Canberra PR.29

rickshaw · July 28, 2021, 03:42:19 AM

What I am going to build for this group build...

PR19_Kit · July 28, 2021, 01:49:41 PM

Yummy.

rickshaw · July 28, 2021, 06:53:28 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 28, 2021, 01:49:41 PM
Yummy.

Lovely but troublesome long, long, wings!

What I am working with:

PR19_Kit · July 29, 2021, 02:16:57 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on July 28, 2021, 06:53:28 PM

Lovely but troublesome long, long, wings!

Wholly authentic, the real ones were equally troublesome......

Pellson · July 29, 2021, 02:51:30 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on July 28, 2021, 03:42:19 AM
What I am going to build for this group build...

Oooh, the elusive (at least here) High Planes kit!

Very nice indeed, and a really good inspiration for me to get on with my long since started but still caught in mock-up stage PR.10.

rickshaw · July 29, 2021, 06:27:59 AM

Quote from: Pellson on July 29, 2021, 02:51:30 AM
Oooh, the elusive (at least here) High Planes kit!

Very nice indeed, and a really good inspiration for me to get on with my long since started but still caught in mock-up stage PR.10.

And where did you get those wings from?

Looks a bit like my Pr.9 Prototype:

What I am working with:

Pellson · July 29, 2021, 07:03:40 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on July 29, 2021, 06:27:59 AM
Quote from: Pellson on July 29, 2021, 02:51:30 AM
Oooh, the elusive (at least here) High Planes kit!

Very nice indeed, and a really good inspiration for me to get on with my long since started but still caught in mock-up stage PR.10.

And where did you get those wings from?

The nose is an old (very old, actually) Matchbox PR.9 whereas the rest is a Mach2 RB-57F. As far as masochistic modelling goes, that's pretty advanced, I tell ya..

I am planning on some sensor stuff differentiating it from the real PR.9, but I don't really know which way to go yet. Optimally, you would want to keep it mainly palletised in order to ensure mission flexibility.

Just sorted the landing gear covers and attached the wings permanently today though, all thanks to you inspiring me. Good man!

JayBee · July 29, 2021, 08:31:06 AM

I don't really know which way to go yet.

Higher and higher, I would say.

PR19_Kit · July 29, 2021, 11:47:59 AM

Quote from: Pellson on July 29, 2021, 07:03:40 AM

The nose is an old (very old, actually) Matchbox PR.9 whereas the rest is a Mach2 RB-57F. As far as masochistic modelling goes, that's pretty advanced, I tell ya..

You can tell the engines came from an RB-57F by the grooves running down each side of the cowlings. They are the fan exhausts from the monster TF-33s hanging on the front.

rickshaw · July 29, 2021, 10:49:08 PM

We go onwards! A rhinoplasty:

Pellson · July 30, 2021, 07:04:45 AM

PR19_Kit · July 30, 2021, 12:32:11 PM

Which nose did you use Brian?

rickshaw · July 30, 2021, 10:08:11 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 30, 2021, 12:32:11 PM
Which nose did you use Brian?

A misshaped one marked "Aeroclub". It had no interior, hence the scrapbuilt one and it has take three tries to line it up properly on the fuselage. Busy with PSR at the moment.

PR19_Kit · July 30, 2021, 11:35:15 PM

I thought it might have been.

John Adams produced that conversion to replace the oddly shaped nose on the old Airfix Canberra B6. They're pretty rare these days I guess, and I keep coming across mine while exploring The Loft, but I don't have a B6 to go with it.

rickshaw · August 01, 2021, 09:53:20 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 30, 2021, 11:35:15 PM
I thought it might have been.

John Adams produced that conversion to replace the oddly shaped nose on the old Airfix Canberra B6. They're pretty rare these days I guess, and I keep coming across mine while exploring The Loft, but I don't have a B6 to go with it.

Send it to a good home - me! I'm surprised, aparently there are a few Canberra noses around out there. I have just purchased a Heritage T.4 resin nose and apparently Aeroclub also did an injected version.

Anyway, there has been some substantial progress:

Wings, tail, undercarriage attached, undercoated. PSR continues.