From an Idea by Sir Sydney Camm and Tophe (finished)

[TallEng]

As I expect most of you know, Tophe occasionally produces drawings of somewhat esoteric aircraft  designs
A little while ago one of them caught my eye, so I right clicked and saved it.
Yesterday (when all my troubles seemed so far away....) I decided I needed to build it.

This is what Tophe and Sir Sydney Camm had in mind;



And these photos show my start at producing it in the plastic:













The last one shows My 3Sqn Hurricane for size comparison.

Now when I started it, I had no idea what colour scheme it would have or
even what sort of mission it would undertake, Oh and it hasn't got a name yet either
You can see I've really thought this one through I didn't just charge in and start cutting plastic! (much)
But I did remember that Tophe doesn't like Weapons, so after a bit of thought, It seems that it should
become a mail plane, to carry the post to the far flung bits of the planet that where coloured Pink,
and therefore part of the 'Empire' in the late 30's early 40's.

Comments, suggestions, brickbats etc greatfully received

Regards
Keith

[Go4fun]

What a lovely bit of kitting and WhIffery. Are you going to use four landing gear or all six?  Myself I love it. But then if you've seem my ideas you know I'm not the best judge of what is sensible! 

[PR19_Kit]

Oh yes, that's a tremendous start. Good work so far. 

[RussC]

Thoroughly interesting! 

[coolpop6307]

This will be great indeed.

[NARSES2]

Well if it's to be a mail 'plane then it just has to be P.O. red maybe with a little black and white cat mascot painted on the side.

Apologies to any non Brits (I feel sorry for you all  ) who don't get the reference

Really nice start to it by the way

[saintkatanalegacy]

cool!

[Tophe]

  Many thanks and congratulations for your built!

[TallEng]

Well if it's to be a mail 'plane then it just has to be P.O. red maybe with a little black and white cat mascot painted on the side.

Apologies to any non Brits (I feel sorry for you all  ) who don't get the reference

Really nice start to it by the way

And the pilots name is Pat

Thanks for all the positive comments everybody
More progress later this week.

Regards
Keith

[Go4fun]

Well if it's to be a mail 'plane then it just has to be P.O. red maybe with a little black and white cat mascot painted on the side.

Apologies to any non Brits (I feel sorry for you all  ) who don't get the reference

Really nice start to it by the way

I think this Colonist gets it. I thought our mail trucks should have black applied to them in a skunk pattern also. My Postal Person is a total idiot.

[lancer]

Well if it's to be a mail 'plane then it just has to be P.O. red maybe with a little black and white cat mascot painted on the side.

Apologies to any non Brits (I feel sorry for you all  ) who don't get the reference

Really nice start to it by the way

So, does this go with his little red helicopter???

[Go4fun]

After taking the nice pills my doctor gave me I think using the two outermost landing gear and the center two gear will be plenty.

[TallEng]

After taking the nice pills my doctor gave me I think using the two outermost landing gear and the center two gear will be plenty.

Well... if you look at the picture showing the underside of the Mailplane Hurricane you will see my modified undercarriage;
I've swapped the position of the legs so that it forms a twin unit under the center of the outer fuselage:



The modified undercarriage is on the left hand side of the picture (which is actually the R/H wing!),
the center position will be filled in.

Regards
Keith

[NARSES2]

That's a neat fix for the undercarriage 

[Go4fun]

That's a neat fix for the undercarriage 

Ditto. Although I wonder at the load of the wing roots at the center fuselage.