Friday, March 27, 2009

Winter 2009 - Another British Bomber + Bonus by Anigrand (update)



Winter 2009 - Another British Bomber + Bonus by Anigrand
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Sperrin bomber prototype, the v-bomber insurance!
I must say, it does not have the striking graceful lines of the other 3 classic V-Bombers!
http://www.wingweb.co.uk/aircraft/Short_Sperrin.html
http://prototypes.free.fr/sperrin/sperrin-3.htm

Bonus Kits
P1127, Harrier Prototype http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_P.1127
Short SB5, EE Lightning forerunner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_SB.5
Javelin FAW9 All weather interceptor http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/javelin/history.php

RAF V-Bomber history
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/vforceintro.html

Thanks to D.Campell for flushing this out!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never much of a fan of the Sperrin - remind me of a Short's earlier Stirling with jets instead of props.

But I'll be getting one just to have a 1/144 Javelin in my collection....

TonyG2

bluedonkey99 said...

I agree its not pretty, and I see where you are coming from with the WWII bomber with jets on angle...

but, maybe not a sterling, it doe have a smack of DC-* or convair about it?

I think it would look more "natural" with some merlin's or turbo props under those wings, whether it would look like a bomber or a transport?