HS 748 Andover

[Green Dragon]

S'okay guys, I'm skint right now so if you want it deathjester get in there mate!  If it was next week I would have grabbed it!

Paul Harrison

[deathjester]

I'm slightly in the dark here: just what am I supposed to be getting?  What item is this?!!

[The Wooksta!]

I was looking at that Bandai kit rather than the Andover and Green Dragon's after one of those.

[Green Dragon]

The YS-11 doesn't have a ramp deathjester but could with a bit of chopping! It's the closest to a 748 in injection plastic but is bigger (48-50 passengers in a 748, 64 in a YS-11) and the only kit of an actual Andover C.1 with the ramp is from Welsh Models in 1/144th scale for about £25.
Here's the welsh site. http://www.welshmodels.co.uk/news.html
Are you doing a whif or a real world?

Paul Harrison

[deathjester]

Hi there, and let me just say thanks for your help!  This is a RW project - it's just What If I can can find one of the blessed things!
Being slightly bigger may not be a problem, as the Raf Andover was slightly bigger than a 748, and I was already resigned to bodging in a ramp!  What concerns me is the wing shape and size!

[Green Dragon]

YS-11 seems to be about 10-20% bigger in every measurement. The only thing that looks close to the same thing on an andover are the engines. Wing shape seems to be narrower in chord and longer in span on a YS-11 judging by photo's (could be my eyes though!) and it's got about 200 square feet more wing area.

Paul Harrison