BEA Comet, 1963

[kitbasher]

Finally.....

A build I've been wanting to do for ages (and took far too long to complete).  No specific reason why, just one of things that I needed to get out of my system:







Yes it's the ancient Airfix Comet, OOB.  Resisted the temptation to detail the cockpit, followed the path Wooksta and others take with a 'solid' canopy.

Markings are a mixture of kit (wing registrations, Union Jacks), stock Modeldecal (fuselage registrations) and some very nice 'BEA' logos courtesy of Mr Spackman.

Edit: pictures revised.

[Army of One]

What a great finish with that old kit........

[JayBee]

That has really got me chuckling with delight.  

Jim

[PR19_Kit]

Great to see it at last Dave, it really does look superb!  

Will we be getting the BOAC version later?  

That will need slipper tanks on the wings of course...... 

[Dizzyfugu]

Pretty! Just a design experiment or is there a story behind this Comet?

[Mossie]

See what you did there!   Very sharp, the scheme suits it.

[kitbasher]

Pretty! Just a design experiment or is there a story behind this Comet?

No.  BEA flew dH.106 Comets so it's just a play on names.

[PR19_Kit]

And the RED wings always look great! 

[sandiego89]

And the RED wings always look great! 

Yes they do, looks like that bird "marked her territory" quite a bit with all those stains.  And that photo really makes me appreciate how much flap she could deploy. 

[Librarian]

Designed for high speed luggage reconciliation...when you're in Italy and your knickers are in Spain

Gorgeous . One of my earliest memories is looking out of a plane window at red wings!!

[zenrat]

Good job on a piece of crap kit.

[McColm]

Great job, well done.

[Captain Canada]

Very nice. Looks even sleeker in those colours. Nice play on names as well. Love that pic you've included. Look at those flaps !

[NARSES2]

Oh that works 

[Howard of Effingham]

got to do a BOAC one now perhaps kitbasher!