about a mile from my home back in the mid fifties. Lovey job with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Stunning in all ways. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Superb work. For me, this build stands alongside Mike Grant's builds in the Airfix Build and Convert books. Taking an ancient, but basically sound old Airfix kit and turning it into an absolute jewel. Simply stunning! Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 An amazing model of a beautiful aircraft, you should be very proud of your work. Stunning. Stay safe and all the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Built that myself as a kid probably 50yrs ago & I think this is the first I've seen built since! Nice job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Thanks for all the positive remarks, much appreciated . You probably have to take into account that this model has genuinely been in the making for decades, from my perspective. I have been itching to make it. I even have a pic of me exiting the aircraft, after we landed back at Norwich Airport at the end of our family holiday, with a 1/72 OV-1 Mohawk, ( I think ...possibly, not sure?) grasped in my grubby little hands, in white plastic, unpainted, which I had assembled while on holiday in Jersey. Maybe a Frog kit, or Hasegawa ....? Who knows .... The pic would be relevant in regards to this build, I guess, but after all this time .... pppffffttt ....I dont think I will post it ..... thanks!!!!! Early 70's embarrassment, and all that .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Really, really superb result. Lovely model. I'd love to see that 70's pic, tbough! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 44 minutes ago, Jonners said: I'd love to see that 70's pic, tbough! Jon No you wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 10:31 PM, Jonners said: I'd love to see that 70's pic, tbough! Jon Second thoughts, I will not allow myself to be totally embarased by the early 70's (pic edited to protect the guilty ....) but that does 'look' like a 1/72 OV-1 Mohawk to me ....... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Great update on this very old model. The result is awesome after all this job. Very well done. The best Heron I have seen, I guess. Lolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 One word.............SUPERB I do remember putting one of these kits together in Singapore in the early 1970s as a departure from my normal fare of WWII aircraft and AFV Airfix and Frog kits. IIRC the box top had an aircraft landing on some remote landing strip next to a mining company but I may have imagined that. What you have done with the old Airfix kit (which I see is about to be re-issued) is truly outstanding........such attention to detail and I was not surprised (reading the WIP thread) to see that you have had so much interest in the resin set you produced to deliver a competition winning model. I don't ever recall seeing a real de Havilland Heron but do remember a short trip in the BBMF Devon C.2, it's smaller cousin, to do an air to air photographic sortie with their Spitfire XIX way back in 1993. Well Done, Sir ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzman Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 I totally agree with what Epeeman said - words cannot add to what has ready been said. A fantastic build from a master builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 A superb model! I love these classic airliner types. They don't come any better than your fine build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Very nice in deed, the best Airfix Heron built up I have seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Exceptional, classic airline , aircraft and kit. Well done. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacW Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Now, that is modeling! As for "vintage": You can have vintage armchair, but certainly not a model. These are good, or bad. If one calls glueing together toy parts "vintage modeling", one's wrong. Frog kits, for example, are fantastic to make great replicas, putting much, much effort in what one plans to present. Your artistic work is surely modeling, not "vintage", but admirable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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