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Boulton-Paul P.97c (finished page 3)

Started by Tophe, May 30, 2019, 08:52:16 AM

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Tophe

Today I have ordered a Unicraft resin kit 1/72 of Boulton-Paul "P.79b"
see http://www.unicraft.biz/on/bp79/bp79.htm
I have talked with Igor to know if the code is actually P.79 (I knew this one as P.97) and he confirmed there is a discrepancy between sources: P.79 or P.97.
Anyway I will what-if it further, into a little glider probably: P.97c

[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Quote from: Tophe on May 30, 2019, 08:52:16 AM
there is a discrepancy between sources: P.79 or P.97.
I am not Historian at all but I can tell you the search about what the actual P.79 might have been.
One Russian site shows the "bombardirovshik" P.79 very big on 3-views and not twin-boom at all
http://alternathistory.com/proekt-srednego-bombardirovshhika-boulton-paul-p-79-velikobritaniya/
but the word alternathistory may mean this is a dream.
Then in English, the serious http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_boulton_paul_P79.html
says the P.79 was a bomber project that looks like a Douglas B-23 Dragon which was a DC-3 but with a B-17-like fuselage, so not twin-boom night fighter and Igor's kit seems actually the P.97. Anyway I will transform it into the absurd P.97c civilian glider.
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

The Russian/alternate source is confirmed on the serious site Secret Projects:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/rotary-bomb-bay.4494/#post-107998

So it seems confirmed I will receive the P.97 from Unicraft.
But I may Photopaint a P.79Z, just for fun. ;D
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Update of the project (with even samller wings and V-tail+top):
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

The Putnam book "Boulton-Paul aircraft since 1915" fully confirms my interpretation about P.97 vs P.79 (or this is the wrong source of the misunderstanding), what-if...? ;D
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Modelling/medical update: I will have surgery again, for lungs now, and my wife required that I sand no more plastic/resin models, so the P.97c project will change somehow. I will have to think about the new way. :unsure: :-\
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Scotaidh

Quote from: Tophe on June 06, 2019, 08:27:51 AM
Modelling/medical update: I will have surgery again, for lungs now, and my wife required that I sand no more plastic/resin models, so the P.97c project will change somehow. I will have to think about the new way. :unsure: :-\

Sorry to hear read you're under the weather ... :(  I think, though, your lady wife is right.  I've stayed away from resin kits because I already have asthma & mold allergies, and I don't want to take any chances.  :) 
Thistle dew, Pig - thistle dew!

Where am I going?  And why am I in a handbasket?

It's dark in the dark when it's dark. Ancient Ogre Proverb

"All right, boyz - the plan iz 'Win.'  And if ya lose, it's yer own fault 'coz ya didn't follow the plan."

PR19_Kit

With those sorts of lung problems a good mask is an essential.

I've been asthmatic since I was 4yrs old and I've always used a mask when filing or sanding resin, sometimes for styrene too. And while spraying as well.
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! :)

Regards
Kit

Tophe

Thanks for your support while my problem is not asthma but metastasis (coming from scapula before to lung now)... :unsure:
But it is possible to build what-if differently without PSR, I will try. <_<
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Here are 2 new versions of the P.97c model project:

The main problem for me (bad modeller, sorry) is that, this time, I will have to use the thermoformed canopy. With white glue?
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

NARSES2

I hope the surgery goes ok Tophe, and your lady wife is right. Listen to her  :thumbsup:
Decals my @r$e!

Tophe

Thanks.
The kit arrived today:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

NARSES2

That's quite a nice looking machine  :thumbsup:
Decals my @r$e!

Tophe

Thanks (to have the same taste as me, not only the same first name, Chris...)

Here are the parts I plan to use:

(or I may use the propellers and spinners for a push-pull layout, I will see)
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]