Post Your Completed Entries Here Please.

[John Howling Mouse]

Once your Phoenix Build entry is indeed complete, please post a sample pic or two of the final result on this thread along with a link to your in-progress build thread (or whatever thread from this site you used to further showcase your subject).

Good luck to all!    

[TsrJoe]

love the submitted models, if any of you want to feel free to post them up onto the TSR.2 research group site too?

http://groups.msn.com/TSR-2ResearchGroup/a...airfixtsr2.msnw


cheers, Joe    

[Leigh]

THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY 1948
                                                                                                                       
In late 1946 high on a wave of victory and proud nationalism the Royal Aero Club with support from Lord Beaverbrook and Lady Houston announced a return of the Schneider Cup to be held in 1948.
With the war time advancement of technologies the British aircraft industry saw this as an opportunity to show off their wares and persuaded the British Government for official support.
Fierce interservice rivalries flared up and The Royal Navy demanded that as it was a Seaplane race the senior service should field a team, this was countered by the Royal Air Force arguing that their High Speed Flight had been responsible for the previous victories, the decision was made that both services could field official entries on the condition that they used existing, albeit heavily modified airframes that were either currently in service or being developed for that branch of the forces.
The Fleet Air Arm immediately began modifying a Seafire 47 the last of Spitfire pedigree and the ultimate offspring of the winning Supermarine S6B.
The Royal Air Force knew the limitations of trying to adapt a land based aircraft for sea duties from their wartime experiences of the Spitfire floatplane which resulted in loss of both maneuverability and airspeed.
What was needed was a plane specifically designed for operations from water, unfortunately the war had stunted both seaplane and civil aviation development and all that seemed to be available were the current piston engined land based fighters. The new Gloster Meteor jet fighter was too heavy and too valuable to the Royal Air Force to be experimented with for racing purposes. Fortunately like many great moments in history there was to be a happy marriage of seemingly unconnected events.
Saunders-Roe had been developing during World War II the SR.A/1 an example of one of the rarest categories of aircraft - a jet fighter flying-boat. The initial concept had been for the Royal Air Force to hide in Pacific island coves and pounce on unsuspecting Japanese aircraft.  The three aircraft built were used for experimental purposes for several years.
Flight tests of all three prototypes proceeded with the manufacturers and with the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at Felixstowe until the second and third aircraft were lost in accidents, one sinking after hitting a floating object while landing on the Solent and the other after loss of control during an aerobatic display practice. Around this time the war was coming to a close and the Air Ministry lost interest in the project, and also effectively cancelled development of the Beryl engine but Saunders-Roe brought the first prototype out of storage for trials of their own and the possibility of civil uses.
The SR.A/1 is also noteworthy in that it was the first British aircraft to be fitted with a production ejection-seat, made by Martin-Baker, and was the only aircraft designed to fly with the Metrovick Beryl axial flow jet engine, probably the most advanced aero engine in the world at the time. With a maximum speed of 512 mph it perfectly suited the Royal Air Force's needs and easily outclassed the piston engine fighters of the time.
The Sanders-Roe SRA/1 gave the Royal Air Force the edge to win what was to be the true Schneider Cup competition of 1948, that  which existed between the British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force!





Started here continued here

[Hobbes]

See this thread for details.

[BlackOps]

Macross YF-21 Completed.







It took over a year to finish but would have taken longer if Barry hadn't of put this little shindig together and inspire me to finish something  

You can see more of this build here: In Progress Thread

[McGreig]

Finished.      The decals are for Azerbaijan and come from a Linden Hill sheet for the L-39 Albatros.  

[McGreig]

The model was originally going to be North Korean but my plans changed when I saw reports and pictures of Azerbaijani MiG-29s in a three tone blue scheme almost identical to the scheme that I'd used for the MiG-AS.  

[McGreig]

Another view. There are more pictures on the "Current Project/Workbench" forum.

[Mike Wren]

Vos PRGWT 8x8, Dutch Army

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...904&hl=fuchs+xl

[Mike Wren]

Mirage 2000EO, RAAF

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...&hl=raaf+mirage

[cthulhu77]

S-100 Hydrofoil Barge Buster

   Slow to turn, but in a torpedo run, it was unstoppable...with the 88mm flak gun mounted amidships, it could sink enemy LST's and Barges easily, and would have quickly made mincemeat out of the D-Day forces, if they were not hampered by cost cuts, budget over-runs, and typical nazi inefficiency!

[Damian2]

Wow after seeing all the work above I'm a little intimidated to post a pic!!!

Its been 3 years in the making. Ladies and Gents I present you my USAF 56th SOW AU-1 "Sock it to 'em".

[PolluxDeltaSeven]

Here is my entry, the only one I finally ... well, finished!! lol

Here is the Mirage 2000-15!!!

Description and backstory later, on the right post!!

EDIT: Oups!! It could be better with the pictures!!


Egyptian Mirage 2000-15
Above Lybian Desert -Circa 2012








The base is an Heller 1/72 Mirage 2000-C. I want to thank you all very much, particulary JHM! The goodies (Putty, tape, clamps etc...) he send to me helped me so much, as for his idea of a Pheonix Group Build!!
Could you realize that it's the first model I finish ( I mean, REALLY finish!!) for years!!
I hope you'll like it, and hope it will motivate me to finsh my F-8, OA-37 etc etc..

One more time THANKS ALL OF YOU for your support!!


I'm sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, I had some problems with my camera, and no better pictures will be available until tomorow, I think.

I'll edit this post with a single good picture as soon as possible!!

[Archibald]

Wow! Pollux, this is truly awesome    

[anthonyp]

Great finishes, everyone!  Congrats to everyone who had the discipline to finish up their "Ancient Ones."  I, like Shas, look forward to next year's "Phoenix Revisited."