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SSGB The Monogram RB-66

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Ed S

#15
April 26, 2011, 06:03:04 PM
FINISHED.

I had some time and finished up over the weekend.  Took some photos today in the late afternoon light.
Story:

The Saunders Roe Pelican MR.2.  Developed for the anti-submarine mission.  The Pelican was Saunders Roe's last big success.  It was flown by the RAF, RCAF, RAAF and the West German Marineflieger.  First flown in 1954, Pelicans were still flying missions through the Cold War and finally in the mid-80's, the last Australian Pelicans were retired. As well as their anti-sub missions the Pelicans were involved in numerous search and rescue operations.  They also flew fisheries patrol and on numerous occasions flew emergency disaster relief missions where their freedom from fixed runways allowed them direct access to many coastal area.

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Ed
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frank2056

#16
April 26, 2011, 07:07:55 PM
This is what I love about your builds, Ed. You can't really tell where you're going until the masterpiece is revealed. What did you do to the wings besides the floats? They look different.

Taiidantomcat

#17
April 26, 2011, 07:31:40 PM
Its looks great!  :o
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

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Ed S

#18
April 26, 2011, 08:08:22 PM
Quote from: frank2056 on April 26, 2011, 07:07:55 PM
This is what I love about your builds, Ed. You can't really tell where you're going until the masterpiece is revealed. What did you do to the wings besides the floats? They look different.


The only thing I did to the wings was move the engines above the wing and add the floats to the wingtip.  I had to trim the wingtips to fit the floats, but only just enough to fit.

Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

Gondor

#19
April 26, 2011, 11:42:11 PM
That looks very nice indeed  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gondor
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Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Hobbes

#20
April 27, 2011, 02:46:15 AM
Wonderful idea. Well done!

Rheged

#21
April 27, 2011, 03:40:57 AM
 I think that the reason the Saro Pelican lasted as long as it did in R A F service was that they were flown from Lough Neagh, Loch Ness and Rutland Water  whenever possible. The fresh water was so much less corrosive than salt.

The R A F 40th anniversary flypast in 1958 had as its highlight an arrowhead of Princesses, led by a V of Puffin fighters and followed by a Diamond 9 of Pelicans. Coastal Command at their finest.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

Weaver

#22
April 27, 2011, 11:39:03 AM
That looks so right... beautiful job Ed - well done!  :thumbsup: :wub:
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

thedarkmaster

#23
April 27, 2011, 11:45:22 AM


TOP CLASS....fantastic work  :wub: :wub: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ;D ;D
Everything looks better with the addition of British Roundels!



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kitnut617

#24
April 27, 2011, 12:34:04 PM Last Edit: April 28, 2011, 11:45:36 AM by kitnut617
WOW--- that worked out fantastic ---  :bow:
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ChernayaAkula

#25
April 28, 2011, 10:42:07 AM
Wow!  :bow: Yet another masterpiece!  :thumbsup:
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

ysi_maniac

#26
April 28, 2011, 11:01:19 AM
A real beauty! :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
WOW :thumbsup:
Will die without understanding this world.

Scooterman

#27
April 28, 2011, 11:45:11 AM


VERY NICE INDEED!!!

Army of One

#28
May 01, 2011, 08:39:09 AM
Great work there.............top class....!!! Gets my vote...!!  :thumbsup:
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

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GTX

#29
May 01, 2011, 12:53:20 PM
Top notch! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!
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