1/72 HS Andove Erieye AEW. revised with photos

[McColm]

I have found two 1/72 HS Andover kits.  One is the Formaplane which states that it is the C.1 but when I lay it over the line drawings it is the C.2 with the longer fuselage.
The other is the OneMan 3D printed C.1 or HS 748 Indian AEW prototype but this lacks the landing gear,  there's no plastic clear glazing nor any printed instructions although you can download them.
I have been using different types of glue on this build as no two parts seem to adhere the same. I must have bought the RVHP Fairchild Swearingen Tp88 Metro III/AEW Erieye evaluation kit but I can't find the rest of it only the airborne early warning radar FSR-890 Ereye.
I have scratchbuilt a stand from propellers blades and I have found the SAC Lockheed P-3 landing gear which I hope fits as I will be buying a second set for the vacuum kit. I have seen some resin wheels in the stash.

[McColm]

I have used parts from a 1/72 Grumman E-2 Hawkeye with the Formaplane HS Andover C.2 but it didn't look right so I have used the landing gear on  the  C.1 along with the rotodome which looks more natural.



Close up on the new landing gear



Rotodome not glued on


I'm surprised that this isn't a real world build, the Indian project had a much taller stand for it's radar.
Changed my mind again.

The seats from the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye have been used for the stand, the rotodome will go on the EC-121L Warning Star WV3/Black Crow AEW.1PR

[McColm]

Work continues on the Erieye  , I have found a pair of 6 bladed propellers and a resin FLIR. I have added some nose weight from preventing a tail sitter.

[McColm]

Seen on a test flight of my hobby room, the orange plastic pieces are the remains of the 1/72 F-19 glow-in-the-dark  model which shattered in my hand.

[Tophe]

 
The dark twin-boomer in the background is interesting too (or even more, for me)

[McColm]

The dark twin-boomer in the background is interesting too (or even more, for me)

That's the 1/72 Mach2 Argosy  with the engines from a Boeing B-47E and the Cammett BAe Nimrod AEW.3 conversion set. The landing gear is replaced with the skirt from a 1/144 Hovercraft.

[Tophe]

Wonderful! Congratulations!

[McColm]

The Erieye has a metal Yellow Gate ESM pod  underneath the fuselage, it looks more like a reconnaissance pod but it prevents it being a tail sitter.

[Tophe]

This is not very good for aerodynamics and minimum drag, but that brings like a personality!