Saro 177k

[mikeew]

Hi All,
This is my first foray into What If? modelmaking. Though seeing some of the work on here is truly inspirational and this will hopefully be first of a few occasional What If's I may do.
So be gentle .
Its the Freightdog models 1/72 Saunders Roe P.177K Export Fighter.
Its totally outta the box, full resin kit with Vac canopy.
The markings are OOB too.
Really enjoyed this and made a nice change not to get too hung up on details and getting it right. The tail mounted pitot is simply a sewing pin CA'd into a drilled out hole. Paints are all from Tamiya acrylics apart from the DayGlo on the tanks which Revell enamel.
Any questions , feel free to ask.
cheers,
Mike








ps: this site was mentioned in the instruction leaflet in the kit, hence my posting here.

[nev]

Hi Mike, glad to see you found your way over here - you should notice a few friendly faces from ARC & BM.

[Thorvic]

Now that does look good Colin will like it i'm sure.

Welcome aboard mike

Cheers

Geoff B

[Eddie M.]

Very nice looking build! B) Welcome to the House of Fun!
  Eddie  

[AeroplaneDriver]

And the new guy opens with a bang!!

Welcome aboard Mike-great model!

 

[anthonyp]

Beauty, Mike!

Welcome aboard!

[SPINNERS]

Great build Mike and sharp photography too!

Have you seen the stunning SR.177 profiles on one of the UK sites? I'll try to put a link in later.

http://groups.msn.com/TSR-2ResearchGroup/s...snw?albumlist=2

Includes a stunning Red Arrows SR.177!

[Scooterman]

Very nice Mike.  Welcome!

[Captain Canada]

ps: this site was mentioned in the instruction leaflet in the kit, hence my posting here.

Awesome !

Welcome aboard, Mike ! Great job on that kit. Really looks good in those marineflieger colours !



Someday I'm gonna get my hands on one of those kits.....just looks like a fun plane to do some touch-and-goes with on the table !

 

[Spey_Phantom]

wow, you sure know how to make a first impression  ^_^
thats one fine looking plane you got there  

PS: welcome to the assylum........i mean boards  B)  

[Mossie]

Nice work Mike, welcome to chaos!  Looks good in German markings, smart work you've done on it too.

Spinners, most of those profiles on Joe's site I did & were originally posted on this very site:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...\.177&st=0

Here's a few more I've done, they're scattered so I'll post them again here:


JASDF, based on an unusual F-104 scheme.


IAF desert scheme, hypothetical squadron


Venezuelan Air Force, Group 11 scheme


Venezuelan Navy, hypothetical scheme


Great Khanate, hypothetical super power from the Star Trek 'Great Khanate' thread

Hmm, realise from looking through my old thread, I promised RN & International versions, forgot all about it.  May get around to them in the not too distant future, but I'll not hijack Mike's thread anymore!

[cthulhu77]

Kriegsmarine with a T-Tail ? Whhooooboy, way to break the ice!  More, please!

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Hey, Mike, nice to see you over here, nice 177. Good to see another one built.

Ian

[mikeew]

many, many thanks for the warm welcome guys and for the kind words.
I always thought it was a gamble doing What If? models, due to the criticism that can be lathered on. Then again, if it never existed, who's right eh?

I am undecided what to do for my next project, so much temptation and inspiration from the other models on display in this forum.

cheers,
Mike

[HOG]

Hey Mike
Welcome

Welldone

Regards Gary