Popular Post RoyalAircraftEstablishment Posted November 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hello Folks, This is my first post, so be gentle with me! It's a conversion of the Revell 1/72 Victor K Mk.2 into the HP97 proposal for a civil version (see also the HP111 military transport proposal. The wings (including modified tips), most of the vertical tail, the horizontal tail, and some of the nose were used from the kit. The rest is plastic plumbing pipe (for the double-bubble fuselage), balso, plastic card, various fillers, and homemade inkjet decals. Having worked on the design of the A380, I've always had a fascination with previous double-deck designs, and who doesn't love that wing?! I need to sort out the nose paint/decal interaction but other distractions abound. 72 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That's great!!! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Excellent build of an intriguing design and definitely no need to be gentle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 My goodness, that’s some stone-cold modeling there, my friend. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 The local Whiskey gives you good idea’s...looking splendid🏆 cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Lovely modelling.:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That would also look good in the late fifties-early sixties Air Chance Air France or Qantas liveries. I don’t know if it’s the lens/camera that you’ve used or the angles but the rear fuselage seems to taper in quite sharply which I suspect might have caused some unwanted drag (think of the Belfast early on and the big strakes that had to be installed to help there). Do you think that BOAC would have called it the Victoria of Victorian in service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That really is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That's some very impressive work you've done. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalAircraftEstablishment Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, janneman36 said: The local Whiskey gives you good idea’s...looking splendid🏆 cheers, Jan It also helps steady the hand. Honest. However, spelling whisky with an 'e' in these parts is probably a lynching offence! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 minute ago, RoyalAircraftEstablishment said: It also helps steady the hand. Honest. However, spelling whisky with an 'e' in these parts is probably a lynching offence! Please don’t it was a slip of the finger..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalAircraftEstablishment Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, stever219 said: That would also look good in the late fifties-early sixties Air Chance Air France or Qantas liveries. I don’t know if it’s the lens/camera that you’ve used or the angles but the rear fuselage seems to taper in quite sharply which I suspect might have caused some unwanted drag (think of the Belfast early on and the big strakes that had to be installed to help there). Do you think that BOAC would have called it the Victoria of Victorian in service? You're absolutely right; the rear fuselage tapers far too sharply but I followed the original drawings. A good case study for the application of flow control (vortex generators, strakes, etc.) or maybe just design it properly in the first place! I've always loved the SAS Dragon schemes of the 50s (Caravelles, DC-8s, etc.) but the display model at the Farnborough Air Show was clearly aimed at BOAC, so I went with that. I've called it Victory, but maybe that would not have been an appropriate post-war choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That's a great model and some great whiffery thinking too. I wonder if it could have been the first supersonic airliner even if only just as the Victor did go bang in a dive. Need bigger engines no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That is beautiful, and in the livery of a Proper airline as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 This is great, some serious modelling. Nice BOAC scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Awesome 👏👏👏BZ to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 An absolute beauty. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 5 hours ago, RoyalAircraftEstablishment said: I've always loved the SAS Dragon schemes of the 50s (Caravelles, DC-8s, etc.) but the display model at the Farnborough Air Show was clearly aimed at BOAC, so I went with that. That would be a great scheme too, but I'll see you and raise the post-war Lufthansa scheme as used on the Super Constellatiin and early 707s.😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 What a fascinating concept, together with some superb modelling skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I like it, a truly wonderful whif ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 That is brilliant, it takes me back to the Eagle comics & their annuals I grew up with. I'm sure something like this featured more than once. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 That is an amazing model. As for its potential name, Handley Page aircraft almost always had a name beginning with the letter "H". So it might have been called the Handley Page Heracles II (in homage to the pre-war HP42). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Fantastic work, well done. Are you doing the Avro Atlantic and Vickers V1000 to go with it? Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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