Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: finsrin on August 24, 2019, 05:20:58 PM
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Got a surprise local 'deal' on 1/72 Bristol Brabazon. Less than half lowest Ebay price. In reality they work but to me props appear small for such a large aircraft. Am considering concepts that at least look to have more power. Starting with two concepts.
1 >> Add under wing jets outboard of props.
2 >> B-36 wings match well to OOB mounting positions on fuselage. Looks doable.
Plan to check fit of 1/48 B-29 wings. Drawback to them is cutting out engine mounts and filling hole. Next install alternate engines.
For now is a contemplation exercise. Have three involved over half done builds to finish first.
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Got a surprise local 'deal' on 1/72 Bristol Brabazon. Less than half lowest Ebay price. In reality they work but to me props appear small for such a large aircraft. Am considering concepts that at least look to have more power. Starting with two concepts.
1 >> Add under wing jets outboard of props.
2 >> B-36 wings match well to OOB mounting positions on fuselage. Looks doable.
Plan to check fit of 1/48 B-29 wings. Drawback to them is cutting out engine mounts and filling hole. Next install alternate engines.
For now is a contemplation exercise. Have three involved over half done builds to finish first.
Looking forward to this
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In the Brabazon book I have, the second one that was getting built when it was all cancelled, was to be powered by turbo-props Bill. And it would have got 4-wheel trucks/bogies for the main gear. I was going to buy a couple of the Execuform kits to do the two versions but I missed out on the chance to get them when Mike Herryll retired and shut his operation down.
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Which kit is it Bill?
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Amodel
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the second one that was getting built when it was all cancelled, was to be powered by turbo-props
Indeed, the Mark II was to be powered by eight Bristol Coupled Proteus turboprop engines – paired turboprops driving four-bladed screws through a common gearbox. This would therefore have changed the coupled Bristol Centaurus radial engines nicely show n in the below diagram:
(https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xploreAssets/images/absImages/05240123.png)
With these:
(https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/content/media/7/385757-small.jpg)
Which incidentally also were used to power the Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess:
(https://simanaitissays.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/princess3view.jpg)
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Thanks guys. When build time comes thinking to finish as 1950s-60s MATS to go with C-47H.
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Some other ideas for you:
Finish as normal operational airliner, perhaps as an alternate to Lockheed Super Constellation in schemes of BOAC, QANTAS or others?
Do as something equivalent to EC-121?