De haviland super Heron

[chrisonord]

Just finished this , kit is the airfix de haviland Heron fitted with  jetstream  engines and  resin  tucano  propellers.  The engines were a near perfect  fit on to the wings, and only  needed a  little sanding.  The aircraft is an  RAF  in service  personnel transport  based in the middle east circa 1968
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uy35vkmzFSKg8dr77
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dd5MPUJUGEmoeTeH7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UXPro8yh4Ys19tBm7
Chris

[PR19_Kit]

You've  made a great job of that Chris, it looks really plausible. 

[chrisonord]

Thankyou Kit, I  quite enjoyed the  build  so it made up for the T.188 mess at least.  I am  surprised how well the  engine pods fitted too, its ad though they were meant to  go on.
Chris

[McColm]

What scale is your model?

[chrisonord]

1/72nd scale, I  only  build in that scale.

[Knightflyer]

Really good looking finished model Chris! 

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Great idea - I like it!

[JayBee]

That does look good if somewhat overpowered.
I think Saunders, with their ST-27/28 got it right with just two engines.

[PR19_Kit]

Too much is always better than too little................... 

[Rheged]

Is this really a whiff?  I'm sure I've seen pictures of this aircraft in an RAF yearbook.

It's superb, well done.

[chrisonord]

I think a company  did put turbo prop engines on one or several of these, I  vaguely remember seeing pictures of one. Without  looking it may be on the idea bank  as I  put this build as an idea  on there. I  think  it should  get to where it  needs to much quicker  now, and you can't have too much  horsepower 
Chris

[The Rat]

With that amount of power it would almost be take off vertically! 

[PR19_Kit]

I think a company  did put turbo prop engines on one or several of these, I  vaguely remember seeing pictures of one.

That's the Saunders ST-27/28 that JayBee mentions above, and they made 12 of them, so there were quite a few of them.

[The Rat]

That's the Saunders ST-27/28 that JayBee mentions above, and they made 12 of them, so there were quite a few of them.

The biggest operator was Atonabee Airways, here in Ontario, they had 9 of them. Often saw them at YYZ.

[chrisonord]

Cheers  kit, now I think about it, I  looked up  what  engines they  put on it, and cross referenced  what else used  that engine.  That is how I  found out that the jetstream engines would  in theory  fit. And they did.  Sometimes I can  remember what I have done, but only  sometimes 
Chris