Miko retrospective

[Scratchbuilder]

As mentioned elsewhere in this forum, I enjoy building in themes

Can anyone spot the connection with these builds?


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Miko (quizzing today)

Errr! don't tell me, no don't drop a hint, now let me guess - gotit! Wheels.....
Prototypes...

[Steve-the-Duck]

Seriously
Two Westland service aircraft, and two English Electric prototypes...
All designed by W E W 'Teddy' Petter

I award myself 10 points and acknowledge my research abilities (and a shelf full of Puttnams)

Is it me, tho', or does the Whirlind look all over grey?

[Miko]

Seriously
Two Westland service aircraft, and two English Electric prototypes...
All designed by W E W 'Teddy' Petter

I award myself 10 points and acknowledge my research abilities (and a shelf full of Puttnams)

Is it me, tho', or does the Whirlind look all over grey?

Brilliant! I hadn't built my Folland Gnat prototype when I took the piccie which would have been more complete

WEW Petter, an awkward man to work with according to his biography, here seen in his days at Follands, note picture of single seat Gnat F1 behind him
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. . . and yes, the Whirlwind prototype was indeed 'dark sea grey' never attempted a Lysander prototype

Miko (owner of many aviation related biographies)

[Miko]

Apart from both being Airfix kits in 1/144 scale of vessels designed to operate in a hostile environment. .

What is the more obvious connection?



Miko (I wouldn't think this one will go unanswered for long?)

[Gern]

Endeavour?

Edit: More piccies please.

[Gern]

As mentioned elsewhere in this forum, I enjoy building in themes

Can anyone spot the connection with these builds?


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Miko (quizzing today)

Beautiful

[Miko]

Endeavour?

Edit: More piccies please.

Oooooof!! so close!!

[Gern]

Oooooof!! so close!!

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Beautiful.

PS No coconut for me then?

[Miko]

Beautiful.

PS No coconut for me then?

Not quite, Airfix did produce a classic kit of Endeavor that was indeed a research ship but in 1/120 scale not 1/144

Miko (would Enterprise count? not that isn't the answer here)

[yak face]

Theyre both ‘discovery ‘ ( and both cracking builds !)

[Miko]

Theyre both ‘discovery ‘ ( and both cracking builds !)

Yes! Incredible to believe they were built just eighty years apart! The ship being built before the Wright brothers has flown at Kittyhawk, but the most striking thing for me is they are in the same scale!

Miko (The shuttle was named after HMS Discovery and 'not' RSS Discovery)

[Miko]

Some of my adventures with an airbrush. . .

This 'what if' from the original Airfix 1/72 Buccaneer kit, it is a JASDF 'Kaizoku R1' I won't bore you with the full back story but 'Kaizoku' is Japanese for 'pirate' the R1 being a reconnaissance platform to counter Chinese incursions into Japanese air space and territorial waters, it has a 'radioactivity sensor' pod under wing for collecting air samples after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear incident North Korean nuclear tests.









Finished in JASDF 'sea camo' shallow and deep sea blue

Miko (thinking out of the kit box!)