Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Old Wombat on August 07, 2026, 06:10:26 PM
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This is my build for the The Antipodes/ANZAC GB over on What If Modellers.
The build will, in some small way, I hope, honour our Kiwi comrades & one Australian (Kiwi Zac, Ian the Kiwi Herder, Rick Lowe, & the late Wardukw (Phill Harrison) & Rickshaw (Brian Ross), who both passed away earlier this year).
I started it on the 2nd August.
This is my starting point;
The In-Box pic's;
The Box with the bits;
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-JH2FKSV/0/MGZgjcvnv2xqgcmWGv7D759KFxc7kPjWngkNJW9sh/X4/DSCN9614-X4.jpg)
The bits in The Box;
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-XxN7F6j/0/KFsWdFc4kwjrRb8P68vMMfHdvPXD5HWFH6Z8M6Wdx/X4/DSCN9615-X4.jpg)
This is where I was at on the 5th ;
Top view giving an idea of the planned general lay-out;
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-3VbtJnb/0/K8JLMwxBqvkFfV6zqbXGc989f7kV5vBZrqzKzWK8g/X3/DSCN9616-X3.jpg)
She's currently trussed up like a turkey while the wings (hopefully) bond with the supports I've stuck through the fuselage.
More pic's as the advancements become photo-worthy! ;)
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Well, here we are with the latest update, whereby I double the number of photo's so far:
Wings are partially attached & I've done some work on the tail.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-Q46TXV9/0/MrsXDz5WscNJgsRMjctXxRMMKRNdKmDkG4jMrntmF/X4/DSCN9622-X4.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-P6PW36F/0/M7BnTRshhzbL8qmk3XTFvSPZrWzTnnhVjXgp4DgrK/X4/DSCN9621-X4.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-jvp7mkr/0/MrZgM6t7wMDzrQLkPMjg2Wg3KMwdN7bph2qxCDwk6/X4/DSCN9620-X4.jpg)
At this point I think she's looking pretty cool! 8)
Now to not stuff it up! ::)
Still lots to do. :smiley:
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Wow! Those wings are a perfect match. It reminds me of the F7U Cutlass.
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Thanks, Frank! :icon_alabanza:
You're not the first to make that comparison, though. ;)
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You forgot to drop the slats, flaps and ailerons! :o ;D
I don't know where this is going but I know it will be cool!
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Nice one - looking very business-like so far. Looking forward to see how things develop! :smiley:
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... At this point I think she's looking pretty cool! 8)
I'll say! And then some :smiley:
Wow! Those wings are a perfect match. It reminds me of the F7U Cutlass.
I was going to say the same thing ...
... You're not the first to make that comparison, though. ;)
... making me the umpteenth, then :-[
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The last two remind me of the B&V P.215:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Blohm_%26_Voss_P_215.jpg/960px-Blohm_%26_Voss_P_215.jpg)
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Thanks, everyone! :icon_alabanza: :icon_alabanza: :icon_alabanza: :icon_alabanza:
I forgot to mention that the wings are from a Revell 1/72 Arado (E) 555 - Although you'd probably figured that out. ;)
My initial plan was to stick them on a Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 but the Fords are getting more difficult to come by.
So, I looked at sticking them on either a SEPECAT Jaguar (Heller Jag A) or this Tornado. Turned out the Tornado was the easier to convert to a tail-less design.
Then the The Antipodes/ANZAC GB came along &, considering I'd been discussing this build with Wardukw (Phill), someone (Rick Lowe, actually) mentioned "what if the continent of Zealandia hadn't sunk", & that, I figured, was the perfect opportunity to build this beastie.
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Still pottering away. Indoors weather today, so I'll try to get something done.
I'll probably work on the forward section, get the cockpit done. It'll be a bit basic because I'm only using kit parts & styrene stock for the build, plus, maybe, a few of my generic cockpit dial decals.
Then I can put the completed forward section aside while I finish off the rear & wings.
Oh, man, is there going to be some PSR there! :o
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I've figured out the primary load-out for the BR-26 ... 2 x Sea Eagle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Eagle_(missile))s & 2 x ASM-3A (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-3)s.
The Sea Eagles are from the old-mould Airfix 1/48 Buccaneer, the Orange Hobby ASM-3As have just been ordered from BNA Model World.
I may add drop tanks but, if you look at those big lumps off to either side of the fuselage as wet wings, that's a lot of fuel she's carrying!
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Well, because of the 504/502 Gateway issues over on What If Modellers, I'll put this here first.
Cockpit assembled & ready for the halves to be jointed around it;
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-XchzNXd/0/LVHrg3cFMcNQ2h8SgMMZH3hP7F6WqzFK3QDRfvFd3/X4/DSCN9623-X4.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-wrfdQjc/0/LkwxC3h9rDchXm53jgJ7k89Ss3R2LvcnKRC2JR2b4/X4/DSCN9624-X4.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-g6W9cpW/0/MD7zQmpWJCzsvKpGwqX567CsRHw2FT4C8LrVKVBDr/X4/DSCN9629-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-JqSGJ9c/0/LcXN8fn5dX3Pmr5pvhMGRdb4SM6xCDJwbQJC6dh9Q/X4/DSCN9626-X4.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Zealandia-Aircraft-Corp-BR-26/i-ztgT8Pt/0/LL9Fx5ZQPBXKNFjjsFpndrHpDBFhNr4M7rjB8dFL3/X4/DSCN9630-X4.jpg)
Is currently rubber-banded & clamped together waiting for the glue to do its thing. The bang-seats are, of course, going in just before she's buttoned up & the paint starts going down.
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Nice bit of office work :smiley:
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Thanks, BT! :smiley:
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Day Four since the wings went on & the high-risk option I took to get the wings to stay on has resulted in some issues.
Against my better judgement I used sprue-goo to fill the gaps between the inner surface of the wings & the rectangular styrene bar stock I used to support them. I knew the better option was to work out the gap & make a triangular structure to support the wings & act as a gluing surface. Instead I took the "quick & easy" option.
After four days, I thought I'd gotten away with it but, tonight, just after I glued on the front fuselage, there they were - five sink marks of varying levels of embuggerance.
I'll start working on them now, but I expect to be adding more layers of putty over the next-few-days-to-a-week.
So much for "quick & easy", hey! ::)
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Fingers crossed that it all works out, mate! 🤞 :(
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She'll be right, mate! :smiley:
It's just annoying having to fix up issues caused by my own laziness. ::)
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The Arado wings on the Tornado remind me just a bit of the Vought F7U Cuttlass