a day playing with the sea vixen at bruntingthorpe

[seavixenxj494]

hi al, as you can propberly by my display name ive got a connection with sea vixen xj494 well when im not modelling i go to the airfield and restor the sea vixen to ground taxi condition simmilar to that of the two lightnings. so really i get the best of both worlds models and the real thing what more could i ask for lol , anyway i though i would post some pikkys and c if it has any interest any questions just ask

[deathjester]

Great plane, but it has the tiniest, most vertigo inspiring ladder up the side i've ever been on!

As you might imagine, my 5 year old son wasn't bothered by that in the slightest..

[B777LR]

Wheels look  like they are mode from concrete...

[deathjester]

Ballast!  It is a naval fighter, after all...!

I think they are to keep the [very] expensive tyres in good shape.

[seavixenxj494]

hehe the wheels have covers over them becasue the weather can damage them and as death jester said these things are not cheap !! lol 

[GTX]

The first photo looks like the aircraft is in a all grey low viz scheme - I know its not, but still gets one thinking...a modernised Sea Vixen in service today, all grey.

Regards,

Greg

[deathjester]

Could slim the nose down a little to show a more modern radar, fit a cannon or two, arm it with Sparrow and Sidewinder, and maybe give it RB199 engines...and canards!

[seavixenxj494]

hey nice to see some interest guys lol if you ever are heading down bruntingthopre way let me know and i will meet you there and show you round a bit , i think from the points you guys have given so far ........ I CAN FEEEL A WHAT IF COMING ON ANYONE THINKING THE SAME ? just have to be a bit different with the engines we dont wanna melt the booms of it haha !

all the best

steve.

[fallenphoenix]

cool, any chance of seing this bird flying with her sister in the future?

[seavixenxj494]

hey fallenpheonix , if only we had the money and spares to keep the vixen going for that long , alough she well never fly she is beeing restored buy the team and myself to be a fast taxi aircraft to display at the open days at bruntingthopre , alough she is a good contender for the position of flight as she has very little airframe hours on it , 1250 i think is the approx number, we still have a long stretch a head of us but things are coming on quite well.

Cheers Steve

[Captain Canada]

Awesome shots, Steve.....you're one lucky bugger ! Love that second pic, all ratty and worn like that. I can just see her up on the deck waiting to fight !

Does anybody make a 48th scale kit of that bird ?