Im hoping that some one is going to be able to point me in the right direction.
Im looking for good accurate drawings of the E28.39 aircraft to build a large scale replica. I have a set of drawings from a russian source but the accuracy leaves a little to be desired.
Does anybody have a set or know where accurate sets can be sourced?
does anybody know where the guys that built the fullsize replica got their drawings from?
Did they use original manufacturers drawings or something else as the basis?
Any help is as ever gratefully received.
Regards Martin
By: Scouse - 15th October 2006 at 01:55
Will it be at…..
[wearily and languidly] It’s a jet, dear boy.
William
By: hunterxf382 - 14th October 2006 at 02:55
Will it be at….
Sorry. It’s been one of those weeks.
And bets for First Flight date? :diablo: :diablo:
By: Phantom Phixer - 13th October 2006 at 19:39
Big Vern,
Ive sent you an email. Sorry not replied before but havnt acccessed the site via my home connection. Yep youve guessed it Ive been mis using works time.
To everyone else that has taken the time to reply and offer advice a big thank you. Ive now been able to source some excellent information which will help me along with the project. I will of course keep you all advised of the project once it gets underway.
Thank you all once more.
By: BIGVERN1966 - 13th October 2006 at 17:49
There’s a 1/72nd scale drawing in British Experimental Turbojet Aircraft by Barrie Hygate. The book is now akin to rocking horse poo but the plans were available in 1/72nd and 1/48th scale from what was then Argus Publications. Last I heard they were called Nexus but it’s the old Aeromodeller Plans Service.
Not rocking horse poo – republished this year in paperback by Crowood Press.
Damm, I was hoping to get a mint for that book on E-bay 😡
By: XN923 - 13th October 2006 at 12:24
…E28.39 aircraft to build a large scale replica…
Will it be at….
Sorry. It’s been one of those weeks.
By: dhfan - 13th October 2006 at 00:23
There’s a 1/72nd scale drawing in British Experimental Turbojet Aircraft by Barrie Hygate. The book is now akin to rocking horse poo but the plans were available in 1/72nd and 1/48th scale from what was then Argus Publications. Last I heard they were called Nexus but it’s the old Aeromodeller Plans Service.
Not rocking horse poo – republished this year in paperback by Crowood Press.
By: JDK - 12th October 2006 at 23:57
Best tip is to avoid the infamous ‘Aircraft of the Fighting Powers’ drawings with the fat fuse and small wings, and anything based on them.
I did a set of 1/48 drawings for an ARBA resin kit, and MMP produced a Meteor & E-28/39 booklet many years ago containing these plans. They’ll probably be too small for you I suspect, but I might be able to find a set – send me a PM if interested.
Best place to start would be Tim Kershaw’s excellent recent book ‘The Jet Pioneers’ which contains a lot of data on the E-28/39 and a lot less myth than anything else. Tim can be contacted via the publisher, and was very helpful in discussions we had after publication. (He was also very nice about my drawings in a roundup on plans etc. in the book – before we met!) Some more photos Tim found were published of the construction were published in Aeroplane, after the book’s publication.
Jet Pioneers: Gloster and the Birth of the Jet Age (Hardcover) Tim Kershaw
ISBN: 0750932120, Publisher: Sutton Publishing (18 Mar 2004)
Details here
By: BIGVERN1966 - 12th October 2006 at 20:54
Martin
Did you get my E-mail (5mb)?
Bigvern1966
By: RPSmith - 11th October 2006 at 17:23
That’s good to hear, Martin – what scale are you planning it to be and are you talking about a flier or static replica?
I would suggest you ask the MAM to enquire with Roll Royce Heritage Trust (I believe some of the work on the two FSMs was done at Ansty) and/or the Lutterworth group who erected the one on the road island there.
Roger Smith.
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October 11, 2006 at 5:08 pm