Manchester-Shackleton

[Caveman]

Been pondering an alternative universe Shackleton where the Manchester wasn't a failure.

Basically a "2 engined" double mamba powered shack.

[Old Wombat]

The Man-Shack!

[McColm]

Where are you going to get the engines from?

[Hobbes]

With double Mambas, the main problems of the Shack (noise and vibration) would have been solved neatly.

[Captain Canada]

Shakman ? Kit Shakman ? lol Does sound like a great idea ! I've been pondering a twin engine Shak myself, with the original engines.

[PR19_Kit]

Shakman ? Kit Shakman ? lol Does sound like a great idea ! I've been pondering a twin engine Shak myself, with the original engines.

Hehehe. 

A Double Mamba powered Shack would make sense too, it could fly on only half of each engine when on patrol, and rapidly power up the other halves if need be.

[Caveman]

Where are you going to get the engines from?

No real intent for plastic on this one. I'm just planning some basic fudgery of some 3 views. So the mambas will come from a gannet.

[McColm]

I built a twin engined Shackleton using the engines from a Grumman E-2C Hawkeye.
Just changed the name to Carlton. It was an old Frog MR.3 kit. I flattened the nose by cutting the observer/Gunner's position hump and used some plasticard with puty/filer. I also painted over the rear glass tail, then added some of the Hawkeye parts including the rotodome and stand. The colour scheme was  USAF European One.

[jcf]

Where are you going to get the engines from?

No real intent for plastic on this one. I'm just planning some basic fudgery of some 3 views. So the mambas will come from a gannet.

This 2-view of the proposed Centaurus engined Manchester may be of assistance:


From this post in the Manchester, Lancaster, etc. thread:
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,18854.msg441048.html#msg441048

[Caveman]

Thanks for that. I just found this too:



And am now tempted by a centaur manc...

[McColm]

Where would you get the Centaur engines from?

[Caveman]

I got mine from OzMods.