EE Canberra and Martin B-57

[MadJack76]

@ Old Paul,

You could use the wings from a Tamiya 1/100 scale B-52 for that, they look pretty similar.  You'd need to cut off the outboard 1/3 of the span, slice away the pylons, then splice the wings to make room for the B-57's engine pods.  Glue together, smooth over with putty and attach to the B-57 fuselage and you're set.

[Mossie]

Here's a page from the Flight Archive.  It shows two early designs for the Canberra, but most interstingly there's the proposed airliner version, with larger 10ft fuselage and a low mounted wing. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1958/1958%20-%200319.pdf

[loupgarou]

Lovely 
the airliner is really a shorty. It already gives me ideas.

[PR19_Kit]

OGL built the Canberra airliner IIRC, it takes some thinking to realise that it IS a Canberra!

[kitnut617]

OGL built the Canberra airliner IIRC, it takes some thinking to realise that it IS a Canberra!

I would say as about as much as this is a Vulcan, Kit  ----  

[McColm]

I like the rear facing seating!!

[The Wooksta!]

Most airliners were planned that way and all RAF operated transport had rear facing seats.  It was only consumer pressure that makes the airlines have forward facing seats.

[PR19_Kit]

The few remaining VC10 C1s still do have rearward facing seats.

BEA's Trident 1 & 2s had rear facing seats in the front 3 rows of Tourist Class which meant you faced the other passengers if you were in the rearmost row of those seats. Mrs PR_19 and I once got three lots of drinks and three meals on a trip back from Berlin once by using that arrangement to our advantage (it's a long story......  ) It was great on landing but with the steep take-off angle of Tridents on the Berlin route it was a trifle un-nerving as you hung in your seat belts as the aircraft climbed out!

And yes Robert, it DOESN'T look much like a Vulcan. 

[Gondor]

So that's what an Avro Atlantic should look like. I wonder what happened to the build that was on here some time ago?

Gondor

[kitnut617]

So that's what an Avro Atlantic should look like. I wonder what happened to the build that was on here some time ago?

Gondor

Um! this one ---

[rickshaw]

USAF still uses rear-facting seats in all its troop carrying aircraft.  It is safer, particularly in case of a crash on take-off or landing because of the deceleration forces involved.   As mentioned, civilian passengers like to see where they are going, not where they have been, so forward-facing seats are now the norm for them.   BTW, when travelling by train, it is always safest to choose the rear-facing seats, for the same reasons.

[PR19_Kit]

   BTW, when travelling by train, it is always safest to choose the rear-facing seats, for the same reasons.

You can say THAT again! Having been aboard a test train that went clean off the end of our test track at around 50 mph I can confirm that rear facing seats on trains work a treat in an accident. 

[The Wooksta!]

My Avro Atlantic is here:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6567

[McColm]

Briliant build, I wonder if I could use the Vulcan wings on a 1/144 Boeing 747

[loupgarou]

Briliant build, I wonder if I could use the Vulcan wings on a 1/144 Boeing 747

Brilliant indeed, Wooksta. 
McColm: or you could use a Boeing 707 or similar on the same scale as the Vulcan for a slender look.