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Whirlwind Mk V

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Mossie

#45
October 08, 2018, 08:40:36 AM
Looks good Chris, glad you're done after all theb :banghead: it's given you.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

The Rat

#46
October 08, 2018, 09:04:48 AM
Quote from: Rheged on August 03, 2018, 02:06:25 PMSomeone will have to build a Jabberwock  to use as a target aircraft

YES WOW WHIZ BANG! What a fantastic name for an aircraft, can't believe nobody has used that yet, at least not to my knowledge. It MUST be done.
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The Rat

#47
October 08, 2018, 09:08:27 AM
She's a beauty, a beauty I tells ya!  :thumbsup: :drink:
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Doug K

#48
October 08, 2018, 01:50:44 PM
Really, really nice and in that scheme too :thumbsup:

Weaver

#49
October 08, 2018, 06:12:23 PM
That came out well, problems not withstanding - nice one! :thumbsup:

Westland were adamant that the Whirlwind couldn't be redesigned to take different engines, but when you see how well they fit..... Mind you, this is Teddy Petter we're talking about....
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Dizzyfugu

#50
October 09, 2018, 01:12:33 AM
That looks very good, the slender Spitfire cowlings look very good! Very balanced.  :thumbsup:

zenrat

#51
October 09, 2018, 01:28:45 AM
Fabtastic.
:thumbsup:
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

NARSES2

#52
October 09, 2018, 06:38:32 AM
Thank you gentlemen  :thumbsup: I must admit the 1945 SEAC scheme is one of, if not my actual, favourite schemes. The late War Italian 3 colour upper surface splinter scheme pushes it, but I think SEAC just wins on the line  ;D

Quote from: Weaver on October 08, 2018, 06:12:23 PM
Westland were adamant that the Whirlwind couldn't be redesigned to take different engines, but when you see how well they fit..... Mind you, this is Teddy Petter we're talking about....

Yup I've assumed Petter had gone off in a huff in the backstory I'm working on.
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Mossie

#53
October 09, 2018, 07:58:02 AM
There's a thread on Secret Projects showing a letter that shows they were quite keen on the idea. :thumbsup:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5734.90.html
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

PR19_Kit

#54
October 09, 2018, 10:33:24 AM
It'd be interesting to see how a Whirlwind would look with the 'slim-line' DH Hornet engines too.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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Kit

kitnut617

#55
October 09, 2018, 12:44:39 PM Last Edit: October 09, 2018, 12:46:19 PM by kitnut617
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 09, 2018, 10:33:24 AM
It'd be interesting to see how a Whirlwind would look with the 'slim-line' DH Hornet engines too.

Well now --- I've always considered this as the "ultimate" Whirlwind, if you look at the wings they're more like the Whirlwind's than the Hornet's



If I'm not building models, I'm out riding my dirtbike

NARSES2

#56
October 10, 2018, 12:45:28 AM
The shot on the ground certainly looks like something Westland may have come up with. A kind of half way house between the Whirlwind and the Welkin.
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manuel

#57
November 22, 2018, 11:04:17 AM Last Edit: November 22, 2018, 11:06:01 AM by manuel
  :mellow: just as spitfire engine were design to whirlwind :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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perttime

#58
November 22, 2018, 10:44:05 PM
It does look right.

... Every time I see a Whirlwind photo, I think it looks really sleek - except for the cockpit canopy. I wonder how a late Spitfire or Seafire canopy would fit.

NARSES2

#59
November 23, 2018, 06:18:50 AM
Thank you Manuel

Quote from: perttime on November 22, 2018, 10:44:05 PM
It does look right.

... Every time I see a Whirlwind photo, I think it looks really sleek - except for the cockpit canopy. I wonder how a late Spitfire or Seafire canopy would fit.

I know what you mean, but at the time it was designed the canopy was quite an innovation. I did pose a spare Tempest V canopy on it during building and was tempted  ;) Maybe next time ?  ;D
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