…..also if you ramble along the bridle path that goes through Predannack airfield, you never know what you might see. Predannack is still used for helicopter training and gliding, and was a significant Coastal Command base, home to Liberators, Mosquitos etc.. The bridleway goes into the base perimeter and past several old airframes stored for fire rescue training.

Will,

Next time, bring ya’ spanners and i’ll give a ‘wants’ list 😀

Hillson Bi-mono

Lovely, lovely aircraft…!!

Oh come on, no way is that a post-war photo.

Look at the window on the Marauder as well !!!!!!!!

I built this kit as kid, as a Nightfighter and from memory it was huge!

Anyway, I think that the tooling was originally produced/owned by Matchbox, for which Revell owned or had a licensing agreement, until recently.

I also believe that Revell now own the tooling but can no longer use the Matchbox name!

Revell purchased the kits part of Matchbox circa 1990, with a 10 year ‘lease’ on using the brand name.

Normally Matchbox kits were re-issued under Matchbox, albeit made in Germany (without the old PK___ kit coding system), until circa 2000 where they now appear under Revell only.

For example, the Victor K.2.

In this instance, the Beaufighter is a Revell kit dating from at least the seventies and has been re-issued many times.

The only true Matchbox 1/32 kits being the Lysander, Me109, Spit 24, Tiger Moth, Puma and Dauntless.

There was a limited issue of this mould by a Mexican company (whose name escapes me) but as a TF.X complete with thimble nose & dorsal spine.

Also the late ID Models produced a very basic vacform Beaufort, which is vastly improved by using the Revell Beaufighters wings, tail assembly etc…

Expect to pay around £15-£20 on eBay for the Beau’ or from specialist kit dealers such as Kingkit

Cheers…..

Sorry to start another thread on this BUT !

I would just like to take my hat off to the guy who has purchased this Vulcan, I really find it hard to see why some people on here are taking the we we out of his venture and he is determination to see this through from what I can make out.

I really hope all works out well, she will be in the public eye for a much longer time than it would being left to the other alternatives which are very few indeed.

Why ?

What has happened to warrant this statement ?

Tony,

Just sent you a PM on that ‘other’ subject.

Cheers…..

Mark,

Yes, if i recall, after the initial excitement these were discounted as being Flight 19, and instead turned out to be a variety of TBM’s lost over a period of time from a nearby training base.

All ditched for a variety of reasons by novice trainees, and there proximity on the sea floor was a mere co-incidence i believe.

Perhaps someones know more ?

Cheers……..