Handley Page Heyford ideas

[rickshaw]

What about crossing Heyford with the Soviet TB.3, stretch the fuselage and fitting a broader single wing in place of the bi-plane wings ?

Wouldn't you more-or-less end up with the Hendon?
Or at the least Hendonesque?

Quite a pleasing looking aircraft.  I believe there was a vacuform of this which recently sold on EvilBay.   

[The Wooksta!]

Contrail have apparently done two Hendon kits over the years, neither being particularly accurate.  General Melchett on Britmodeller made a stunning job of his.

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234913559-172nd-contrail-fairey-hendon/

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234915720-contrail-172nd-fairey-hendon-38-squadron-royal-air-force/

[PR19_Kit]

any kits of it?
Gondor

Matchbox, Revell. Saw some, Chinese boxed, Matchbox ones recently.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revell-1-72-Handley-Page-Heyford-Mk-I-II-III-New-Plastic-Model-Kit-00002/181472238330

The thread was diverted on to kits of the Fairey Hendon for a bit.

[zenrat]

With that big expanse of wing outboard of the nacelles the Hendon is crying out for 2 more engines.

[Gondor]

Contrail have apparently done two Hendon kits over the years, neither being particularly accurate.  General Melchett on Britmodeller made a stunning job of his.

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234913559-172nd-contrail-fairey-hendon/

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234915720-contrail-172nd-fairey-hendon-38-squadron-royal-air-force/

General Melchett always does a great job with his builds 

Gondor

[kitbasher]

With that big expanse of wing outboard of the nacelles the Hendon is crying out for 2 more engines.

Just what I was thinking.  And wouldn't it just look like a Lancaster had it been designed in 1928.

And General Melchett's build is excellent; I just hope I can do my Heyford (thread now officially back on track) half as well when I get round to building it.

[PR19_Kit]

Contrail have apparently done two Hendon kits over the years, neither being particularly accurate.  General Melchett on Britmodeller made a stunning job of his.

Diverting to the Hendon once again (sorry....) I just went right through General Melchett's build and it's a veritable masterclass in vacform building, and on a Contrail kit too! 

I knew the Hendon's wing was big, but I didn't think it was larger than a Stirling, it's IMMENSE! And whoever designed those fin and tailplane struts must have missed 'Drag 101' at the Aircraft Designer's College!

[rickshaw]

I think the struts are significant contributors to the lift at the tail, Kit. 

[PR19_Kit]

I think the struts are significant contributors to the lift at the tail, Kit. 

I can believe that, there's surely enough of them! 

[jcf]

Updated a post from 2014 to put back the drawings of the early B.19/27 concepts that had dead links.
Drawings show other engine options, Bristol Jupiter and Napier Lion, along with a conventional low-wing
layout. Drawings are now uploaded rather than linked.

B.19/27 (Heyford) concepts