For those who didnt know, I was volunteered for a few builds for the The project cancelled sig display for SMW 2013.
The Bristol 192 AEW was the first (and smallest) build of the three ive been lumbered with.
The following will is the largest.

This is Lockheed Warningstar AEW Mk-1 XR965. Of 8 squadron, based at RAF Lossimouth in the late 1960's.
It would seem that when Dennis Healey went Stateside to beg/plead for Phantom's, F-111's and C-130's. He also had 12 EC-121's on his wish list. A number of which were sitting gathering dust at the Boneyard. However, Uncle Sam wasnt so keen to part with them so Healey went with out.
This is what they might have looked like had Healy got every thing on his wish list.
The kit is the Heller warning Star kit build out of the box, but with decals from the recently rereleased Shackelton decal sheets from Aeroclub.
The serial comes from a gap in batches of Folland Gnat T-1's. So as far as I know was never issued to any type.

This monster fought me every inch of the way. First off when I sealed the fuselage halves, it tuned out to be a tail sitter, even with over 200 grams of lead in the nose. So I resigned myself to it needing a tail stand. Then a few days later while taking it down stairs to do some work on it in the garden, I lost my grip on it and it went bouncing down the stairs. cracking it wide open and causing other damage. Thankfully no parts went missing, So I set about repairing it. and used the opportunity to increase the ballast in the nose. An extra 200 grams of lead went into this pain in the rear.
the paint job wasn't all plain sailing either. The Halfords Primer and the Xtracylic Dark Sea Grey didn't like each other that much. so there two whole bottles worth of Xtracylic DSG on this build!
And then the decals. Dunno were John Adams gets them printed, but they wernt to keen to stay in place even with the models having three coats of Klear before it went anywhere near the decals. A top coat of klear over the decals sorted out all bar the serial on the other side to the first photo. It went missing! I found it stuck fast to my thumb! And of course I dont have a replacement.................Yet.
And being a glutton for punishment, I started a Super Conni along side the Warningstar. althou thats on the back burner for now.