Westland Whirlwind

[The Rat]

Man I looooooove these! One of the first kits I ever built was the Airfix Whirlwind. I've always wondered what it would perform like with Merlins, and I've since learned that everyone else wonders the same thing.

Ah screw it, throw a couple of Whittle Power Jets on!

[NARSES2]

There was a Whirlwind development aircraft with a single 37mm canon in the nose. Make a good DAF tankbuster. Once I've done my DAF P39, I might give it  a go. 40mm nose gun and two 250lb bombs ?

Chris

[Mike Wren]

40mm nose gun and two 250lb bombs ?

Chris, I was thinking of a pair of 40mm cannon mounted together on the centreline, might well shake the poor Whirlwind to pieces though...  

oh, and a beautiful set of Whirlwinds guys    

[Martin H]

I built one of those a few years back Tohpe

[Tophe]

I built one of those a few years back Tohpe

teasing... can you show it to us ?

[Captain Canada]

I like that FAA bird of yours, Martin.....planes look soooo good in gloss blue with those bar-type roundels....


   

[brewerjerry]

My Whirlwind family have been seen before, but what the hell heres one for you guys to look at.

You have before you the Westland Whirlwind PR II.

Im slowly building up a large family of these birds. An aircraft that was never allowed to reach its full potential

Hi
   great pic & scheme, the cameras are believed to have been fitted in the nose, so it would have had the extended nose, with the bumps, which also had the extra fuel tank.
   excellent model tho'
 

Do you mean there could have been a Tankbuster version of the Whirlwind ? Or do you mean the Martin-Baker Tankbuster (there is a Unicraft model for it) is related somehow to the Whirlwind ?

The whirlwind tank buster was a single 40mm vickers gun and two .303 guns in the nose, the contract was placed but never completed.
   cheers
     Jerry

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Great bunch, Martin - I particularly like the RCN Sea Whirlwind!

[ysi_maniac]

Nice variations on a COOL aircraft

[kitbasher]

Nice Whirlwinds, chaps.

[Martin H]

bloody hell been a while since this thread was last active.

[Scotaidh]

Not wildly original, I suppose, nor even that much of a stretch, but perhaps more of a logical extension of what actually was - I fitted out a Whirlwind with rocket projectiles. 
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[Old Wombat]

Not wildly original, I suppose, nor even that much of a stretch, but perhaps more of a logical extension of what actually was - I fitted out a Whirlwind with rocket projectiles. 
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As far as I know it's still a "whif".

Welcome aboard, dude!

[Army of One]

Some awesome kits n schemes there.....love them.....ooooh,how a about some form of turbo prop with contr rotating props armed to the teeth in Suez colours.....yellow stripes n all....!!! Or the same but Naval n Korean service markings.....high speed ground attacker n Mig basher..!!!

[PACOPEPE]

I´m an admirer of Whirlwind too. Here there is my whiffie; the Westland Seawind.


Cheers
Fran