Twin Pioneer CC.1 (RAF Southwest Asia)

[Pete in a shed]

Hello all from the shed.

Finished at the same time as my Chinook HC1 a few weeks ago, here is my rendition of Valoms Twin Pin.

 

39 Twin Pioneers were produced for the RAF in the mid 50’s by Scottish Aviation. It was a light transport aircraft capable of STOL operations, providing a larger carrying capability than the single engine Pioneer, also used by the RAF at that time.

They were used in the Middle East and Far East, notably during the Malayan Emergency, and later became the first aircraft used in the newly formed Royal Malaysian Air Force.

 

A Typical short run Valom kit, it took a bit of work to assemble but on the whole went together well. No interior is supplied so I put a few spare seats in the cabin so there is something to see through the windows.  I added etch seat straps in the cockpit but other than that, apart from a few aerials, its straight from the box. A fun build.  

Its finished using Xtracolor enamels and varnishes, panel lines picked out with flory wash.

 

Here are a few pictures.

Hope you like it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Pete

 

 

[Drakendk]

A very nice build of an unusual subject.

thanks 🙂

 

[cpoud117]

Nice work. I must confess that I didn't even know about this plane before your post.

What a cool looking aircraft though. The gull wing, the odd triple rudder, the elaborate landing gear, it's a real melting pot of interesting features. Yet, it looks really good!

[Sergei]

Another nice build and of a kit I have in my in-tray.

 

Air Atlantique based at Coventry maintained one in flying condition - G-APRS - until a few years ago when the collection was disposed of. A superb Festival of 1950s Aviation was held a couple of times and I have always regretted not taking the opportunity to have a flip around the airfield in the Twin Pin. However, I have seen it flying at zero ground speed such are its STOL capabilities. One of my favourite aircraft.

[eng]

Like that, very nice indeed. One of my now retired work colleagues worked on the Twin Pin production line. 

 

Eng

[ForestFan]

Looks great

[pigsty]

Nice.  No white cockpit roof, though?  That's a bit of a surprise.

[Irish 251]

50 minutes ago, pigsty said:

Nice.  No white cockpit roof, though?  That's a bit of a surprise.

Did the Twin Pioneers in this scheme have a white roof? XL993 doesn't have one in the RAFM Cosford.

Edited July 1, 2024 by Irish 251

[pigsty]

6 minutes ago, Irish 251 said:

Did the Twin Pioneers in this scheme have a white roof? XL993 doesn't have one in the RAFM Cosford.

I'm not sure.  But so many of the transport aircraft in that scheme did have one, I was just surprised to find it wasn't all of them.

[CH-53D]

Absolutely splendid model, I particularly like the fire extinguisher mounted in the side!

[bigbadbadge]

Looks superb, love this scheme .

Great work

Chris

[Sabrejet]

Great work! That is a lovely thing to be sure! 

[Linus]

Wonderful subject, build very well, my compliments

Linus

[russ c]

Superb job on that Pete, really nice work and great subject too

[ColinChipmunkfan]

That looks really good Pete, well done.  I have always liked the look of the twin pin, both camouflaged and in the silver/white schemes.  I have been wondering about getting one of these kits for some time- you have convinced me.

Colin

[janneman36]

Great Twin Pin Pete, the color scheme and paint job looks superb 🥇

 

cheers, Jan

[Tomcat101]

Very nice.  Superb build!

[gaputz]

Fantastic result.

[Whofan]

Lovely build, Valom kits have a bit of a rep but this one has come out really well!

 

As @CH-53D said, the fire extinguisher in the side caught my eye, too!

[TheyJammedKenny!]

1 hour ago, Whofan said:

 

As @CH-53D said, the fire extinguisher in the side caught my eye, too!

If only Valom had included that detail, together with the clear panel, on their Valetta!  Looks like someone swiped the first-aid kit and asbestos gloves, though.  This is a seriously awesome job, @Pete in a shed--most impressive!  How did you do the precise black outlines around the side cockpit windows?  That detail alone brings everything in focus and draws attention to the quality of your work.

[kev67]

Nice job on the Twin Pin, hopefully when I get my Mojo back I can start on mine and hopefully it will look as good as yours, I did notice on mine that the trailing edges needed sharpening up a bit

[graham121]

Well that certainly has come out well, great result!

[Bell209]

19 hours ago, Sergei said:

Air Atlantique based at Coventry maintained one in flying condition - G-APRS - until a few years ago when the collection was disposed of.

Could well be the one we have at HARS now. It flew in last year and will fly again soon. It's allover white. Lovely job on your model.

[Pete in a shed]

Thank you all very much for the kind comments and interest. Much appreciated😊

 

17 hours ago, cpoud117 said:

Nice work. I must confess that I didn't even know about this plane before your post.

What a cool looking aircraft though. The gull wing, the odd triple rudder, the elaborate landing gear, it's a real melting pot of interesting features. Yet, it looks really good!

Thanks. I rarely make RAF aircraft but like you the Twin Pins unusual design features really appealed to me. I wish there was a model of the Pioneer II (single engine) which with its flaps down is another interesting looking STOL aircraft.

 

19 hours ago, Sergei said:

Air Atlantique based at Coventry maintained one in flying condition - G-APRS - until a few years ago when the collection was disposed of. A superb Festival of 1950s Aviation was held a couple of times and I have always regretted not taking the opportunity to have a flip around the airfield in the Twin Pin. However, I have seen it flying at zero ground speed such are its STOL capabilities. One of my favourite aircraft.

To fly on one would have been great. I once saw a Chipmunk virtually stationary in the air in a strong wind, just hanging there, amazing.

 

18 hours ago, pigsty said:

No white cockpit roof, though?  That's a bit of a surprise.

 I looked at many photos but didnt see any with white cockpit tops. I think that was maybe only on the Argosy and Beverley.

18 hours ago, eng said:

Like that, very nice indeed. One of my now retired work colleagues worked on the Twin Pin production line.

What a great job. The type of work I would have liked to do.

 

5 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said:

If only Valom had included that detail, together with the clear panel, on their Valetta!  Looks like someone swiped the first-aid kit and asbestos gloves, though.  This is a seriously awesome job, @Pete in a shed--most impressive!  How did you do the precise black outlines around the side cockpit windows?  That detail alone brings everything in focus and draws attention to the quality of your work.

Thank you very much. The canopy sides were completely devoid of any frame detail, so all the frames were carefully masked off and painted on. To do each of the black outlines I used 8 pieces of thin black decal. The curved corners were cut from window outlines I found in my decal bank, The corners were then joined together with aftermarket black decal stripe of the same thickness. Time consuming but I couldnt think of any other way of doing it. I had to cut the carrier film as close as possible to the black as I didnt want dried masking fluid to pull them off after the final spraying of varnish had taken place.

 

4 hours ago, kev67 said:

Nice job on the Twin Pin, hopefully when I get my Mojo back I can start on mine and hopefully it will look as good as yours, I did notice on mine that the trailing edges needed sharpening up a bit

Thanks. Yes the trailing edges are quite thick, I probably should have taken them down a bit more to be scale accurate.

 

 

[Max Headroom]

Oh that is very handsome indeed! I like that a lot.

 

Trevor