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Bristol "TURBO" freighter. "What if"

Started by buzzer, February 08, 2012, 02:13:44 PM

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buzzer

February 08, 2012, 02:13:44 PM
last one from my old builds. then i will start a new "What If" and start a build tread.
built this from an Airfix Bristol Mk32 super freighter. had to do rather alot to make it a short nose/small tail Mk 31
but it was worth it!

so the story goes!
boscombe down had been using the freighter for many years. but finding spares for the engines were becoming hard..
so she spent more and more time parked on the ramp "gone tec"!!
problem was, the freighter was very good at what she did!! hall over size freight/ loads around all the uk RAE sites!
so some bright spark worked out that seeing as there were a mass of spare Rolls Royce tyne turbo props  (as fitted to there  Britannia ) to be had, the engining school took it upon themselves to convert the old girl to run the Turbo props :thumb: 
it worked.. better than thay had hoped. the Turbo freighter as she became known, was able to cruse faster,for longer. had a shorter talk off and landing run!
she was given an up to date coat of paint. and cared on serving the A&AEE at boscombe down till the early 80s.. when wing spar issues grounded her..
she was sold, and re spared and flow on in Canada for main years. :cool:

well that's my take on it.. a "what if" TURBO Freighter
all the mods were scratch built,using parts from the spares box.
hope you like..




and just to give an idea of how big thay were, her an islander parked next to it! :O

Pablo1965

#1
February 08, 2012, 02:20:16 PM
Wow, Nice idea, modern and light engines to take more waist and carry it farther .  :cheers: :thumbsup:

PR19_Kit

#2
February 08, 2012, 03:03:31 PM
The thing that's really incredible is that no-one did it before! In model form or for real.

Nice one Buzzer.  :thumbsup: :bow:
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#3
February 08, 2012, 03:30:37 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 08, 2012, 03:03:31 PM
The thing that's really incredible is that no-one did it before! In model form or for real.

Nice one Buzzer.  :thumbsup: :bow:

Yeah, what he said!  :cheers:
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McColm

#4
February 09, 2012, 12:18:03 AM
I'll second that!!

Mossie

#5
February 09, 2012, 01:24:48 AM
Yeap, that works! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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rickshaw

#6
February 09, 2012, 02:28:19 AM
Looks good.   :thumbsup:
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#7
February 09, 2012, 03:40:31 AM
It looks so right it's unbelievable! 

And Kit is bang on the money with that comment.  WHY hasn't anyone thought of that before?
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#8
February 09, 2012, 07:22:33 AM
Super build  :thumbsup:
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#9
February 09, 2012, 07:28:49 AM
Fantastic! Brilliant! Amazing! and many more superlatives.....

I love it!  This is Whiffing to me!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Martin H

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February 09, 2012, 08:44:13 AM Last Edit: February 09, 2012, 08:49:47 AM by Martin H
Quote from: The Wooksta! on February 09, 2012, 03:40:31 AM
It looks so right it's unbelievable!
Id agree with that statement :)  :thumbsup:
 
Quote from: The Wooksta! on February 09, 2012, 03:40:31 AM
And Kit is bang on the money with that comment.  WHY hasn't anyone thought of that before?
I had a similar idea on the cards for ages, I just never got around to it  :banghead: Altou I was planning on using Garrets from a heritage SAAF Turbo dak rather than RR Tynes or Darts.
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TallEng

#11
February 09, 2012, 08:45:47 AM
That is very nice  :thumbsup:
and lots of nice little details like the creep marks on the tyres!
make it all the more believable.

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kitnut617

#12
February 09, 2012, 09:09:59 AM
Quote from: buzzer on February 08, 2012, 02:13:44 PM
----- a mass of spare Rolls Royce tyne turbo props  (as fitted to there  Britannia ) to be had,

That would be the CL-44 Yukon, Britannias were powered by the Proteus.

But a stunning conversion and I'm surprised too, that no one has done one before, will definitely have to rectify that ---- right ?
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#13
February 09, 2012, 01:41:39 PM
Outstanding!!
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#14
February 09, 2012, 01:54:00 PM
Top banana!
And as he others say - why hasn't been done before??  There are some whifs out there  - Narses 2's Finnish Hs123 springs immediately to mind - that are really obvious candidates for whiffery in retrospect it's a mystery why they haven't been done before and this really is one.
Now how about that that non-autogyro Rotodyne.....(which is a long-standing, copyrighted idea of mine!)
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