The Handley Page Centinary theme build!

[Howard of Effingham]

as a self confessed HP nut, member of the handley page association and reminded of the fact that it is
now only a year [bar a few days] to the 100th anniversary of the formation of  handley page ltd in 1909.

anyone think we could do a handley page theme build?

unbuilt projects? other a/c down the years they could've built but didn't? indeedy what would handley page
be building today given it ceased trading in 02/1970,  hmm, AD would be happy as he flies 'HP137s'
well later jetstream's for a living so maybe a HP C-20 or a C-2.

    and of course the real benefit, no nasty a*ro's to clutter up the flightline! 

my hawker P1121 will be a handley page [hawker] ltd P1121 - hurricane F1 -  honest, guv!

[Howard of Effingham]

thought you might be interested duncan!

tee-hee! 

HP134 well if you build that one you are doing well!

good so that is two of us..... anymore takers?

[lancer]

Yep, I'd be very interested.

[Weaver]

I shall have to gracefully decline: I'm far to busy filling the world with "nasty a*ros"........

[Brian da Basher]

I'd be up for this one as long as it can be pure whiff under the H-P name.

Brian da Basher

[AeroplaneDriver]

I'd be in if I could ever find an Airfix Jetstream. 

[Howard of Effingham]

I shall have to gracefully decline: I'm far to busy filling the world with "nasty a*ros"........

don't let that put you off! after all i have built a vulcan, still its the only vulcan.... 

[Howard of Effingham]

and why not AAGB.... it might tempt me to a tutor!

anyhow thanks to kitnut617......

Dart Herald
HP.5
HP.42/45
HP.75
Halifax/Halton
Hampden/Hereford
Harrow/Sparrow
HP.88
HP.115
Hastings
Hermes
Heyford
Hyderabad/Hinadi
Victor
0/400

this lot will keep people busy. 

hth

trevor

[jcf]

B.19/27 design variations, they led to the HP 38 which, in turn, led to the HP 50 Heyford.

Great conversion potential for the Matchbox Heyford.

Jon

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[jcf]

HP 52 Hampden family variations.

HP 53 design was ordered by the Swedes and built in parallel with the HP 52, aircraft was never delivered, rather it was converted to Dagger engines to act as the prototype for the Hereford.

M.15/35, shore based torpedo-bomber, HP 52 wings and tail grafted to a new wider fuselage (to allow for mid-upper circular turret), tail boom increased in cross-section where it mated with the main fuselage, torpedo carried internally.

Doable from the Airfix Hampden.

Jon

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[Brian da Basher]

Thanks for posting those Jon! All of those look doable as scratchbuilds in 1/144.

Brian da Basher

[jcf]

Halibag variations.

HP 56, Vulture engined twin ala Avro Manchester.

HP 65, high aspect ratio wings with NACA 66 laminar airfoil and turbo-supercharged Hercules 38.

Doable from various Halibag kits, mebbe use the wings off of a B-24 as a starting point for the HP 65.

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[jcf]

A pair of other bomber concepts, one actually built and one that was a proposal only.

HP 43, tri-engine bomber designed and built concurrently with the HP 42 airliner, smaller than the airliner.

HP 55, twin-engine proposal heavily influenced by the Douglas DC-2, in effect almost a Harrow fuselage with DC-2 wings.

Both definitely buildable.

Jon

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[jcf]

Now one especially for Brian da B:


HP 47

Yer on yer own for this one bud. 

Jon

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[Brian da Basher]

Yowsa!!! Thanks Jon!

I think I'm in love. Now that's an H-P with legs!

Brian da Basher