Future large aircraft flying battleship

[lenny100]

started this build using a welsh models shorts Belfast as the donor kit and was going to extend the body when i did a little research into the Belfast.
In 2013 the RAF will receive a aircraft they were operating in 1964, as apart from more powerfull engines and a few 21 century bits the airframe is almost only a update of the Belfast.
the size of the aircraft load bay is almost the same at 40 meters for the Belfast and 41 for the a400.

[PR19_Kit]

That sounds good, and full of promise too. 

It'll be a sort of RAF C-133 Cargomaster when it's done, something Shorts and the RAF should really have thought of back then.

A pity the Belfast isn't available in 1/72, that would be one MONSTER model!

[Thorvic]

That sounds good, and full of promise too. 

It'll be a sort of RAF C-133 Cargomaster when it's done, something Shorts and the RAF should really have thought of back then.

A pity the Belfast isn't available in 1/72, that would be one MONSTER model!

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MAG7281

It is 

[PR19_Kit]

Well I'll be damned, I never knew they'd done that monster. Knowing Magna the fuselage is one solid piece of resin and I'd have to install an RSJ underneath my model shelves to support it, never mind getting a World Bank loan to buy it! Luckly it's currently zero stock at Big H..... 

[Thorvic]

Well I'll be damned, I never knew they'd done that monster. Knowing Magna the fuselage is one solid piece of resin and I'd have to install an RSJ underneath my model shelves to support it, never mind getting a World Bank loan to buy it! Luckly it's currently zero stock at Big H.....  

http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/Thorvic/library/Magna%20Belfast




There you got, i got one when they came out at SMW some years ago but ended up selling it onto TSRJOE as just not a viable build at that time  

Add the photo links.

Now i bet Di is glad Lenny is doing this in 1/144 scale rather than 1/72 !!!!!!

[PR19_Kit]

Oh rats, Photobucket wouldn't let me see the result I'm afraid, just a grey page.

[albeback]

Oh rats, Photobucket wouldn't let me see the result I'm afraid, just a grey page.

You're not the only one having Photobucket problems! It won't even let me see my own photographs!!

[Joe C-P]

Oh, I thought you meant HMS Belfast.

[Go4fun]

My Photobucket is phooey too.