Classic airfix Vickers Vangaurd

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Great work so far Peter. Will look very good with the spinning props. May even be effective with two running and two shut down. I've seen pictures of NZ Viscounts back in the day taxiing with just the inner engines running to save fuel.

Yes Joe I remember now flying in to Jersey on the Viscounts many times. As soon as they had landed two engines were close down immediately and taxied on the other two.

Laurie

[Alan 45]

I've had a look on evil bay and not found any.Peter t

I agree peter I've been looking but with evil bay you never know , I was after a kit from 79 and I found part built but no original kit but the wife did , it may cost a bit but I'll keep looking

[yak face]

Looking great peter, like a lot of other people on here Ive a very soft spot for the old propliners .I remember seeing them at manchester or east midlands airports if I ever went with my dad to drop off or pick up some family member going on holiday. Viscounts ,Vanguards , Brittanias , Argosys , Heralds ,HS 748's , there was just so much variety back then , when the jets gradually replaced them it wasnt the same , everything looked very samey. Its great to see some more airliners too , I'm working on one at the moment as well. If you get the bug for some old props then the airfix kit of the DH Heron is still a nice build , despite the tooling being over 50 years old (1959) !!!!!!!! especially if you can get hold of a newer release with the Jersey Airlines livery . Looking forward to seeing the completed Vanguard , cheers tony