Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Aeroplanedriver on July 19, 2022, 01:42:26 AM
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Finished this one a week ago but just got around to taking some photos. Pretty happy with how it turned out.
Kinetic 1/48 Super Etendard, RAN VF-805
In 1956 the RAN began the lengthy search for replacements for the Majestic Class carriers Melbourne and Sydney. Initial proposals from the US and UK to provide and Essex Class or HMS Hermes were rejected and the plan to replace the carriers was continued. My the mid 60s the UK Royal Navy was looking at the very distinct possibility that the CVA-01 class of aircraft carriers would be cancelled. Political infighting and budget issues had brought the program to the brink. In an effort to save the program the Royal Navy approached Australia and Canada with a proposal to sell carriers of the class to both countries, renaming it the "Commonwealth Class". Some astute backroom wheeling and dealing resulted in both nations agreeing to order a ship of the class in early 1966. This made the program politically difficult to cancel and also spread program costs out over five ships instead of three, so work proceeded resulting in the Commonwealth class, the Royal Navy ships Queen Elizabeth, Prince Of Wales, and Duke Of Edinburgh, the Australian Canberra, and the Canadian Bonaventure. The first UK carrier entered service in 1973, the second in 1975, and then HMAS Canberra in 1977.
For their airwing the Australians like the British and Canadians went with the F-4 Phantom for air-defense. But they went alone on a strike platform, choosing the new French Super Etendard.
This model represents a Super Etendard aboard Canberra in late 1981 during a live fire test of the Exocet anti-ship missile.
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Wow!! :smiley:
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Really nice work, taking the scooter scheme onto this.
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Lovely scheme and a neat backstory.
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Lovely scheme and a neat backstory.
Yeah, I really like the idea of the "Commonwealth Class". :smiley:
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Oh my, this is gorgeous!
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Lovely job, that paintwork is excellent!