Viscount with a difference - jet engines

[BritJet]

This started as the RugRatResins Viscount 700 and the fuselage had to be shortened in the wing root area and the wingspan reduced at the wing root. I made a master for the engine nacelles and vacformed the left and right halves. New main undercarriage was scratchbuilt and consists of two legs either side of each jetpipe. Painted with Alclad and dulled down a bit with a clear coat, the decals were drawn in CorelDraw and printed at home. 

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Thanks for looking.

Steve
 

[RMCS]

Niiiice 

[cngaero]

Lovely. Now that's what I call a conversion.

[BritJet]

Thanks, it was a lot of work but one I've wanted to do for a very long time.

 

Steve

[kapam]

Amazing looking plane - was this only a prototype or did it go further in production?

The conversion work, which looks extensive and tricky, has turned out brilliantly.

Congratulations!

[Remus389]

Very clean looking. 🙂👍

[Eric Mc]

That is impressive. It looks a bit like what might happen if a Viscount had its way with an Me262.

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Very nice!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

[gazza l]

Very nice work on this interesting subject.

 

gazza I 

[foxhandybread]

Now THAT is very cool. Beautiful looking aircraft—lovely metal finish too. Great job 👍

[BritJet]

Thanks all for the kind comments.

 

On 22/12/2021 at 03:00, kapam said:

Amazing looking plane - was this only a prototype or did it go further in production?

The conversion work, which looks extensive and tricky, has turned out brilliantly.

Congratulations!

 

It was just a one-off prototype to get jet experience for forthcoming airliners. Later used for fly by wire trials until scrapped when of no further use.

 

Steve

[Mike N]

Another excellent silver finish, bravo!

[Head in the clouds.]

Great scratchbuilding there Steve, I have been after this kit for ages but as usual they are like hens teeth. On the up side, you have shown me a new pathway in which to move forward..👍

 

Can you slow down though, your building everything I want to build...🤪, no seriously, carry on, it is nice to see them represented.

[BritJet]

Cheers.

 

On 25/12/2021 at 10:37, Head in the clouds. said:

Great scratchbuilding there Steve, I have been after this kit for ages but as usual they are like hens teeth. On the up side, you have shown me a new pathway in which to move forward..👍

 

Can you slow down though, your building everything I want to build...🤪, no seriously, carry on, it is nice to see them represented.

 

If you can't get the RugRat kit then see if you can find the old Airways vacform - avoid the Mach2 kit as the wing section is upside down and the nose/cockpit look wrong.

 

I have had a busy year but will try to leave a few builds for you to do!

 

Steve

[Head in the clouds.]

On 12/28/2021 at 11:00 AM, BritJet said:

f you can't get the RugRat kit then see if you can find the old Airways vacform

Thanks for the heads up..👍

[Wulfman]

A beautiful build and conversion on a very basic kit !

 

Wulfman

[BritJet]

Cheers.

 

On 29/12/2021 at 13:49, Wulfman said:

A beautiful build and conversion on a very basic kit !

 

Wulfman

 

It's not too basic and had a good shape to it. It comes with a lot of etched brass - a most of it goes in the cockpit and can't be seen and nearly all of the rest is for the main landing gear which I didn't need to use!

 

Steve

[Ryan Lumb]

A lovely looking aircraft, one that I have seen in a video but forgotten its name until now. A fantastic build you have done 😊

[Ad-4N]

Great job on an aircraft I had never heard of before.

[BritJet]

Thanks both, I enjoyed doing it but there was a lot of work that seemed to go on and on!

 

Steve

[TheyJammedKenny!]

This is most impressive, and the airfield display gives it a nice "finish."  What's that on the Queen Mary trailer, I spy?  A Vampire fuselage?

[BritJet]

Cheers. Well spotted it is exactly that, an old Merlin Models Vampire T11 fuselage that was put out of its misery once the lovely Airfix one was available.

 

Steve