The Captain's Cabin- December Dealings

The Rat · October 21, 2024, 10:06:01 AM

Quote from: scooter on October 20, 2024, 04:03:40 PM
Quote from: The Rat on October 20, 2024, 12:08:10 PMCould you write up a backstory involving Wilt Chamberlain?
~~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar~~Roger Murdock's aircraft during his tenure in the Air Force

Captain Canada · December 04, 2024, 01:44:50 PM

After seeing https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=53346.msg1057284#msg1057284
I stared thinking of making a 72nd scale Arrow into a 144the scale heavy bomber. I thought I had a couple of vac kits to scavenge parts from, but I can only find one. I know I have some half built Arrows floating around somewhere, so you never know !

NARSES2 · December 05, 2024, 12:46:56 AM

Neat idea

Captain Canada · March 02, 2025, 06:56:16 AM

Watching WSBK and modelling. Perfect Sunday morning ! I'm making a VC.10 in landing configuration. I cut out the flaps individually so I could keep all the housings in place. I will add a strip of sheet styrene after to fill the voids and make it look like one piece. One of the nicest looking machines on approach if you ask me. Like a giant naval fighter jet !

PR19_Kit · March 02, 2025, 08:34:28 AM

A very elegant looking aeroplane, the VC10.

The Rat · March 02, 2025, 02:14:04 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 02, 2025, 08:34:28 AMA very elegant looking aeroplane, the VC10.

When working at YYZ Toronto I once had the singular pleasure(?) of seeing one parked beside an Ilyushin Il-62. The difference were... striking. One was smooth, graceful, ready to take to the skies with class and elegance.

The other was an Il-62.

PR19_Kit · March 02, 2025, 03:15:49 PM

Quote from: The Rat on March 02, 2025, 02:14:04 PMWhen working at YYZ Toronto I once had the singular pleasure(?) of seeing one parked beside an Ilyushin Il-62. The difference were... striking. One was smooth, graceful, ready to take to the skies with class and elegance.

The other was an Il-62.

Love it!

I was at Copenhagen Airport on one occasion and there was an Interflug Il-62 parked on the end stand of the terminal arm I was waiting in. Suddenly there was a SERIOUS bang outside and everyone rushed to the window only to see the Il-62 sitting on its tail with the nose about 30 ft up in the air! Someone had forgotten to deploy that tail strut they had fitted.

It took some weeks to a) get it back down and b) repair it before they managed to fly it off again.

The Rat · March 02, 2025, 07:01:42 PM