Wellington, Revell (ex-Matchbox)

[Radish]

All my '30s stuff will be taken to Tyneside at the weekend.
Hopefully they'll be photographed and anyway, the "funny" Wellingtons will be in the National Competition at Telford (they'll win NOTHING, but every model is photographed, right!!).
Apart from the current "Winchester" there's a V-tail version, probably with 3 engines too as discussed above.

I like the Portuguese AF idea.
Even a basic Wellington XIV, in White with Medium Sea Grey tops would be fantastic. Were the French Navy ones the same, or all-white? REAL, by the way.

I've also printed off extra copies of the back-stories for inclusion, with photos, in a SIG Magazine.

And Wellington 23??
It's the COIN version used in Malaya 1965.  

[ChuckAnderson]

Hi Everyone!

How about undercarriage variations on the Wellingtons, for example:
(1) A Wellington with a nosewheel.
(2) A Wellington with skis for polar use. (The aircraft might also have to be brightly coloured for safety purposes.)

Or, how about something like "Sea Wellingtons", (much like the single-mission Sea Hurricanes), however Sea Wellingtons could be used against Nazi large surface ships, and they could be launched by catapault like Sea Hurricanes, (however, some form of RATO unit may have to be used.)

There could be:
(1) Stretched-fuselage Wellingtons.
(2) Longer-wingspan Wellingtons.
(3) Clandestine mission Wellingtons, painted flat black.

Postwar Wellingtons:
(1) USAF navigator trainers (like the Convair T-29 Flying Classroom.)
(2) USAF & USN weather recon aircraft ("hurricane hunters")
(3) United Nations Wellingtons (painted in overall white, with black UN lettering.
(4) Air/sea rescue versions, fitted-out with things like a small boat that could be dropped to survivors at sea (much as the SB-17 was fitted-out to do.)

There's much, much more that could be done with the venerable old Wellington!
See ya'!!

Chuck Anderson
[email protected]
University Place, Pierce County, State of Washington

[Leigh]

....(based on the famous Rula Lenska who wore a 34A Cup bra)....

You sure about that Rad? Coulda sworn there was more there, aaah Rula who helped me through many a night as a pubescant teenager. Oh the decadance of  "Rock Follies", the naughty images of what her Julie Covington and Charlotte Cornwell would be getting up to.

Showing me age now aren't I?
Oh yeah did you say summat about a plane?

[Leigh]

We Demand Pics!!!

Brian da Basher

oh alright then Rula's on the right





K sorry you can have yer thread back now I'll be leaving

[jcf]

(4) Air/sea rescue versions, fitted-out with things like a small boat that could be dropped to survivors at sea (much as the SB-17 was fitted-out to do.)

The Airborne Lifeboat in varying Marks was carried by RAF Lockheed Hudson III and Vickers Warwick ASR aircraft, and used for rescues during WWII, well before the similar conversion was made to the B-17. The first operational use was in May of 1943, the Warwicks carrying the larger Mk II lifeboat entering service at the end of 1943. The Lifeboats were designed by Uffa Fox.

The Warwick was the big brother of the Wellington and the two shared a basic design...the first Wellington was, in effect, a cut-down Warwick.
The Warwick had a main fuselage that was longer by 12 stations and the nose forward of the cockpit was longer by 5 stations...making the Warwick Mk II at 70' some 8' 7" longer than a Wellington Mk. I and 5' 3" longer than a Mk. X. The Warwick ASR was 72' 3" long.
The Warwicks wingspan was greater on each side by 7 inboard stations... 5' 3.25" inches per side for a span of 96' 8.5" as compared to the Wimpie's span of 86' 2".

Chees, Jon  

[Leigh]

There was also the experiment  with the Barracuda as an ASR plane with a lifeboat.

[Radish]

See....Rula's got to be a 34A....certainly not a B.

[NARSES2]

Still reckon you should build it with that patio feature at the front I mentioned - do wonders for the resale value    

[Radish]

I drove home on Sunday thinking about the railings, patio set, garden boxes etc.
I've worked out how to do the garden boxes and flowers in 1/72nd (how sad is that!) and the coffee table is easy, but rather big for the space. There wasn't that much room, you know, in that turret space!
So I might "compromise"......how about a deckchair? :dum:  

[NARSES2]

Sounds good to me Rad. When I mentioned it to Aircav on tuesday he suggested getting the scenic stuff from a Model Railway shop.

Chris

PS I think your wife thinks I'm nuttier then you    :dum:  

[Radish]

Stranger certainly.......you don't make funny noises though