What do you plan to build in near future?

[McColm]

Been on line and the AROnline website caught my eye.
They have articles of post-production cars all be it for the British market with export possibilities.
Getting hold of anything in plastic especially British Leyland or BMC in 1/24 or 1/25 is proving difficult unless the vehicle was used in motorsport.
I would have thought Honda would be a good starting point but these too are limited.
From time to time a resin bodyshell  turns up which just needs a donor kit.
Just found Megahobby.com,  Jim Flinstone does a range of  1/24 and 1/25 resin car bodies which might help or be a good start for future Whiffs.

[AS.12]

Came across the Swiss FFA P-16 ground attack aircraft. Looks like the Swift at certain angles. JETS magazine pages 68-73 July/August 2015.

When the Swiss Mirage project had stalled in the mid-1960s, GE offered a J79 on lease ( free? ) for FFA to relaunch the P-16.  I think it was proposed as AJ-79 and would have switched over to export once the Swiss Mirages finally entered service.

Would have made a great attack complement to the Mirage III.


The original P-16 had some flight-critical Lear avionics onboard, hence the Lear Jr test-flights.

[kitnut617]

Came across the Swiss FFA P-16 ground attack aircraft. Looks like the Swift at certain angles. JETS magazine pages 68-73 July/August 2015.

When the Swiss Mirage project had stalled in the mid-1960s, GE offered a J79 on lease ( free? ) for FFA to relaunch the P-16.  I think it was proposed as AJ-79 and would have switched over to export once the Swiss Mirages finally entered service.

Would have made a great attack complement to the Mirage III.


The original P-16 had some flight-critical Lear avionics onboard, hence the Lear Jr test-flights.

And there is/was a 1/72 kit of it available at some point in time.

http://internationalresinmodellers.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/FFA_P-16_box_art_61231919_std.80224350_std.jpg

[PR19_Kit]

The original P-16 had some flight-critical Lear avionics onboard, hence the Lear Jr test-flights.

The first Lear Jet's wings were developed from the P-16's design too. What goes around comes around.

[AS.12]

Found this reference to proposed re-engined P-16s.

"Engines foreseen for propelling some future variants"

Moteurs prévus pour propulser de futures variantes :

P-16-AA-7 – turboréacteur SNECMA Atar 9C (4'300 - 6'000kg/p)

P-16-AJ-7 - turboréacteur General Electric J79 (4'300 - 6'700kg/p)

P-16-AR-7 - turboréacteur Rolls-Royce RB.168 (4'900 – 8'000kg/p)

https://www.aviationsmilitaires.net/v2/base/view/Model/869.html

[The Wooksta!]

Big British twins and heavies as transports.

[McColm]

I was thinking of converting the Revell  1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW.2 into the MR.2 variant. Got some leftover parts from the AeroClub mixed media set.

[The Wooksta!]

Erm, why?  Just buy the Airfix MR2 off the shelf!

[Knightflyer]

I was thinking of converting the Revell  1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW.2 into the MR.2 variant. Got some leftover parts from the AeroClub mixed media set.

Erm, why?  Just buy the Airfix MR2 off the shelf!

Because he has the bits, doesn't want to buy the Airfix kit .....and being McColm doesn't believe in doing the straightforward easy option?! 

[McColm]

I was thinking of converting the Revell  1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW.2 into the MR.2 variant. Got some leftover parts from the AeroClub mixed media set.

Erm, why?  Just buy the Airfix MR2 off the shelf!

Because he has the bits, doesn't want to buy the Airfix kit .....and being McColm doesn't believe in doing the straightforward easy option?! 

I've got the Airfix Avro Shackleton MR.2 in the stash and I will use that with the AlleyCat MR.1/T.4 conversion set to build the MR.1 Shackleton as the Revell kit is too wide for the new nose to fit.
I also have a Frog MR.3 to complete the set.

[McColm]

My intentions are to build the kits in my stash first before buying anything new or secondhand. 

[Rheged]

A Gloster Javelin in Fleet Air Arm colours (but which squadron...?) and a 12 inch to the foot scale raised vegetable bed for Madame Rheged.

[JayBee]

My intentions are to build the kits in my stash first before buying anything new or secondhand.

HA!, HA!, HA!, HA!, HA!, HA!, HA!, HA!, HA! Expires laughing. 

[Thorvic]

A Gloster Javelin in Fleet Air Arm colours (but which squadron...?) and a 12 inch to the foot scale raised vegetable bed for Madame Rheged.

802 Sqdn which has a Winged Spear (which is about as close to a javelin you'll find on the FAA Squadron symbology)

[Rheged]

A Gloster Javelin in Fleet Air Arm colours (but which squadron...?) and a 12 inch to the foot scale raised vegetable bed for Madame Rheged.

802 Sqdn which has a Winged Spear (which is about as close to a javelin you'll find on the FAA Squadron symbology)

Thank you!!  That will do nicely.