hello all
spotted what I believe to be one of those promo models made for travel shops of a BOAC Britannia the other day. It was in decent shape considering its age, and appeared to be about 1/72 scale or slightly larger. If I remember correctly, it was marked G-BOAC; was this ever actually used on a Britannia?
Anyways, is this an aviation rarity which needs to be saved from the low-end second hand shop it was in, or are they common enough to forget about?
cheers
greg v.
P.S. they were asking around $190 Can. for it (about 95 pounds), so seemed a bit pricey…
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 1st March 2006 at 11:38
you mean like one of these…..had this for years!
TT
By: MrB.175 - 28th February 2006 at 23:43
spotted what I believe to be one of those promo models made for travel shops of a BOAC Britannia the other day. It was in decent shape considering its age, and appeared to be about 1/72 scale or slightly larger. If I remember correctly, it was marked G-BOAC; was this ever actually used on a Britannia?
Anyways, is this an aviation rarity which needs to be saved from the low-end second hand shop it was in, or are they common enough to forget about?
Hi Greg
I’ve sent you a PM on this because as a collector of all things Britannia I’d be interested in it. This type of model isn’t as rare or as hard to find as people might think, it’s the larger 1/24 scale ‘cutaway’ models that are rare and difficult to come by -especially of the Britannia (luckily I have one of these already! 😀 )
G-BOAC was a registration only every used on Concorde but in the in BOAC heyday, nearly every model made was given this registration.
By: Newforest - 28th February 2006 at 19:21
And if so, where was it??? 😀
Woukd guess it was in Canada from the post! 😀
By: gregv - 28th February 2006 at 18:56
http://aviationmodels-online.com/for_sale/page_8/BOACBrit.htm[/url]
yes, exactly like this one IIRC, without stand but with spinners. Anybody care to estimate its vale?
cheers & thanks for the link!
By: Guzzineil - 28th February 2006 at 18:27
hello all
P.S. they were asking around $190 Can. for it (about 95 pounds), so seemed a bit pricey…
is it like this one….
http://aviationmodels-online.com/for_sale/page_8/BOACBrit.htm
Neil.
By: PaulR - 28th February 2006 at 16:12
Yes, on Concorde;
From G-INFO;
Registration: G-BOAC Current Reg. Date: 11/08/1980
Previous ID: G-N81AC First Reg. Date: 11/08/1980
Status: De-registered De-Reg. Date: 04/05/2004
Reason: Permanently withdrawn from use To:
Manufacturer: BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Type: CONCORDE TYPE 1 VARIANT 102
Serial No.: 100-004
Mode S (hex): 4004B4
Popular Name: CONCORDE
Generic Name: –
Aircraft Class: FIXED-WING LANDPLANE
Engines: 4 – 4 x ROLLS-ROYCE OLYMPUS 593 MK 610-14-28
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