Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Brian da Basher/Brian Perri Memorial GB => Topic started by: apophenia on August 08, 2020, 10:38:11 AM
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This ones a bit of a cheat. I did my first version of the Boeing 377 as soon as Brian had unveiled it. I mean, who could resist? A scale-o-rama airliner based on a Hawker Sea Hawk was twistedly brilliant even by BdB standards!
Even back then, the B377 cried out for TCA markings. So, here it is, at long last, the Trans-Canada Air Lines Basher 377.
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:smiley:
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That's excellent! 8)
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That is a class scale- o-Rama :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Mog
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Mighty nifty!
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Hmmm...a 1/48 Sea Hawk rescaled to 1/144 would result in a plane that had a length and wingspan in real life of 36.27m and 25.67m respectively. When compared to other early jet airliners, we see a favourable comparison:
Avro C102 Jetliner
Length: 25.12 m
Wingspan: 29.90 m
de Havilland Comet 1
Length: 28 m
Wingspan: 35 m
Therefore having the Rescaled Sea Hawk does provide a very credible airline basis. Whilst Brian originally did it as a Boeing platform, I think having it as a Hawker early competitor to the Comet but more aligned with the C102 would also provide a very credible story.
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Whilst Brian originally did it as a Boeing platform, I think having it as a Hawker early competitor to the Comet but more aligned with the C102 would also provide a very credible story.
Ha !! was thinking something along the same lines . . . a Trident nose (it's a little bit later, I know), and how about the larger rudder fitted to German Sea Hawks . . . ? In BEA 'Red Square' livery.
cheers,
Robin.
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Thanks for doing the scale-o-rama conversions Greg I like the idea of a Hawker-Siddelely rival to (and, I guess, ultimately a replacement for) the Avro Canada Jetliner.
... and how about the larger rudder fitted to German Sea Hawks . . . ?
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