The Hangar Queen
Well, 'Cupboard Queen' really!
I know I've posted photo's of her before but she's been shut in a cupboard for several years so I thought I'd revisit her and a couple of other residents too just to make sure she's still in one piece
To recap:
Bought as a Frog 1/96th scale BOAC DH Comet where as a teenager I first built her around the mid 1960's
A couple of years later I reworked her as a crude Nimrod MR.1 conversion when the real thing came into service
Into a box for several decades
Salvaged again in this Century and stripped down to basics.
Completely reworked to Nimrod R.1 status as XW664, one of 3 that the RAF operated until being replaced by the 'older' Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint 'Airseekers'
For more see:
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/13516553673/in/photoli...
She's still minus the No.51 Squadron's 'Goose Volant' motif on her fin!
Here's the real thing seen at Coningsby:
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/7125469943/in/photolis...
20190914_180311
The Hangar Queen
Well, 'Cupboard Queen' really!
I know I've posted photo's of her before but she's been shut in a cupboard for several years so I thought I'd revisit her and a couple of other residents too just to make sure she's still in one piece
To recap:
Bought as a Frog 1/96th scale BOAC DH Comet where as a teenager I first built her around the mid 1960's
A couple of years later I reworked her as a crude Nimrod MR.1 conversion when the real thing came into service
Into a box for several decades
Salvaged again in this Century and stripped down to basics.
Completely reworked to Nimrod R.1 status as XW664, one of 3 that the RAF operated until being replaced by the 'older' Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint 'Airseekers'
For more see:
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/13516553673/in/photoli...
She's still minus the No.51 Squadron's 'Goose Volant' motif on her fin!
Here's the real thing seen at Coningsby:
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/7125469943/in/photolis...
20190914_180311