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Recce and Surveillance GB - General Discussion

Started by NARSES2, May 11, 2021, 07:35:42 AM

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kitbasher

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Quote from: Rheged on June 01, 2021, 08:48:05 AM
I wonder???  I have a very elderly Airfix Heron kit in the deep stash........could it possibly become a Swedish/Finnish/Danish civilian feeder airliner operating around the Baltic with odd hatch covers on the underside?    Or perhaps operating between Calcutta and Bangkok.......or even  in the Levant?

Or have the Heron operated by 60 Sqn instead of their Pembroke C(PR)1s?

I did only have one idea for this GB, but new ones pop into my head every time I stop to think about it!

Idea #1 that I will go with is single-engined jet-related, influenced by a real project. 
Idea #2 twin-engined jet with major changes to it.
Idea #3 twin-engined jet with minor changes to it, reflecting actual paper project.
Idea #4 single piston-engined aircraft with a replacement engine.
Idea #5 twin piston-engined aircraft reflecting actual project.  So far this morning this is the favoured second submission, but that may all change by this afternoon!

All of the necessary bits bar the base kit for idea #4 have been extracted from the loft.  that may be taken as a sign but don't count on it as the other ideas may happen in the distant future.
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PR19_Kit

I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

TomZ

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 01, 2021, 07:06:32 AM
I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)

Why not go for a short wing variant of a normally long wing aircraft? Revolutionary idea, I know. But.....
Short wing fast recon.

TomZ
Reality is an illusion caused by an alcohol deficiency

tigercat


Gondor

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 01, 2021, 07:06:32 AM
I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)

A new version of the PR 19? Naval version with more wing folds than a Ganet!

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

PR19_Kit

You guys are TOTALLY round the twist.  ;D ;D ;) ;)

But that's why I like being here of course.  :thumbsup:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

zenrat

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 01, 2021, 07:06:32 AM
I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)

Something other than an aircraft?  Armoured car maybe?
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Weaver

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 01, 2021, 07:06:32 AM
I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)

Operational development of the HP.115 with a 75deg delta wing for ultra low-level, ultra-fast recon. ;D
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

NARSES2

Quote from: Gondor on July 01, 2021, 12:47:39 AM

I have the Heller kit which will be the basis for the build. It's going to be...... unexpected I hope

Gondor

As Dizzy says, it's a nice kit. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.


Gondor

My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

tigercat

Quote from: zenrat on July 02, 2021, 05:08:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 01, 2021, 07:06:32 AM
I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)

Something other than an aircraft?  Armoured car maybe?

One of those 1950s US cars as a reconnaissance armoured car they had huge wings .

If it was good enough for Rolls Royce....

NARSES2

Quote from: Gondor on July 02, 2021, 08:40:22 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 02, 2021, 06:40:36 AM
Make a biplane from it!  ;D

That's exactly my plans  :banghead:

Gondor

Oddly enough my thoughts were bi-plane or sesqui-plane, but then I thought : Nah
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Gondor

Quote from: NARSES2 on July 03, 2021, 05:49:18 AM
Quote from: Gondor on July 02, 2021, 08:40:22 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 02, 2021, 06:40:36 AM
Make a biplane from it!  ;D

That's exactly my plans  :banghead:

Gondor

Oddly enough my thoughts were bi-plane or sesqui-plane, but then I thought : Nah

The difficult bit will be reduceing the size and shape of the existing wing and increasing the size and changeing the shape of the new upper wings.  :-\

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

zenrat

Quote from: tigercat on July 02, 2021, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: zenrat on July 02, 2021, 05:08:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 01, 2021, 07:06:32 AM
I have NO idea what I'm going to do for this GB, possibly because I've already built most of the ideas I might have had.  ;D ;)

Something other than an aircraft?  Armoured car maybe?

One of those 1950s US cars as a reconnaissance armoured car they had huge wings .

If it was good enough for Rolls Royce....

Like this?  Or should you save it for the Pirate GB?

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..