Not entirely sure that this one qualifies for the GB ... it is a bit like the whiffery equivalent of 'conceptual art'. Basically, it's illustrating what a RW proposal would look like if done it polystyrene.
That RW proposal was a late 1991 British Aerospace
Nimrod MR.2 Mid-Life Update option with pylon-mounted engines. These engines were to be Rolls-Royce
Tays ... but weird ones with large front low-pressure fans. Then there were odd-looking, extra-long nozzle sections out the back. Like I said, weird!
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1714.msg95779#msg95779https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bae-nimrod-update-drawings-tay-engined.25441Scale-o-rama: If rendered in polystyrene, this 'build' would consist of a base 1/72 BAe
Nimrod (Airfix A12050) with modified engines and pylons taken from a 1/144 Bae 146/RJ85 (Revell 04208). [2] The outer wings remain the same (other than losing their long-range external tanks). [1] I'm guessing it would be easier to bodge together new inner wing panels than it would be to remove and PSR the
Nimrod's in-wing engine housings.
For anyone interested, here's how some of the airframes and components scale out.
BAe
Nimrod MR.2 - RW length 38.63 m; in 1/72 = 536.5 mm (21.12 inches)
Avro RJ85-200 --- RW length 28.55 m; in 1/144 = 198.3 mm (7.80 inches)
RB.183
Tay - RW diameter 1.118 m (44.00 in) fan; in 1/72 = 15.5 mm (0.61 inches)
LF 507-1F -- RW diameter: Fan 1.020 m (40.25 in) ~ 1/144 = 7.10 m (0.279 inches)
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[1] Not shown in the artwork are the up to 8 underwing pylons (6 for
Harpoons) offered for the 1991 MR.2 Mid-Life Update option submission.
[2] The Bae 146 kit could be salvages as one of that type's unrealized twin-jet or turboprop derivatives?