How many Wellesleys are under way?

[Librarian]

That would be best. The Matchbox kit may be old but it's still a cracker. I had a happy few days with my son working on the Heyford Revell release. Still a nice kit.

[Weaver]

Well my idea's blindingly simple and silly - three-engined Wellesley, either with Wellington nacelles added to the existing wings (torpedo bomber) or entire Wellington wings (high-altitude PR, since it's got about 10 ft more span..)

[James]

Still never got round to picking up a kit. Always wanted one.

[Gondor]

Every Whiffer needs at least one Wellesley in their hangar. 

I would like to get one but am in no hurry.

Gondor

[The Rat]

One on the bench that's being done OOTB, and the second will be a three-engined job using the spares from the first.

[Dizzyfugu]

My conversion is already standing on its own feet/landing gear, and made me wonder if some shorter wings (heresy!), e. g. from a SBC2 Helldiver, would make it a nice, carrier-borne torpedo bomber? Mine got a beefier Hercules engine, and that changes the overall already a lot.

[NARSES2]

Ah, hadn't seen that. Though the top of the page does say "Upcoming in 1:144"? Bit confusing, though I imagine a Wellesley would sell very poorly in 1:144, and the Fury looks to have a 1:72 kit number...

A new kit is very welcome, though Valom tend to be quite expensive. Maybe Revell can be persuaded to re-issue the Matcbox one too...

It's 1/72. The 1/144 refers to the expanding range of WWI types they are doing - 2 to a box.

[Old Wombat]

1/144th SE5A? Can you imagine trying to do the rigging on that!

Or, worse, an RE8?



Guy

[Rheged]

I've got a Matchbox Wellesley in the stash.  It was going to be a squadron communications aircraft( a hack) in Iran in 1941-2.  It may now gain longer wings and PR blue paint, and be used for ultra-high altitude, long-range  work over the Caucasus. It could even gain temporary Soviet ID whilst on loan from the RAF .

[Librarian]

It may now gain longer wings and PR blue paint, and be used for ultra-high altitude, long-range  work over the Caucasus. It could even gain temporary Soviet ID whilst on loan from the RAF .

Now that sounds superb . Post soon pliz.

[The Rat]

It may now gain longer wings and PR blue paint, and be used for ultra-high altitude, long-range  work over the Caucasus. It could even gain temporary Soviet ID whilst on loan from the RAF .

Now that sounds superb . Post soon pliz.

Agreed! 

[Rheged]

It may now gain longer wings and PR blue paint, and be used for ultra-high altitude, long-range  work over the Caucasus. It could even gain temporary Soviet ID whilst on loan from the RAF .

Now that sounds superb . Post soon pliz.

Agreed! 

l have about three months of real world "stuff" to deal with, so this could well be my main  2014 project.  If anyone else fancies having a go at the concept before I get started, go for it!  I'm not in the slightest territorial about my ideas.

[Dizzyfugu]

Some impressions form mine... 


1:72 Vickers Wellesley GR Mk. IV; Royal Air Force Coastal Command (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Vickers Wellesley GR Mk. IV; Royal Air Force Coastal Command (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Vickers Wellesley GR Mk. IV; Royal Air Force Coastal Command (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[NARSES2]

Coming along well Dizzy

1/144th SE5A? Can you imagine trying to do the rigging on that!

Or, worse, an RE8?



Guy

Yup but people do  As for the RE 8, the Airfix one still gives me nightmares. "Built" it as a kid in the late 50's/early 60's ? Getting the top wing to stay on with tube cement was  Mind you the resulting glue strings probably looked like rigging. I have never been able to look at an RE 8 (real or model) face to face since. I think I have RE8typhopbia

[Old Wombat]

Coming along well Dizzy

1/144th SE5A? Can you imagine trying to do the rigging on that!

Or, worse, an RE8?



Guy

Yup but people do  As for the RE 8, the Airfix one still gives me nightmares. "Built" it as a kid in the late 50's/early 60's ? Getting the top wing to stay on with tube cement was  Mind you the resulting glue strings probably looked like rigging. I have never been able to look at an RE 8 (real or model) face to face since. I think I have RE8typhopbia

Heh! I don't touch biplanes for the rigging alone (built a few as a kid, Camel, Swordfish, Gladiator, & a couple of other WW1 types I no longer recall, but never rigged them (9/10 year-old's don't in my experience )) but 1/144th is way out of my league now. Although my aircraft builds here have been 1/72nd, I'm moving to mostly 1/48th just so I can see the bl@@dy things!



Guy