Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: perttime on May 05, 2013, 04:55:47 PM
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Napier-Heston Racer
Heston Type 5 Racer
Heston High Speed Aircraft J.5
Nuffield-Napier-Heston J5
... and I think there were a few other designations.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier-Heston_Racer), 1943 article on it at Flight Global archives (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1943/1943%20-%200956.html).
Wikipedia photo:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Napier-Heston_racer.jpg/300px-Napier-Heston_racer.jpg)
Someone might have noticed that I like this unlucky aircraft a lot 8)
I have some derivatives in my "Erryplanes" thread, starting at http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2970.msg44935#msg44935 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2970.msg44935#msg44935)
I'll attach a few photos that I found in an image search recently, and hadn't seen before.
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Heritage Aviation Models (kitsforcash) do a resin model of it in 1/48
http://www.kitsforcash.com/heston-napier-racer-87-p.asp (http://www.kitsforcash.com/heston-napier-racer-87-p.asp)
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Unfortunately, if the photo's are anything to go by (&, so far, they are), the kit is completely out of proportion & has nothing like the sleek lines of the real aircraft (which I'd love to whif into an early-WW2 fighter). :icon_crap:
???
Guy
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Unfortunately, if the photo's are anything to go by (&, so far, they are), the kit is completely out of proportion & has nothing like the sleek lines of the real aircraft (which I'd love to whif into an early-WW2 fighter). :icon_crap:
It is hard to tell. Partly, I get the impression that the photos distort the shape: Trying to do closeups with a short lense, or something. A couple of other photos don't look quite that bad:
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/14796-heston-napier-racer/ (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/14796-heston-napier-racer/)
A Dujin resin kit in 1/72 is sometimes mentioned: http://www.wingsofpeace.net/gallery/N/Napier-Heston/Napier-HestonType5.html (http://www.wingsofpeace.net/gallery/N/Napier-Heston/Napier-HestonType5.html)
I think the aircraft gets pretty small in that scale.
I saw something about a 1/32 kit but cannot find the source now.
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Hmm!? Same photo's! They do look much better on Britmodeller but, still, not quite right.
Too expensive, anyway, for kitbashing, so I guess that idea's off the list.
;)
Guy
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Its a puzzler - the photos aren't at quite the same angles, and while I agree the kit looks squat compared to the B&W images, it
looks quite close compared to the plan views.
Google image search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=788&q=Napier-Heston+Racer&oq=Napier-Heston+Racer&gs_l=img.3..0.2906.2906.0.25187.1.1.0.0.0.0.109.109.0j1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.12.img.K0MHKvEkYF4)
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Put a bubble canopy from a Spitfire or Seafire on it?
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/286/3/2/heston_dragon_in_finnish_colors_by_perttime-d5hnid2.png)
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Spotted on alternatehistory.
http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-no-hawker-hurricane.360676/page-5 (http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-no-hawker-hurricane.360676/page-5)
Napier Heston Racer with a Griffon, and a Heston Razor fighter development: