VV's Biggles aircraft collection

[VickersVandal]

Painted - oil paint streaking followed by humbrol clear orange.

[NARSES2]

Lovely work

[Dizzyfugu]

Painted - oil paint streaking followed by humbrol clear orange.

Cool! Effect is stunning, gotta keep that in mind. 

[zenrat]

Painted - oil paint streaking followed by humbrol clear orange.

Good job.

[JayBee]

Air Police Proctor
Appears in almost all of the Air Police stories
Build: http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=234&t=6095
Novo 1/72 Percival Proctor (and an Oxford die cast 1/76 Wolseley police car)

Note the colours on the Proctor - very prescient considering the colour scheme worn by current National Police Aviation Service helicopters.

Something in my ageing mind always thought the Proctor was overall red. Certainly that was my plan as I spread the parts about the rear seat of my parents car on the way home from the Schoolboys and Schoolgirls exhibition in the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, where I got the newly released kit in the early 1960's. (I also got the new Revel SE5A with those wonderful joined up pairs of struts ).
Now why did I think it was overall red?
I am sure one of the book covers had it in that scheme.
Can anyone help me, and please NO facetious answers, I can hear them already.

Jim

[dadlamassu]

I think I had a Biggles book with a red Proctor on the cover but cannot find it here or on the web.  Found a yellow one


But maybe ...


Found other red aircraft (not counting Fokker Triplanes)

[JayBee]

Wowee!
Biggles of the Interpol cover has a red proctor.
It is not the ilustration that I have in my mind, but it is good enough for me. 

Jim

[VickersVandal]

Yes, my Proctor is a bit of a flight of fancy scheme. I wanted to build something that had the look of an Air Police plane.

As far as red Proctors go, the only one I can think of is the cover of Interpol (posted above). I have another Proccy which I will probably do in yellow as per Syndicate.

We are having a Biggles group build on the UAMF in September. Would love to have additional participants if anyone here is a member already or would like to join up 

[Captain Canada]

Holy that camel is awesome !

Wow !

Love the Lockheed too.

[VickersVandal]

This isn't so much an update as a community service announcement to let you know we are running a Biggles group build over on the UAMF through September.

http://uamf.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=282

Come one, come all! Love to have people join us.

I should have a model or two to update with after that 

[McColm]

 
Great work, welcome to the club.

[VickersVandal]

My Group Build entry is done: Air Police Auster Autocrat (general duties)

The Airfix Auster is decent but extremely bare bones. I scratchbuilt a cockpit, added the framework inside the canopy and some other bits and bobs. Scrubbed up ok.

Click on the thumbnails to see full size pics.

[NARSES2]

Nice 

[VickersVandal]

Unmarked communications aircraft of Erich von Stalhein from Biggles and Co - interwar era.

[VickersVandal]

Lloyd Aereo Boliviano Junkers Trimotor - cameo appearance in Biggles and the Cruise of the Condor. A whatiff appearance of a real aircraft.