Marconi Advert

[nev]

That ad does look vaguely familiar.

My first day at comprehensive in September 1984 was also the day they killed the Nimrod AEW.  As we frightened 11 yr olds were being shown round the school the prototype was stooging around overhead awaiting the time to perform a farewell flypast over Waddington (or was it Scampton?)

Now, who knows a real easy way to make those bulbous radomes on a model?  I know Baz will come up with a way, but it will be complicated and really hard.  I want a Radish solution.  Kinda like the difference between German and Soviet engineering

[Jennings]

Too bad i was born in 1991, was it fun?

Oh my GOD....  I have t-shirts older than you!

Yes, Diesel Eights were fun.  As were 707s.  As were Convair 580s and DC-9-14s.



J

[Captain Canada]

Wow, nice work, martin ! Thanks for posting that !

I have to agree with rat, the 160 is just wicked looking....

And hockey haired hosers ? You kill me, Ben !

[retro_seventies]

you know it's said with love!    

[Andrew Gorman]

"The most advanced AEW system in the world".  I think I'm just going to walk away from this one.
Andrew

[Jschmus]

Someone please euthanize those poor airplanes!  They've all come down with some horrible tumor-inducing malady.

[rallymodeller]

THat's the "Before" pic -- shortly after that, the overheating problem with the Skyguard radar caught up with 'em and they spontaneously combusted...

[Maverick]

A quick question, is the Sherpa's deal a swing up arm or some such (like Sea King AEW, or does it retract into the fuselage somehow???

Pity about the system tho, could have made lotsa dollars against the 2x4s

[P1127]

As we need a big airframe - how about a 747 AEW mk 1

[Mossie]

Now, who knows a real easy way to make those bulbous radomes on a model?  I know Baz will come up with a way, but it will be complicated and really hard.  I want a Radish solution.  Kinda like the difference between German and Soviet engineering

Nev, when you were that 11 year old did you ever blow up a plastic bag, twist the corner to make a bubble  & then burst it to make a loud pop?  Used to it with my sandwich bags, it'd drive the dinner ladies crazy & they'd run around the dinner hall trying to work out who it was!

Anyway, what I'm getting at is that you could blow a bubble to the size required, then form Milliput around it.  Once it's set, pop the bubble, if you need strength pack it with more Milliput.  You might need to give it some tender PSR, or even add more putty to get the required shape, but you'd at least have the basis.  No idea if it'd work, but it's an idea that should be fairly simple.  The other option would be to blow an egg & use the same approach, but finding one the right size would be the real trick.

EDIT, the easiest option would probably be to hold on until Airfix realease their Nimrod & then wait another year until someone realeases an AEW conversion!