Return of the Welkin
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Return of the Welkin
I posted a few WIP shots of a gmax Westland Welkin a considerable time ago. Sadly. that model is no more, having vanished in a HD failure. The last couple of months I've been working on a new one - hopefully iI'll finish this one. STUPID
Almost ready to start texturing but the leading edge radiators are proving a b#gger to blend in. The props will be refined when I figure out how to do them properly.
The polycount is fine...
...at the moment.
Best wishes
Steve P
Almost ready to start texturing but the leading edge radiators are proving a b#gger to blend in. The props will be refined when I figure out how to do them properly.
The polycount is fine...
...at the moment.
Best wishes
Steve P
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Re: Return of the Welkin
Very nice! Well done!
I must show my ignorance of this mark now by admitting I had never heard of it before and had to go Googling images and text info. I had of course heard of the Whirlwind but never the Welkin. It certainly seems like a very interesting aircraft built for a specific role and your model certainly does it justice thus far.
Keep up the good work.
I must show my ignorance of this mark now by admitting I had never heard of it before and had to go Googling images and text info. I had of course heard of the Whirlwind but never the Welkin. It certainly seems like a very interesting aircraft built for a specific role and your model certainly does it justice thus far.
Keep up the good work.
Larry
Re: Return of the Welkin
The Welkin I believe was a high altitude version of the Whirlwind with pressurised cockpit etc to take on German high flying photo recce etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Welkin
http://avia.russian.ee/air/england/west_welkin.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Welkin
http://avia.russian.ee/air/england/west_welkin.php
Rich
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Re: Return of the Welkin
That is looking superb Steve, now all we need is a Vickers Windsor and we can have an RAF WW2 (1939-47 ;-) ) type of thing that the Luftwaffe developers are so keen on making. She was also a bit more than a development of the Whirlwind, as she was about twice the size!
ATB Trev
Re: Return of the Welkin
Thanks for the kind words chaps. Trev is bang on the nail with his comment about the size of the Welkin. In 1945 it was the world's largest production single-seat fighter. It had very few similarities with the Whirlwind apart from two engines, a high tailplane, and the ability to catch fire remarkably easily when force-landed.
Doing test flights at the moment to try and sort out the air file. Taking off from Yeovil, I hit the 40,000ft mark over the Thames Estuary, with the AI 747s trundling along 10,000ft below. :flying:
Vickers Windsor? Nah. Better off with a Vickers Type 432.
Best wishes
Steve P
Doing test flights at the moment to try and sort out the air file. Taking off from Yeovil, I hit the 40,000ft mark over the Thames Estuary, with the AI 747s trundling along 10,000ft below. :flying:
Vickers Windsor? Nah. Better off with a Vickers Type 432.
Best wishes
Steve P
Re: Return of the Welkin
Thats looking good.........that very nearly became an Ito project a few weeks ago. I amassed a lot of material on the Welkin, but it was piped at the post by what he's currently building. I havent heard anything further to my first beta (which had no control surfaces at all). If anyone wants any Welkin material, you know where to ask....
Best wishes,
Martin
Best wishes,
Martin
Re: Return of the Welkin
Hi Martin,
Do you have any good photos or illustrations showing clearly the Welkin carburetor intakes? This area of the airframe is not shown clearly in any of the sets of plans that I have. Also, do you have a copy of the Pilot's Notes for the type? I have the the Boscombe Down reports and a mass of Air Ministry stuff but would love to see the Notes.
Best wishes
Steve P
Do you have any good photos or illustrations showing clearly the Welkin carburetor intakes? This area of the airframe is not shown clearly in any of the sets of plans that I have. Also, do you have a copy of the Pilot's Notes for the type? I have the the Boscombe Down reports and a mass of Air Ministry stuff but would love to see the Notes.
Best wishes
Steve P
Re: Return of the Welkin
I'll have a look this evening at home and report back.......now where did I put it all!!!steve p wrote:Hi Martin,
Do you have any good photos or illustrations showing clearly the Welkin carburetor intakes? This area of the airframe is not shown clearly in any of the sets of plans that I have. Also, do you have a copy of the Pilot's Notes for the type? I have the the Boscombe Down reports and a mass of Air Ministry stuff but would love to see the Notes.
Best wishes
Steve P
Best wishes,
Martin
Re: Return of the Welkin
That's a good subject and some really good modeling quality.