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Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 07:01
by nazca_steve
Hello all,
I took a short break from the Sea Hawk this weekend and knocked out two new Canberra schemes for Paul Foster's models. The first is G-27-111, which was the prototype B.62 export model for Argentina, as seen her prior to her UK Civil reg coding and final paintwork. This was test-flown by BAC's long-serving test pilot Roland Beaumont at Warton in late 1969 I believe.
After my 2 year old daughter Amelia finished with it...
The second is a chase-plane English Electric set aside for themselves, G-ATZW, formerly WD937, later painting it all black (sexy) and using it various purposes including chasing the TSR-2.
TRYING to play catch-up!
If there is interest I will post them to the Pond.
Cheers,
Steve
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 07:56
by Trev Clark
If there is interest I will post them to the Pond.
Yes please. I love the black one! If this aircraft had a VC, I am sure I would fly it a
lot more.
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 10:00
by John
That black scheme is wonderful and so is the shot with the TSR2
John
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 11:08
by J0hn
calypsos wrote:If this aircraft had a VC, I am sure I would fly it a lot more.
Ditto.
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 17:21
by nazca_steve
Oh, Trev, you and your VCs! I doubt you'll be flying the Sea Hawk much then. ;-)
I will upload both schemes this weekend hopefully. As for the TSR2 shot, now we just need a new model for that...then we can really try G-ATZW out chasing one. No takers on the outcome of that race.
Good old English Electric.
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 17:58
by John
nazca_steve wrote:
As for the TSR2 shot, now we just need a new model for that...then we can really try G-ATZW out chasing one. No takers on the outcome of that race.
Good old English Electric.
Yeah it's a shame that the 'Simshed' variant never made it.. that would have been great. Still there's always AlphaSim's (the best), Ito's and the Bluesteel version (
http://www.bluesteelfs.com/)
Looking forward to those paints and thanks to all the work you do... it's great stuff
Kind regards
John
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 08:43
by DispatchDragon
Steve
(And everyone else)
Its up at the Pond
Leif
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 18:34
by nazca_steve
Thank you, Leif. I aim to get some painted up over the next few months, requests as always welcome.
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 19:32
by Brian Franklin
John, the Simshed TSR-2 suffered from bad timimg firstly it woriginated in the period when FSDS went to 3.5 so all animations had to be redesigned, then it took second place in the queue to the Sea Vixen, then lost out again when the jump to FSX was needed. However if you have a look in the gallery section on the Skysim website you'll see that she is alive and well and currently flying around (as a development model) in FSX.
Re: Test Canberras at BAC Warton
Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 23:45
by TSR2
Now I'd pay very good cash money for an FSX TSR-2 ;-)