Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: ysi_maniac on June 02, 2012, 02:07:35 AM
-
Can you suggest roles for these over powered birds?
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/bristol_beaufort_3m.jpg)
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/bristol_beaufreighter_3m.jpg)
-
Interesting...
-
make the engines Alfa Romeos & it wouldn't be over-powered -- for the Italian AF, of course ;D
Here's my Beaufort Mk.III with Merlins (actually suggested as a Taurus replacement).
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/hobgrot/MkIII.jpg)
easy to build using the HighPlanes Beaufort & Beaufighter Mk.II wings.
-
make the engines Alfa Romeos & it wouldn't be over-powered -- for the Italian AF, of course ;D
... or AS Cheetahs in helmeted cowls. ;D
-
Lowering wing, more adequate for cargo
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/bristol_beaufort_3m1.jpg)
-
Lowering wing ...
Harkening back to the Bristol Type 142 'Britain First' ;)
-
Some real world Beaufreighter images:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/CAC23/beaufreighter1.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/CAC23/beaufreighter2.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/CAC23/beaufreighter3.jpg)
-
What if Bristol managed to produce a 4 engined heavy bomber based on Beaufort?
The BEAUFORTRESS.
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/beaufortress1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/ysi_maniac/a/caec78e4-057f-4fe9-82f4-083a43455765/p/7bbac90e-cd01-4186-8dbe-cefa7cb3f3c4)
-
What if Bristol managed to produce a 4 engined heavy bomber based on Beaufort?
The BEAUFORTRESS.
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/beaufortress1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/ysi_maniac/a/caec78e4-057f-4fe9-82f4-083a43455765/p/7bbac90e-cd01-4186-8dbe-cefa7cb3f3c4)
Nice one ysi_maniac, a simple scaling up derivative - alas with two additional engines 🤔👍
MAD
-
Yes. Nice work!
-
Whoa. I wouldn't mind one of those!
-
Beaufreighter Modelled in 1/72nd:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125026877_0a751630c9_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kTK8jD)beaufreighter-04 (https://flic.kr/p/2kTK8jD) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125026857_a711642759_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kTK8ji)beaufreighter-01 (https://flic.kr/p/2kTK8ji) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125026817_292902033e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kTK8iB)beaufreighter-03 (https://flic.kr/p/2kTK8iB) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
-
:smiley:
-
Designed to a 1935 specification, the Beaufort was initially referred to as the "Super-Blenheim".
A prototype was ordered by the Air Ministry in 1937 with Bristol Perseus engines, quickly changed to Bristol Taurus types & first flying on 15 Oct, 1938. It entered RAF service in November 1939 but by May 1940 the trouble-some Taurus engines led aircrews to threaten mutiny. The search for better engines initially settled on the Rolls-Royce Merlin & (without permission) Bristol made several dozen sets of engine-frames to mount these in the Beaufort making it the Beaufort MkII.
As the Merlin was needed for Spitfires, Lancasters etc, the decision to use the Pratt&Whitney R-1800 radial as already used in the Australian-built DAP Beaufort Mk.VII was made. The British installation was slightly different to the Aussie version (air intakes etc).
The RAF designated the P&W engined Beaufort the MK.II. so Bristol re-designated their Merlin Beaufort the MK.III. Bristol's unauthorised Merlin mounts were then used in the Beaufighter II.
-
I wonder...post war turboprop conversion...
-
I wonder...post war turboprop conversion...
Stop reading my mind ! :D
-
I wonder...post war turboprop conversion...
Stop reading my mind ! :D
Well get better tinfoil...
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Manwithtinfoilhat.jpg)
-
Brings to mind an age old question. Which is more effective brain protection; aluminum or tin foil ?
-
(https://external-preview.redd.it/free-hat-in-every-box-v0-oiTzKvyGhfDorqaZGxTQBfFFvsaXsNSMTKAqzwpUO1M.jpg?auto=webp&s=cfcd22505142f09c1e7aebc31b54ebdf7a52c807)
-
I do prefer the glass nose of the Mk.1 Blenheim (with Hercules engines).
& as Turkey was the last operator of the Beaufort .... a Turbo-prop ...
-
I'm a fan of the "long-nose" Blenheim Mk.IV's. :D
-
Unarmed Beaufort ready to perform tasks like liason, medevac, and similar.
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/UnarmedBeaufort_4eYtF2ndY1iWZiSp6J4L6e.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (http://"https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/UnarmedBeaufort_4eYtF2ndY1iWZiSp6J4L6e.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds")
-
Single seat fighter torpedo bomber Beaufort
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/SingleBeaufort_oodvbvdyaNxbfzq2GYHnQ2.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/SingleBeaufort_oodvbvdyaNxbfzq2GYHnQ2.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
-
Interesting
-
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/SingleBeaufort_oodvbvdyaNxbfzq2GYHnQ2.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/SingleBeaufort_oodvbvdyaNxbfzq2GYHnQ2.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
No, no, NO! There should be NO disclaimers on work. We're supposed to be creating confusion and mayhem, not avoiding it! ;D ;D ;D Imagine a researcher/historian coming across our stuff a few hundered years from now, and being totally UNconfounded. Can't have that! ;D