British AEW projects: Nimrod and Britannia

[Hobbes]

What if the RAF had used a different interim AEW aircraft while the Nimrod was being developed? 

One option would have been the Bristol Britannia BEWARE:






As pictured in Chris Gibson's books 'The Air Staff and AEW' and 'Battle Flight'. I followed the drawing, with one exception: after Chris mentioned the limitations of Britannia's electrical system, I added a large APU under the left wing root.

By ~1965, BOAC was getting rid of its Britannias. The RAF could have used a dozen or so, with a Marconi radar that was a step up from the AN/APS-20. That would have taken the pressure off of the Nimrod development; with a few more years of advances in computers, the FASS might have been made to work better.

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod AEW.3:






The Britannia is the Roden 1:144 kit, with a scratchbuilt radome (see https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=47934).

The Nimrod is a clone of the Anigrand kit (Thorvic found this on eBay), with new radomes (3D printed to my own drawings, see https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=42559)

[NARSES2]

Oh very nice 

[TomZ]

Looking VERY good indeed!

TomZ

[PR19_Kit]

Well up to your usual classy style Harro. MOST impressive. 

[Nick]

Excellent work there as usual Harro! 

I like the clean simple lines of your models.

[kitbasher]

Excellent 👌

[McColm]

Well done 

[Wardukw]

Surpurb matey..love the Britannia ..looks just right   

[NARSES2]

I like the clean simple lines of your models.

Yup they remind me of models you see in museum display cases 

[Tophe]

 

[comrade harps]

Neat and plausible 

[su27rules]