wanted avro york

[lenny100]

does anybody know of a avro york in 1/72 scale
seen the czechmaster one but its out of my price range

[Martin H]

there is an old Vac form conversion, I think its from sutcliffe/Contrail. They turn up 2nd hand from time to time.

[kitnut617]

Also FYI ---

Czechmasters did two versions of their kit, one was a full blown kit, the other was/is just a fuselage and detail bits & bobs where you need an Airfix kit for all the wings and stuff (I've got two of them, one for a C.1 and the other for a C.2 [Hercules powered])

[lenny100]

thanks looking around for one now, had a idea to do one using a manchaeter wing after being inspired by the Mancunian at telford althoug i dont know what it would be called, maybee the chester or the telford

[PR19_Kit]

AIM did a vacform one too, in rather 'stout' plastic and it's the complete aircraft, even includes seats, white metal props and undercarriage! It's not in their current listings though.

[The Wooksta!]

That'll be a repop of the second Contrail York, the first was just a rather basic and crude fuselage conversion.  The second one was a complete kit, including decals and injection parts for the u/c.  Quite nice and I've one in long term stash.

There's also the Final Touch/Kitbits York fuselage conversion - if you're brave enough to attempt it and lucky/unlucky enough (delete as applicable) to find one.  The fuselage is SOLID resin with a separate nose to enable the unlucky builder of this abortion to detail the cockpit. Utter garbage.

I had plans to do mine as either an AEW trainer or an ELINT bird and it would have been in flight (the weight precludes an u/c - the instructions suggest toothpicks, for Cliff's sake!) with Merlin 85s as engines.  Another in long term suspension.

[kitnut617]

I had plans to do mine as either an AEW trainer

I was thinking along these lines too Lee, I thought it would make a better AWAC than the Wellington they did use during the war.