Il-28 Seabeagle

[zenrat]

FSW?

Forward swept wings. They just look slightly that way in the photo

Of course.  :bang head:

To quote from Jet Bombers by Bill Gunston & Peter Gilchrist
"...whereas the tail was given sweepback, to ensure good control even in a high-mach dive, the wing had all its taper on the trailing edge."

I began PSR around the nacelles today and continued on the cockpit, scratchbuilding some consoles for the radar/weapons operator in the front seat.

[Dizzyfugu]

Some time ago I adpated an Il-28 into a German turboprop bomber. Nacelles were taken more or less OOB, just contraprops added:

1:72 BMW-Hütter Hü 324A-2/R2; "F3+EV", XI./KG210 Deutsche Luftwaffe, Châteaudun, France; April 1946 (Whif/Luft '46/kit bashing) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 BMW-Hütter Hü 324A-2/R2; "F3+EV", XI./KG210 Deutsche Luftwaffe, Châteaudun, France; April 1946 (Whif/Luft '46/kit bashing) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Worked like charm! 

[zenrat]

Looks good Dizz.
I was hoping to have obtained some contra props for this build but have failed so far.
The exhausts on the Airfix Rotodyne's Elands (on the sides of the nacelles) have the look of nozzles designed to rotate to provide lift.  They are horribly moulded so I will be replacing them with some Harrier nozzles (the rest of the Harrier is destined to be split between another 2 builds) which will have limited rotation to give a modicum of lift and thus improve it's short strip performance and maybe help with carrier take offs.
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[NARSES2]

I've some Shackleton white metal props

[Dizzyfugu]

I got the props for the Hü 324 from a VEB Plasticart Tu-20 in 1:100. You find this huge kit at times on ebay for only EUR 5,-.

[PR19_Kit]

I got the props for the Hü 324 from a VEB Plasticart Tu-20 in 1:100. You find this huge kit at times on ebay for only EUR 5,-.

And it's got a LOT of props! 

The Tu-114 kit from the same manufacturer is a good source too.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, but the Tu-114 is hard to come buy, the kit is rather a kind of collector's item. The Tu-20/95 has been re-released several times for export, and these kits frequently show up at a small price tag.

[PR19_Kit]

Yes, but the Tu-114 is hard to come buy, the kit is rather a kind of collector's item.

Ooh, is it? I better keep mine then. 

It's half converted into a Moss just now.

[Captain Canada]

Nice one Dizzy. Some great ideas here.

[zenrat]

I've been looking out for a 1/100 Tu20 but they don't seem to exist here and anything cheap from overseas will, when postage has added, not be cheap anymore.

Chris, you got pm.

[NARSES2]

Chris, you got pm.

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[zenrat]

White metal contra-props arrived today courtesy of Chris.  Thank you very much.

The cockpits are complete and painted in a suitable blue/green shade.  I just need to detail paint and then I can close it all up and begin construction proper.

[PR19_Kit]

White metal contra-props arrived today courtesy of Chris.  Thank you very much.

That was fast, the speed of the mailboats these days never ceases to amaze me.... 

[NARSES2]

White metal contra-props arrived today courtesy of Chris.  Thank you very much.

That was fast, the speed of the mailboats these days never ceases to amaze me.... 

It's those new fangled screws rather than the paddle wheels that do it 

[rickshaw]

White metal contra-props arrived today courtesy of Chris.  Thank you very much.

That was fast, the speed of the mailboats these days never ceases to amaze me.... 

It's those new fangled screws rather than the paddle wheels that do it 

I was wonderin' when they going to stop the passengers rowing...