Vickers Vanguard ideas

Radish · March 04, 2015, 07:52:19 AM

What to do with the soon to be re-released Vickers Vanguard in 1/144th from Airfix?

RAF Maritime Reconnaisance?

RAF VTOL transport?

Steampunked?

JayBee · March 04, 2015, 08:04:40 AM

Quote from: Radish on March 04, 2015, 07:52:19 AM

RAF Maritime Reconnaisance?

Been there, done that, great fun. http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,25003.0/highlight,vickers+nimrod.html

Stretch it.

Guppy freighter.

Break into international markets, especially N. America.

Fit longer wings.

PR19_Kit · March 04, 2015, 09:11:23 AM

Double deck it?

AND fit longer wings..........

kerick · March 04, 2015, 09:24:34 AM

Anything a KC-135 or P-3 has ever done. AEW, ASW, patrol, ELINT, SAR, VIP transport. It would look cool in any of these missions.

BTW, nice work Jaybee!

NARSES2 · March 05, 2015, 07:23:22 AM

The April

Airfix magazine has an article and a build of the Vanguard.

McColm · March 05, 2015, 09:38:58 AM

Water bomber would look great. I thought of using the 1/144 RR Tynes on the Whispering Wheelbarrow.

kitnut617 · March 05, 2015, 09:41:24 AM

Vanguards had Tynes

Interesting bit of info, when Vanguards were used by a freighting outfit to haul supplies to Germany for the RAF, they could carry more bombs than a B-52 (in weight that is)

Captain Canada · March 05, 2015, 09:49:09 AM

Cool. You could always build Canadian Pacific one.

I like the stretch idea, as well as water bomber. MPA ( again ) for sure.

PR19_Kit · March 05, 2015, 11:49:06 AM

A stretched Vanguard, a la CL-44D, would look excellent! I wonder how many I have....

Captain Canada · March 05, 2015, 02:44:55 PM

Is that with the swinging tail ?

lancer · March 05, 2015, 04:59:37 PM

QuoteInteresting bit of info, when Vanguards were used by a freighting outfit to haul supplies to Germany for the RAF, they could carry more bombs than a B-52 (in weight that is)

With a little modification couldn't that be ab entry for an alternate and cheaper V force???

Captain Canada · March 05, 2015, 05:41:28 PM

A bomber ? Not a bad idea. Maybe under the premise that if things hotted up they could be pressed into service ?

Weaver · March 05, 2015, 07:51:19 PM

My immediate thought was an AWACS with the Hawkeye rotodome.

kerick · March 05, 2015, 08:26:41 PM

Quote from: McColm on March 05, 2015, 09:38:58 AM
Water bomber would look great. I thought of using the 1/144 RR Tynes on the Whispering Wheelbarrow.

Water bomber would be awesome! Wish I had thought of that. Canadian markings of course.

PR19_Kit · March 05, 2015, 09:44:44 PM

Quote from: Captain Canada on March 05, 2015, 02:44:55 PM
Is that with the swinging tail ?

Naturally, far better than a common side door.