Ex-Frog Fairey Delta 2 magenta scheme

[BritJet]

The Fairey Delta 2 gained the World air speed record for Great Britain, on 10 March 1956,  of 1132 mph (1822 km/h) and was the first aircraft to pass 1000 mph. At the time it was in an overall natural metal finish and then had an orange flash and the record details painted on the nose. Before the 1957 Farnborough airshow it was repainted into the magenta/pink/purple (depending who you ask!) scheme with cream trim. It was later repainted blue and even later converted into the BAC 221 with a stretched fuselage and new wing to provide data on high landing speeds for Concorde development. It is now preserved, as the BAC 221, at the Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton. The second FD2 is preserved at the RAF Museum Cosford.

 

I used a Russian moulding (by Naro-Fominsk Plastic Plant NF) of the old Frog kit which had certainly suffered over the years and was quite rough in places but, until the new Dora Wings kit appears, is the only way to get a FD2, Built straight from the bag with my own mix of paint after failing to find anything that matched the photos from the time and home printed decals.

 

 

In the hangar are the BAC 221 and earlier natural metal scheme - all three are the same aircraft at different times in it's life.

 

I'll do the blue scheme as well when the Dora Wings kit appears.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Steve

[Vulcanicity]

Cor, lovely stuff! That Dora kit seems to be taking its time...

[HOUSTON]

She looks GORGEOUS. 

stands out nicely with the other FANTASTIC  models too.

It looks AMAZING. 

... Nah.. BRILLIANT Job.

 

[wavodavo]

Love all 3 three of them!

[Linus]

Both Fantastic, beautiful work!!

[Rabbit Leader]

Absolutely brilliant Steve, the lot of them! That’s a beautiful and colourful addition to your vast collection and I love the way you’ve created that whole atmospheric hangar scene - there’s a lot to look at and and a lot to like! 
Cheers, Happy New year and very well modelled.. Dave 

[Wulfman]

Fabulous Fairey trio, great modelling !

 

Wulfman

[Bobby No Mac]

Lovely collection you've got there. Nice work 

[BritJet]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

 

Steve

[Wings unlevel]

Brilliant! World’s first supersonic pink aeroplane!?

[BleedingBlue]

There is a color you don't see every day.  The trio look great together.

[BritJet]

Cheers.

 

On 31/12/2021 at 13:53, Wings unlevel said:

Brilliant! World’s first supersonic pink aeroplane!?

 

...and last?

 

On 31/12/2021 at 17:09, BleedingBlue said:

There is a color you don't see every day. 

 

Probably with good reason, it's not very easy to match for a model. Rumoured to not be very popular with the groundcrew as well!