All jet powered Avro Shackleton

McColm · November 29, 2013, 08:54:31 PM

Seems a logical step forward, not too sure if this has been done before ,but one of the Whiffers will let me know .
Most of the 1/72 kits are from the same mould and represent the MK3. Although there is a vacform kit with metal propellers and landing gear exhaust pipes and upper turret .It covers the three
marks .
There are 1/144 and 1/48 kits as well .

The turbojets will be podded in keeping with the period .Or fitted to the wings similar to the Canadian Jetliner .

kitbasher · November 30, 2013, 01:42:41 AM

Or maybe the wing roots in the style of he Comet (and of course by extension the Nimrod)?

Rheged · November 30, 2013, 01:51:08 AM

A pure JET Shackleton??? Unexpected , but why not? Whiffworld needs this sort of imagineering. Go for it!!

McColm · November 30, 2013, 07:22:53 AM

If you are into vacform Gerald J. Elliott produce a kit contains : cast metal undercarriage ,wheels ,propellers ,seats, instrument panel ,control columns, and decals .

The Comet idea makes sense, I could use the Alleycat resin parts or raid the spares bin .

kitnut617 · November 30, 2013, 07:40:09 AM

Now called Sanger

Captain Canada · November 30, 2013, 07:52:33 AM

Podded. I think having them in the wings would be too much engineering, basically resulting in a new aeroplane.

TsrJoe · November 30, 2013, 08:02:56 AM

the 'real' design was intedned to have 4x Avons (mounted in twin pods at the wing kink in similar vein to the Avro C.102 ?)

cheers, Joe

PR19_Kit · November 30, 2013, 08:50:45 AM

Quote from: TsrJoe on November 30, 2013, 08:02:56 AM
the 'real' design was intedned to have 4x Avons (mounted in twin pods at the wing kink in similar vein to the Avro C.102 ?)

cheers, Joe

Derived from the Ashton?

kitnut617 · November 30, 2013, 09:17:33 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 30, 2013, 08:50:45 AM
Quote from: TsrJoe on November 30, 2013, 08:02:56 AM
the 'real' design was intedned to have 4x Avons (mounted in twin pods at the wing kink in similar vein to the Avro C.102 ?)

cheers, Joe

Derived from the Ashton?

Other way around Kit ---

the Comet beat the Jetliner into the air by only 13 days --- the Ashton was still in someones head at that time --

PR19_Kit · November 30, 2013, 10:34:33 AM

Not what I meant.

I was refering to a Jet Shackleton's engine pods being derived from the Ashton's layout.

kitnut617 · November 30, 2013, 11:58:15 AM

My bad ---

McColm · March 09, 2014, 11:52:31 AM

I've now got the Shackleton and Nimrod in vacformed kits. Grafting the wing should be a lot easier, than using the plastic models.

McColm · April 02, 2014, 08:21:53 PM

Another thought crossed my mind as a whiffery. The Avro Canada Shackleton either the Mk2 or Mk3.I know in the real world that they built the Lancaster in great numbers and one Lincoln. The Canadians did use the early version of the Comet. So building a limited run of the Nimrod export version with the additional tail fin mounted engine. (Found a donor part, that I can use.)

Captain Canada · April 04, 2014, 01:00:24 PM

Anything CDN has my vote !

McColm · September 23, 2015, 11:35:03 AM

The twin jet engines from a 1/72 B-47E seem to work
well with the 1/72 Revell Avro Shackleton kit.
The undercarriage needs to be sorted out, should make an interesting civilian airliner. With a single vertical tail fin.
Might fit the single jets onto the wingtips, adding the outrigger gear going for the B-47 landing gear layout, with underwing fuel tanks.mmm