Telford 2020 suggestions

[kitbasher]

An afterthought, Colin.  Fixed undercarriage units to convert the Airfix Heron to a Heron Mk 1?

Also probably in the longer term perhaps a range of engines in their cowlings like the late lamented Aeroclub items - for example Bristol Mercuries, RR Merlin or Bristol Hercules 'power eggs', P&W Wasps, Twin Wasps, etc?  There's engines on the market but very little in terms of engines in cowlings.

[The Wooksta!]

Magna did a Heron 1 conversion, so I suspect Colin would have access to the masters.

[kitbasher]

Have a look at the P.101 Blitz, would it be worth doing it as a fuselage & tail as a major conversion to the Airfix JP3?

Not got the book - what's the P.101 Blitz?

EDIT: Dunno why but I'm thinking updated Proctor cabin with a Viper, JP3 nose (ish) wings (sans tip tanks)/fin/rudder/tailplane!

[Mossie]

It was very much a mini A-10. Same basic layout, single seat with a monster gun (30mm GAU-13) and endplate fins.  Two pod mounted Vipers or a central podded Garret ATF-3 or RR RB.401.

If you imagine a JP.5 with a slimer fuselage that tapers to a point at the rear you won't be far off.

[Knightflyer]

Is there any mileage in nasal and tail-fin conversions for Venom night-fighters and Sea Venoms to convert the later NF.3 and FAW.21/22 into the earlier marks? (NF.2/2a and FAW.20)

and (yes I know they are expensive to produce, but just chucking it out there) the set of decals to model all the RAF Venom NFs squadrons? pretty please! 

[The Wooksta!]

I'm assuming you're basing it on ye olde 72nd Frog kit, so you'd also need cockpit interior, new canopy and u/c - the latter twice as there are differences betwixt Sea and normal Venoms.

TBH, it'd probably cheaper to buy a CMR kit.

If you're referring to the Matchbox 32nd kit, you're a thoroughly evil man - I'm still getting flashbacks to fighting that vile kit.

[Knightflyer]

I'm assuming you're basing it on ye olde 72nd Frog kit, so you'd also need cockpit interior, new canopy and u/c - the latter twice as there are differences betwixt Sea and normal Venoms.

TBH, it'd probably cheaper to buy a CMR kit.

If you're referring to the Matchbox 32nd kit, you're a thoroughly evil man - I'm still getting flashbacks to fighting that vile kit.

Well I was thinking of the modern Cyber Hobby kit? Which I'm sure you have an an opinion of  but it's surely got to be better than ye olde Frogge kit as a starting point?

[The Wooksta!]

Apparently not, according to at least one poster on Britmodeller who slated it for accuracy.  Lots of people said she was being negative, she pulled a strop and said that she worked in a museum in Australia on the real thing with all the relevant manuals to back her up.  They shut up quickly.

[Knightflyer]

Apparently not, according to at least one poster on Britmodeller who slated it for accuracy.  Lots of people said she was being negative, she pulled a strop and said that she worked in a museum in Australia on the real thing with all the relevant manuals to back her up.  They shut up quickly.

Thanks for that Lee, I found the thread over there, very informative. I can live with the inaccuracies, but I accept all her comments. As they sum up, it's a shame that there is a lovely modern kit that just got it wrong

[The Wooksta!]

TBH, it's a lovely kit, just not very accurate.  See also Academy's 72nd Spitfire 14.

[Knightflyer]

TBH, it's a lovely kit, just not very accurate.  See also Academy's 72nd Spitfire 14.

I'll go down that rabbit hole another time! :-D Hypothetically, if the 'ideal' modern venom NF / Sea Venom kit existed. Could the nasal conversion I proposed be used on a Vampire T.11 to make a Vampire NF.10 ?

[The Wooksta!]

No. Similar questions have been asked on Britmodeller since 2013 when the T11 came out.  The T11 looks like an NF10 but is apparently wider and is a fresh design, as opposed to the lash up that was the NF10.

The irony is I've just paid a small fortune for an Airmodel vacform conversion that uses the Heller Vampire as a donor kit.  However, I may well use a Heller Mistral instead, as I have a cunning plan for the Nene engined fuselage.

The intakes, bigger bore exhaust and Sperry autopilot fairing for RAAF Vampires isn't a bad idea though.

[PR19_Kit]

Was it just a rumour, or did the Vampire NF10 really have chunks of Mosquito night fighter structure included in its design?

[The Wooksta!]

It's been stated as fact in various Mosquito books, so I assume so.

[PR19_Kit]

That'd explain why it was so narrow, but the T11 wasn't exactly wide either.

A T11 was the first jet I ever flew in, and the pilot's elbows and mine knew each other fairly well by the end of the flight!