fastterry Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Yippee!!!! No wait that was a P-38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STWilliams Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Finding it difficult to get too excited about this one. Only around 100 built, standard RAF camo, unspectacular & short career. Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 57 minutes ago, STWilliams said: Finding it difficult to get too excited about this one. Only around 100 built, standard RAF camo, unspectacular & short career. Am I missing something here? Maybe the only important reason: it's a hot looking machine and we want to build it. Alain LSP_K2 and firefly7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 59 minutes ago, STWilliams said: Finding it difficult to get too excited about this one. Only around 100 built, standard RAF camo, unspectacular & short career. Am I missing something here? I think there's some kind of that "what if" aspect in it. Something like those German planes that never flew but could win the war in a week or so, if it only lasted a year or two longer. And for others it's just a technologically advanced machine from the past, interesting enough to have it on the shelf. And in our large scale it should look almost like the real thing, which probably none of us has ever seen (not counting crappy old photography...). I'm looking forward to the builds by some masters here. Juraj LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I just think it's a cool-looking plane with a bit of what-if mystique about it. Kev LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Like a lot of 'also rans' out there this machine is part of the story and therefore part of the legacy of WWII for the RAF. Perhaps you could liken the situation of the Whirlwind to that of the TSR2, lot's of promise but no real future for all sorts of reasons. The TSR2 also has a lot of fans out there but never served, it still stirs emotions even now! Who wouldn't get excited if a 1/32 TSR2 was announced in IM plastic? nmayhew, TaffyMan, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STWilliams Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 35 minutes ago, Royboy said: Like a lot of 'also rans' out there this machine is part of the story and therefore part of the legacy of WWII for the RAF. Perhaps you could liken the situation of the Whirlwind to that of the TSR2, lot's of promise but no real future for all sorts of reasons. The TSR2 also has a lot of fans out there but never served, it still stirs emotions even now! Who wouldn't get excited if a 1/32 TSR2 was announced in IM plastic? Me? Non-Brits? nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I do like the TSR2, but its overall size, and lack of schemes take it out of my wheelhouse of interest in 32nd I'm sorry to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 My first encounter with the Whirlwind was probably in an "Air Ace" comic book when I was very young, these comic books were my favourites. Illustrated is a typical one from 1961, not the one one that fired my imagination that one was the story of a mission to occupied France and the Whirlwind pilot was shown bailing out of his burning aircraft after saving a Typhoon from being shot down so that it could accomplish it's mission. Something heroic like that, it was a while ago after all. Then of course there was the Airfix 1/72 scale kit which was totally impressive to me, given my size at the time it was probably the equivalent of a 1/32 scale kit to me now. Cheers Dennis MikeC, MikeMaben, timvkampen and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: Maybe the only important reason: it's a hot looking machine and we want to build it. Alain Bingo! Really quite similar to the Ta 154, Do 335 or some other German aircraft that did little or nothing in the war, yet kit makers gobble them up because they consider them to be cool. timvkampen and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: I do like the TSR2, but its overall size, and lack of schemes take it out of my wheelhouse of interest in 32nd I'm sorry to say. Me too. I'd be much more interested in a Valkyrie, were I to do a "never to be used" cool bomber. If I ever do snatch a Valkyrie, which I just might, I'll do it in a theoretical production scheme of some imagined ally of the US. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Typhoon, Mosquito, Whirlwind; my favorite three Brit aircraft,... ever. Royboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmyDown Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 7 hours ago, STWilliams said: Finding it difficult to get too excited about this one. Only around 100 built, standard RAF camo, unspectacular & short career. Am I missing something here? Art Deco hot rod! - what's not to like? True, not a great success but looks great. Dad had a close encounter with one when they were stationed locally near Bath. I've two on pre order - can barely control myself. scvrobeson, Kagemusha, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 With regard to the service, this could have been noticeably different. Nobody could have foreseen that between the end of 1940 and 1943, the aerial battles on the western front were going to be quite limited if we do not consider the rather short Dieppe operation. The Whirlwind was used during that period and only on that theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 12 hours ago, LSP_K2 said: Bingo! Really quite similar to the Ta 154, Do 335 or some other German aircraft that did little or nothing in the war, yet kit makers gobble them up because they consider them to be cool. Yep, it's called 'coolness factor' and the only criteria that must be met before I buy 'any' kit. LSP_K2 and Royboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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