HM The Queen's Merlin

[uk 75]

On Monday 10 December the BBC 1 documentary on "Monarchy at Work" featured for a brief moment a model of a Merlin in royal colours during an interview with the Head of the Royal Travel Unit.

The model appeared to be a standard 1:48 manufacturer's model finished in all over maroon with som gold markings and unusual yellow rotor blades.

Did anyone catch this?  It would seem to offer a genuine what-if finish for the Merlin.

UK 75

[Captain Canada]

That's neat.....I suppose there are all sotts of neat ways to do a Royal Merlin. Sounds like somebody ought to build one !

 

[simmie]

Yes I spotted that one as well.  it had a gold/yellow strip along the length of the aircraft at a significantly nose down angle.

[B777LR]

If its good enough for the US president, and made in the UK, why not?

[Mossie]

Hmm sounds good.  Unfortunatley it'll remain a whiff for the time being, the Sikorsky S-76C+'s of the Royal Household are being replaced by upgraded versions of the same aircraft, the S-76++ (bet it took a degree in a Marketing to work that name out!).  The Royal helicopters are on the civil register & are no longer part of the RAF's Royal Flight.
http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,9602,CLI...ETI2643,00.html

Royal Sikorsky S-76:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1040...QRFP&photo_nr=5

So who's going to do it???  

[Jennings]

If its good enough for the US president, and made in the UK, why not?

True enough.  (post edited for political content by your friendly moderating staff)
J