Most beautiful aircraft. Nominate one. Or more.

[thedarkmaster]

I always come back to Hunters, Victors, Vulcans, Comets    but the rest I can't say it changes with my mood, what aircraft I've seen recently and what I'm modelling at the time or have plans for.

My list today would change as i made it and I'd miss something off   

[jcf]

i found a new favorite seaplane design today, it was the Savoia S-21 from the anime "Porco Rosso"

Ahh yes, Miyazaki's take on the lovely Macchi M.33:


http://www.hydroretro.net/coupeen/avions/m33.html

The real S.21 was not quite so lovely:


However, Savoia's S.51 is one of the prettiest biplanes:
http://www.hydroretro.net/coupeen/avions/savoias51.html

[kitbasher]

Prettiest?  DH 88 Comet.
Most beautiful?  Spitfire PR.19 and Hunter F.5.
Most handsome?  Sea Fury, P-51D and FW190D-9.
Butchest?  Buccaneer S2 and Spey Phantom.

[NARSES2]

Nonsense, all Hunters are aestheic pleasures! F-86s too

Sir,
I really wish I was as certain about anything as you appear to be about everything

Ian

Ah the certainties of youth 

Porco Rosso was on Film 4 yesterday Saturday 13/02). Never seen it, so recorded it  Beautiful airplanes  . Being repeated latter in the week I think.

[Aircav]

Its back on Film4 on Friday, 19th Feb at 12.45pm 

[Daryl J.]

And, Nils, are you aware of Fine Molds kits of the two main Porco Rosso aircraft in both 1/72 and 1/48 scale?  They're beautiful kits.

, (darjeeling with cream and sugar today)
Daryl J.

[TallEng]

Jet= Hawker Hunter Prototype in Duck Egg Green, Purity of the design!
Airliner= DH Flamingo
Bi-plane= Fairy Fantome
Piston Engined= Martin-Baker MB-5
unless of course I change my mind!!

[deathjester]

North American XB-70.  Need I say more??

[Spey_Phantom]

Its back on Film4 on Friday, 19th Feb at 12.45pm  

alright, looks like a good oportunity to extensivly test my new video capture card  

And, Nils, are you aware of Fine Molds kits of the two main Porco Rosso aircraft in both 1/72 and 1/48 scale?  They're beautiful kits.

, (darjeeling with cream and sugar today)
Daryl J.

yes, i am aware of the good looking finemolds kits, but they are a bit hard to find and quite expensive.
but one day when my ship comes in, i might get one, or scratchbuild one  

on topic:
while wer speaking of seaplanes, another looker is the Supermarine S6B

[PR19_Kit]

Nils,

I hate to say this (I'm almost in JMN mode in fact  ) but that's an S5 you've pictured there.

The S5 had the W12 Napier Lion engine and the S6 and S6B had the Rolls-Royce V12 R Types. The centre cylinder head bulge was absent from the S6 series.

This is an S6B, albeit an Airfix kit, I can't find an RW piccie that's taken from a high enough vantage point to show the fuselage top.

Having said all that, the S5 was a cracking looking aircraft nonetheless, prettier than the S6 to my mind.

[jcf]

Of course the S.4 was the prettiest of the Supermarine racers. 



1/32nd scale Marsh Models kit 

[PR19_Kit]

... and the Gloster VI was even prettier than that, especially as they painted it gold! 

[jcf]

... and the Gloster VI was even prettier than that, especially as they painted it gold! 

No argument from this quarter. 

To be pedantic on the colours:
N249 was old-gold with blue floats
N250 had old-gold wings; Cambridge Blue fuselage, fin and struts; white floats and natural copper radiators. 

[lancer]

Its back on Film4 on Friday, 19th Feb at 12.45pm  

Sweet, if I'm back from outpaients in time I'll sit down and watch it.

Favourite aircraft -
Spitfire
Hurricane, esp the IIc and IID
Mosquito
Hornet, the proper one
Beaufighter
The FW 190 series
Junkers JU88 series

Me262
Meteor

Hunter
all varients

Lightning

[Jeffry Fontaine]

When is the author of this discussion topic going to establish a poll for all of the submissions for the title of "Most Beautiful Aircraft"? 

Perhaps this could become an annual event?  Either way the suggestions should end with a poll at some point soon so that we can all celebrate. 

My input:

SARO Princess

Republic Rainbow

Martin B-57 Canberra