THE EMPIRES TWILIGHT

[thedarkmaster]

Another with back story later as time permitts

Gloster Meteor f4/ U17, Royal Navy anti aircraft training unit, 1971

originally started as something else but just sort of liked the colourscheme and it grew from there !!


a/c 186

[thedarkmaster]

Boeing 737 200 AeroSur airlines (Compañía Boliviana de Transporte Aéreo Privado Aerosur, S.A.) Bolivia 1991 ( morning of the 91 disaster )

The airline was established in April 1990 and started operations on August 24, 1990 as a regional air carrier. It was created after deregulation of local air transport in Bolivia by a merger of existing charter companies. It was the first Bolivian airline to introduce business class and first class on domestic flights. It had plans to extend its international network and at it's peak over 1,000 employees.







































A real airline but i brought her into existance a few years early otherwise i would have missed this quailti silly jet from the timeline, not usually in these colours but i liked this one 


a/c 187 thats 5 this week 

[pyro-manic]

This week's additions are all superb, Tim! I particularly like the Kiwi birds, but they're all great.

[McColm]

your models always give me that "feel good factor".

[thedarkmaster]

English Electric Lightning F6, Royal New Zealand Air Force 1977

as seen in the livery she wore for the Queens Commonweallth review.


a/c 188

[thedarkmaster]

Hawker Hunter FR14, Royal Australian Air Force 1969

AC 189...........11 to go 

[beowulf]

both revell?..................the hunter works very nicely  ..........what did you use for the refueling prod?

[Gondor]

both revell?..................the hunter works very nicely  ..........what did you use for the refueling prod?

Looks like it came from the Lightning to me.

Gondor

[thedarkmaster]

Tis true the refueling pod came from the Lightning which is indeed Revell, however the hunter is very old, i made it when i was in school around 30 odd years ago, it was never completly painted and i stripped it back and repainted it, anyway it is in two colour blue plastic which leads me to think it was Matchbox

[PR19_Kit]

PM incoming Tim.

[pyro-manic]

Fantastic! They're both gorgeous, but the NMF Hunter with that stripe down the sides just edges it for me. Where did you get those markings from? I might have to "borrow" that idea....

[thedarkmaster]

the lovely stripe down the side comes from a 1/144 scale british airways Concorde !!

fits nicely though !!

[JayBee]

Tim,

for the firsat time ever I am going to pull you up on a point.
You call your Hunter an FR-14 but it still has the fighter nose

The rest are as usuall fanbloodytastic

JIm

[thedarkmaster]

Tis also true but the FR14 has an optional early recce pod fit if needed   

[The Wooksta!]

The Aussie Hunter is definitely the Matchbox one - I recognise the thick panel lines and panels around the wing roots.  The other two are the Frog FGA9 (camo'ed) and Frog F1 (Sky).