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Offline Spey Phantom

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Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (A330-MRTT for Canada)
« on: October 20, 2016, 12:05:30 AM »
took me a while, but i finally finished this one.

this is an Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (Airbus A330-MRTT) of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
3 of these replaced the older A310 (CC-150T Polaris) tanker/transports in 2030, these are 3-point Hose & Drogue tankers in a similar configuration to the RAF's Voyager KC.3's.

the kit is a converted Revell 1/144 Airbus A340, cut down to A330-200 length with scratchbuilt tanker modifications.
decals are from the stenciling of the kit and markings are DIY.

this model is just a conversion prototype, im planning another A330-MRTT (converted from an A330-300 kit) in Belgian markings in the near future.















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Offline apophenia

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Re: Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (A330-MRTT for Canada)
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 02:34:14 AM »
Great concept. The Luftwaffe want A330 MRTTs too. Maybe Canada and Germany do a combined project swapping A310 MRTT gear into used A330?

BTW, the '165' number has been used in the 'Real World' to designate the CU-165 ScanEagle Small UAV. But I love the Manitoba name ... harkening back to the Canadair CC-106 Yukon  :)
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Offline The Big Gimper

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Re: Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (A330-MRTT for Canada)
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 03:17:14 AM »
Like your build and your Air Force of choice.  Manitoba is good name. Much better than Saskatchewan.  :)
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (A330-MRTT for Canada)
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 11:25:35 AM »
Nicely done  :) :) 8) 8)
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Re: Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (A330-MRTT for Canada)
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2016, 12:51:50 AM »
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Offline Camthalion

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Re: Airbus CC-165T Manitoba (A330-MRTT for Canada)
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2016, 04:07:12 PM »
Very Nice
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