Twin engine Avro Shackleton

[Thorvic]

You need to scale up the Drawings of the Avro 745 to compare with possible kit donors, I think you'll find the Shackleton fuselage is quite a bit smaller in depth and girth although the Atlantic wings would do the part and the engines are already in the correct form. The Transall ones are under-slung and the Heritage ones are designed to fit on the DC-3.

Believe me its worth the effort to get the drawings scaled up, one you know the size and shapes your dealing with you can sound out on the forum for possible alternative donors where a kit your not familiar with could actually prove to be just what your looking for.

[Captain Canada]

That 745 is pretty interesting. I've still got 5 of the old rivet kits in the stash and might try somat similar, also have a HP Herald that could donate wings and engines.

[McColm]

Thanks for the advice, this will make a large saving in kits to use.

[McColm]

Managed to build a twin engined Shackleton by using parts from the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye kit.
Called this the "Calton" , even had the AN/APS-120 radome and stand. As the wheels kept breaking off I resulted in using skis.
The nose is flat and is a tail sitter. Got hold of a second-hand 1/72 Mach2 Grumman E-1B Tracer and will be fitting the Hazeltine AN/APS-82 radar and tail arrangement.
Thinking of using the wheels from the Academy KC-97G kit.
A NATO green paint scheme should be okay and will look like the early Lockheed C-69s.

[McColm]

Managed to build a twin engined Shackleton by using parts from the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye kit.
Called this the "Calton" , even had the AN/APS-120 radome and stand. As the wheels kept breaking off I resulted in using skis.
The nose is flat and is a tail sitter. Got hold of a second-hand 1/72 Mach2 Grumman E-1B Tracer and will be fitting the Hazeltine AN/APS-82 radar and tail arrangement.
Thinking of using the wheels from the Academy KC-97G kit.
A NATO green paint scheme should be okay and will look like the early Lockheed C-69s.

Sadly this build was sold but I did manage to save the E-1B tear drop radme.