I have made a 200 scale of the Northside ramp and littered it with retro propliners. Here’s a pic and and a photobucket link.

Fantastic diorama/model conniefreak, does it depict a specific period?
I notice the original tower isn’t on there, would that have been just off the edge of your board, at the Seco hut end?
If you ever do build it I have the AM drawings for that tower and Seco arrangement.

Do you mean the three or four ‘spoked’* type?
Canberra ones (two types fitted mind) look similar to the four spoke type but larger (21 inch?) and have holes through each of the raised ‘spoke’ parts.
Gannet 1,2,4 & 5 very similar appearence but larger as well, http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/images/gannet/Port-main-wheel_001.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/faireygannetcloseupch_1.htm&usg=__XlimMtTbIBvurQMhwaYW5dnfiAM=&h=1044&w=700&sz=96&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=xvsTYFy1_gx2IM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=101&ei=iodsUKGBF-eQ0AWFgYHoAw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfairey%2Bgannet%2Bmain%2Bwheel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1G1ACAW_ENUK473%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

*Not really spoked, but raised parts of the casting.

Fantastic to see the Ambassador coming together again, like others I really hope it finds its way indoors.
I remember the first time I saw it, before I knew that any survived (like the Hermes fuselage) and being amazed.

St Athan has now closed,…

I hope not, I’m meant to be at work tomorrow!

Hi Dornier, having had a good look around your aircraft can I say you have a really beauty there! Funny, I wasn’t that interested in 27s until yours revealled just what a clever and well built aircraft they are – truly a post-war Storch.

Purely my two penneth, my favourite scheme is the Portuguese (Angola period) all over olive drab with just the national markings to break up the colour, http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=portuguese+dornier+do27&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=983&bih=486&tbm=isch&tbnid=rBuncWd_56mKvM:&imgrefurl=http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/o/308/11/0&docid=u1E0IYlhVgNREM&imgurl=http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/308/pics/11_2.jpg&w=640&h=269&ei=XTtrUKvyKMi-0QXO54C4Dg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=594&vpy=204&dur=1322&hovh=145&hovw=347&tx=236&ty=105&sig=108509435972837463796&page=1&tbnh=63&tbnw=151&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:85
There are other Luftwaffe painted examples about of course.

You’ve probably seen Do27.com, http://www.do27.com/do27_en/index.htm

Just seen that there has already been one preserved in the scheme I mentioned, http://www.airteamimages.com/dornier-do-27_C-GFFM_portugal—portuguese-air-force_96808.html

Looks like the FAE museum is at Quito as well, unsure if the Canberra listed (509, actually 409) is one of the pair shown above, http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Latin_America/Ecuador/Quito/Museo_de_la_FAE.htm

Indeed the Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana operated its six Canberra B.6s from its base at Quito.

Can you give me a steer to find DCW’s 50/60s achive? You mentioned another aviation forum but I can’t find it on any of the links you mentioned

This might help,
http://forum.keypublishing.com/search.php?searchid=4615595
If not, enter ‘1950’s / 1960’s archive part ??:’ in the Historic Aviation search box.

Viscount, no worries about the info, just quoting from the most comprehensive Canberra book, thanks for your PM and link to the other site.
James