This will be the metal skinned jet floatplane variant  (although I may not meet the deadline on this one )

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Then I would suggest you get your butt into gear matey 😉 😜

This is already looking bloody cool 😎 👌

Quote from: Wardukw on August 21, 2023, 01:23:06 PMThen I would suggest you get your butt into gear matey 😉 😜

This is already looking bloody cool 😎 👌

Thanks for the encouragement  , I have made a start now, but I was thinking a Coastal Command scheme, but I'll need to buy all the colours 

The Vickers Viking airliner was a direct derivative of the Wellington, the original Viking 1A version retaining fabric covered geodetic structure wings outboard of the engines. New all-metal wings were introduced on the production standard Viking 1.

One Viking 1B was modified to mount two Nene engines.
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The FIRST ever jet airliner in fact. 

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Quote from: Wardukw on August 21, 2023, 01:23:06 PMThen I would suggest you get your butt into gear matey 😉 😜

This is already looking bloody cool 😎 👌

Thanks for the encouragement  , I have made a start now, but I was thinking a Coastal Command scheme, but I'll need to buy all the colours 

You can think of it as encouragement or as a out right order   
These sorts of builds have to happen ..they are just to cool not to be 
As for the CC colours I brought the Vallejo CC colour set for my Tigercat...only to find the scheme I wanted to paint didn't include the colours I needed 
Yet it's on the sheet of colour schemes you get with the paint set ..oh got even more Vallejo paint now 

Quote from: jcf on August 22, 2023, 08:01:37 AMThe Vickers Viking airliner was a direct derivative of the Wellington, the original Viking 1A version retaining fabric covered geodetic structure wings outboard of the engines. New all-metal wings were introduced on the production standard Viking 1.

One Viking 1B was modified to mount two Nene engines.

Thats a very good looking jet, my engines aren't quite as sleek but it will have nice floats  , many thanks for the info 

Quote from: Vostoc7 on August 21, 2023, 03:14:19 AMThis will be the metal skinned jet floatplane variant  (although I may not meet the deadline on this one )

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Do someone remember the matchbox model build contest in the seventies ?
I was the cup winner in my town at 1977,  with that wellington kit   

I do remember that model ..one I have never built so I'm looking forward to this 😀

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Quote from: Vostoc7 on August 21, 2023, 03:14:19 AMThis will be the metal skinned jet floatplane variant  (although I may not meet the deadline on this one )

Do someone remember the matchbox model build contest in the seventies ?
I was the cup winner in my town at 1977,  with that wellington kit   

Any photos of your winning build?   

Quote from: Wardukw on August 22, 2023, 10:19:36 PMI do remember that model ..one I have never built so I'm looking forward to this 😀

I've never made an un-messed-about-with version either, feel a bit bad about that really       

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Quote from: Wardukw on August 22, 2023, 10:19:36 PMI do remember that model ..one I have never built so I'm looking forward to this 😀

I've never made an un-messed-about-with version either, feel a bit bad about that really       

The first cut is the hardest, it gets easier.

some progress on this one....

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That looks a real HOOT!