HS (Brough) Blackburn Puffin AEW1

Thorvic · May 06, 2008, 10:14:37 AM

Well its spring time and the Nimrods been built so come Easter i thought another scratch build was in order.

One of my long term favourites dating back well over 25 yrs and i have finally built one in 1/72.....

Blackburn P139 Carrier based AEW aircraft to replace the Gannet AEW using the front and aft scanners now associated with the Nimrod AEW Which also dates back to the same period in 1966)

Basis is a pair of 1/144 Airfic DC-10's, Airfix F-111E wings, Tornado tail fin and lots of bits from the spares box together with the usual copious amounts of plastic card, milliput and putty.

hope you like it so far, just a bit of TLC required and a primer blast to see the gaffs, then its on to deciding the colour scheme

Cheers

Geoff

Martin H · May 06, 2008, 10:17:57 AM

and it looks bigger up close than u may realize

looking good so far Geoff

lancer · May 06, 2008, 11:02:13 AM

Amazing build Geoff. Yet again your skills as a scratchbuilder shine through. Looking forward to seeing this one finished

retro_seventies · May 06, 2008, 11:12:19 AM

Looking great Geoff - i've got a real soft spot for these too, can't wait to see her finished - you're doing a grand job so far!

Brian da Basher · May 06, 2008, 12:02:47 PM

That's some magnificent work, Geoff and the name Puffin certainly fits! Mr Howling Mouse will be speechless with delight when he sees that lovely T-tail.

Nice one, mate!

Brian da Basher

Hobbes · May 06, 2008, 12:29:31 PM

Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

Ed S · May 06, 2008, 12:54:30 PM

Ain't that just the cutest little thing. All fat and cuddley...

Good job on the scratchbuilding/kit bashing. It really looks like the drawings.

Ed

GTX · May 06, 2008, 01:13:40 PM

Quote from: Hobbes on May 06, 2008, 12:29:31 PM

Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

ditto

Regards,

Greg

Zen · May 06, 2008, 02:36:29 PM

Wow! Very impressed indeed, thats aleady looking the part.

Sisko · May 06, 2008, 02:41:50 PM

Man that is one fat little bastich

Always love your kit bashes. Can't wait to see this one finished.

John Howling Mouse · May 06, 2008, 05:02:44 PM

What an absolutely likeable airframe....and not only because she sports a T-Tail.

This was a real aircraft? Borders on the look of one of those Hasegawa Egg-plane models.

I have to go look this up, now.

Maverick · May 06, 2008, 05:36:15 PM

Looking good Geoff,

Nailed the look of the thing to say the very least.

Mr Mouse, it was a project for the RN, in fact I did a profile of one, although I called it an Albatross for the Falklands some time ago.

Regards,

Mav

nev · May 06, 2008, 10:35:42 PM

Looking great as ever Geoff - given Martins comment about the size, in the next set of pics could you put it next to a suitably sized model for comparison?

Thorvic · May 06, 2008, 11:57:08 PM

Quote from: nev on May 06, 2008, 10:35:42 PM
Looking great as ever Geoff - given Martins comment about the size, in the next set of pics could you put it next to a suitably sized model for comparison?

I'll see what i can do Nev although there is a 30cm ruller shown at the lower edge, but being steel the numbers dont show well on camera.

It actually about S-3 Viking sized or rather a tad smaller as it had to fit British carriers.

Geoff

Thorvic · May 07, 2008, 12:00:23 AM

BTW thank brother Narses for the name, it came too him as soon as he saw the drawings

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