wallyinoz Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 20201201_132316 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 20201201_132310 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr Hi chaps, I have come across this very nice little resin / plastic model molded in one piece. it measures about 20.5 cm wingspan which makes it around 1/200 scale, it has badly faded / worn BOAC markings and a rather large hole for the size of the model where it would have taken a stand, there is no manufactures mark or mark of the kind...anyone have any idea where this would have come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Looks like a travel agent's model, but I've no idea about manufacturers' histories etc. Something a bit specialised even by our standards. Possibly even Bristols? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy8 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I'd say it is too small to have found much use in a travel agent setting. More likely sold as a memento, or handed out to office managers and so forth in places that were likely to book lots of travel, to keep BOAC at the front of their minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viscount806x Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Lincoln International? Scale of that said to be 1/166 so your may be too big for that. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lincoln-international-106-bristol-britannia--1052221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy8 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I've got one of the Lincoln kits. This is a lot smaller, and it's one piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I'm going for a promotional product. It looks like something we modellers would have accepted with glee thirty or so years ago. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyinoz Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Britman said: I'm going for a promotional product. It looks like something we modellers would have accepted with glee thirty or so years ago. Keith I tend to agree I wonder who made them and who was handing them out. I am an a quandary..Do I leave it as is, restore it with new BOAC livery or do I scale down my home made 1/72 Monarch decals that I designed for my AVF vacuform 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I would be inclined to go with the BOAC scheme as per the original, a restoration if you like. Best of luck and maybe let us see what you end up with. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 It sure as heck ain't no Mach 2 kit, as what you are holding in your hand actually resembles a Britannia! (It was either going to be me or @corsaircorp- it had to be said!) Mike (BTW, this social distancing in the Naughty Corner is pants! But the mask does come in handy when airbrushing!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 hours ago, 72modeler said: It sure as heck ain't no Mach 2 kit, as what you are holding in your hand actually resembles a Britannia! (It was either going to be me or @corsaircorp- it had to be said!) Mike (BTW, this social distancing in the Naughty Corner is pants! But the mask does come in handy when airbrushing!) Not a fonderie miniature kit either !! What social distancing or mask on Venus ?? No virus can survive... In fact we only survive thanks to the rocket fuel !! I'll go for a promotional model too... C'm'on Mike look what I receive from my old today !! Promotional too Sincerely. CC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 2 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Promotional too Looks tasty, but I'd trade 'em all for a plate of nachos and a cold cerveza! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The model looks like a small promo commissioned by Bristol Aviation perhaps or maybe by the airline. Travel agents promos tended to be much bigger. I can remember many years ago repairing and making an RAF VC10 from a travel agents promo as a commission that was quite a big model I have a feeling that Frog may have kitted a Britannia way back in the sixties. Do not know what scale but probably bigger than the promo model featured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadofairy Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Frog one was 1:96 as I recall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViscountMpika Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) We had one of these, albeit with the blue tail BOAC livery. My Dad worked for the Bristol Aeroplane Co at Filton and I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. These appear on eBay from time to time, by the way. Edited June 28, 2021 by ViscountMpika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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