IAC Boeing Model 256

[nighthunter]

The Story:
In 1932, the Irish Air Corps was looking for a new plane to replace their aging Martinside F.4's. They contacted several English and American manufacturers, but the only one interested was Boeing, as they had 14 surplus aircraft that needed a new home due to a cancelled Brazilian order for 14 more Model 256's. The IAC was only happy to buy the Aircraft from Boeing, and after delivery removed the tail-hooks and repainted the aircraft. Aircraft #13 was assigned to Lieutenant Connor "Rusty" O'Brien, needless to say, Lt. O'Brien was slightly superstitious, but had no problems with the aircraft, mostly due to a hard working plane captain who wasn't about to let silly superstition kill his pilot. Aircraft # 13 is now located at the Irish Air Corps Museum, due to her long career and lucky pilot, who went on to fight in WW2 and come back home.






The Kit:
The kit is an old K&B Aurora kit from the '70s that I picked up at a swapmeet. Basically, it is OOB and wasn't too hard to put together, I wanted to do an IAC pre-WW2 aircraft and enjoyed painting and assembly. Not too bad for an old kit.

[PR19_Kit]

That looks darn good, and a totally believable backstory, to be sure.......... 

[Captain Canada]

I love the colour of the fuselage against the wings....definately gives it that interwar look ! Great job !

[nighthunter]

Thanks Captain, that's the same scheme they used on IAC Gladiators when they first arrived, before WW2. And it is about as close as I can get to the real deal.

[NARSES2]

A much under represented air arm and a very nice model  Shows what can be done with some of these old kits