ANDYMO1962 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I don't think anyone else has posted one of these on Britmodeller. It's a typical Mach 2: A bit rough around the edges but, with a bit of filler and a fair amount of sanding it comes together ok. 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 You've done a lovely job indeed! I've a couple of Mach 2 kits to do but they never seem to get to the top of the stack! Maybe they will now... Cheers Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Looks mighty fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Beautiful!! I remember watching them as a kid, circling around my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 The fact that your build actually resembles a 240 is much more a testament to your modeling skills and endurance than to the accuracy of a Mach 2 kit! Well done! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
follasha Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Looking good Andy! The Mach2 Convair is actually pretty good as a starting point...yep, it does need a bit of extra work (sanding,filling & filing, its a Mach 2!). I used it as the basis for a couple of Air Chathams Convair 580 conversions, it seemed to match the scale drawing I have quite well. Of course mine was modified to take the T-56's Untitled by Harry Follas, on Flickr Untitled by Harry Follas, on Flickr convairs by Harry Follas, on Flickr Edited February 20, 2021 by follasha 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Outstanding work on a difficult kit very well done thanks for sharing Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Excellent models, look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Nice builds. The Air Chatham’s CV580s look nice. Flew on one to the Chatham Islands in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Nice one. You have done good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Lovely job. I have one of their Avro York's which I actually set up a WIP on here but have yet to attempt it! Davey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBOT Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Wow! Slowly but surely the Mach 2 airliners get the attention and spotlight they deserve! No excuses anymore, obviously one can built them into real gems!!! Thank you for sharing, OLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Nicely done! I flew on Frontier CV-580s in the early 80's, and they were loud and vibratory--so noisy inside, that you had to shout at the person next to you to be heard, and you could feel the prop vibration as it modulated your voice. Over Texas and Oklahoma we'd encounter areas of rising hot air, which would cause the plane to ride up and down a bit. I'd liken the experience to being on a C-130 with only two engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Very nice Andy.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Very nice build. Looking in the box of a Mach2 kit, it is surprising what can come out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Very nice indeed, anyone who can finish a Mach2 kit and make them look extremely presentable deserves a medal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hemsley Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Very nicely done despite it being a Mach-2 kit. Until I saw this RFI, I didn't know Mach-2 even did any of the Convair family … learn something every day. Follasha's posting with his Convair CV-580 conversions proves it's a good starting point for a RCAF Cosmopolitan with the Allison T-56's. Now to persuade a Hasegawa P-3 to give up a pair of it's engines … either that or scratch a pair of Napier Eland's. Although, I understand that Blackdog market a pair of P-3 engines (A72026), which could be another option.. Scott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
follasha Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) We’ve flown Convair 580s twice, once in 2011 in the Tongan Islands and again from Auckland-Chatham Islands-Wellington In 2016. Very noisey but extremely fast turboprops. Cruising at about 320-330 knots they would be just about fastest civil prop airliner in the skies today. However their days are very numbered. Yep, I used the Hasegawa P-3 as a source of engines, however I used C-130 props as they have a different profile . They fit quite well to Convair firewalls although need to be widened to conform 100% . other smaller Mach2 components seemed like they’d been attacked by ‘mr Blobby ‘ and needed replacing from the parts bin however it’s not a bad representation of a Convairliner model by Mach 2 Mach2_CV580 by Harry Follas, on Flickr I’m currently slowly building an Execuform vacuform Convair as a ‘580 (to use the other pair of t-56s 😉), I notice that it comes with parts for the eland engines Edited February 21, 2021 by follasha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Very, very nice! Even more impressive considering the base kit. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
follasha Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) This makes an interesting comparison...The Execuform model I have underway at the moment (Its getting the other pair of Lockheed P-3 engines ). The shape is possibly a bit better than the Mach2 IMG_4129 by Harry Follas, on Flickr Edited February 27, 2021 by follasha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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