williamj 4,577 Posted Saturday at 12:28 AM (edited) 16 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: I've said it numerous times - Airfix would sell the crap out of a new tool 1/48 Rapide. I'd never noticed how thin the airfoil is! That head on shot really shows that. Bit of a gull wing outboard of the engines on the lower wings as well. Edited Saturday at 05:05 PM by williamj 1 Rick Griewski reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Griewski 2,401 Posted Saturday at 01:11 AM Yessssss! I will use up all my “ likes” for this week on this thread. 2 kkarlsen and Trak-Tor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Griewski 2,401 Posted Saturday at 01:14 AM I love all this “3D printed” notation! Hopefully fast to market this one is. 1 kkarlsen reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pup7309 348 Posted Saturday at 05:23 AM Cool aircraft. Yep airfix could sell the crap out of this one in 48. 1 Jennings Heilig reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Landrotten Highlander 188 Posted Saturday at 07:57 AM 9 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: King's Flight anyone? Yep, I'll have this one 3 Jennings Heilig, Rick Griewski and scvrobeson reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thierry laurent 4,483 Posted Saturday at 08:50 AM I hope they will include a choice of RAF markings! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mozart 8,073 Posted Saturday at 11:23 AM 2 hours ago, thierry laurent said: I hope they will include a choice of RAF markings! I’ll be doing some masks for Thierry, can do some for you if necessary. 1 thierry laurent reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iain 10,111 Posted Saturday at 02:02 PM This has got me more excited than any release of the last few years - seems like they'll sell a few! Iain 3 Jennings Heilig, Rick Griewski and mozart reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mozart 8,073 Posted Saturday at 02:13 PM (edited) 10 minutes ago, Iain said: This has got me more excited than any release of the last few years - seems like they'll sell a few! Iain I hope so, then they’ll be encouraged to do an Anson! Or an Envoy/Oxford. Edited Saturday at 02:13 PM by mozart 3 thierry laurent, Rick Griewski and Adrian reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chek 1,758 Posted Saturday at 03:01 PM Back when my father in law was a young whippersnapper aerodynamicist working on the Short SC5 (later Belfast freighter) in the late '50s, he and half a dozen others at Shorts formed a syndicate to buy a clapped out Rapide with a view to use it as a hack for weekend trips back to Yorkshire (a contingent from Brough had migrated, such was the competetiveness in the British aviation industry at the time) and climbing weekends in the lakes. They restored it and as far as I know it was airworthy up until he went to Boeing in the mid '60s (to sort out the almost program killing tail problems with the B727) and later working on the fledgling Jumbo. He's in his mid-90s now, and in a care home with the onset of dementia. I knew several of his 'syndicate', but as these things go, they're all dead now. But I'd like to see his face if I could present him with a nicely sized model DH89 preferably in his club's colours or just a generic blue and silver if that's not possible. 5 Jennings Heilig, Kagemusha, Stefano and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Heilig 12,290 Posted Saturday at 03:52 PM (edited) Anyone know what this is? This is G-AHKV if tye British Automobile Association. It appears to possibly be the AA logo?? Edited Saturday at 03:53 PM by Jennings Heilig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iain 10,111 Posted Saturday at 04:01 PM Looks to me like it could indeed be the Classic AA logo - as featured on their car badges of the period... https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/aa.htm If not seen - nice image on AirHistory.net Had exactly the same grill badge on my first car! Iain 1 mozart reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chek 1,758 Posted Saturday at 04:05 PM It might be compression artefacts, but it looks quite 3-D to me, as if a car type badge has been fixed on. 1 mozart reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iain 10,111 Posted Saturday at 04:26 PM OK - these suggest period car badge as well: Hopefully of some help... Iain 1 Jennings Heilig reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daz greenwood 64 Posted Saturday at 04:54 PM I hope this is ok to post? The only detail image I have of DH.89 G-AGJG previously X7344 18275171_1480231762048985_6013617883342611221_n by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr 6 kkarlsen, Landrotten Highlander, Chek and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
