1/5 SCALE RC BAC CONCORDE & VICKERS VC-10 AIRLINERS DISPLAY AT LMA RAF TIBENHAM - 2018

ANDY JOHNSONS LATEST MODEL AT THE LMA RC AIRSHOWS IS THIS BEAUTIFULL 1/15 SCALE BAC CONCORDE BUILT OVER TEN YEARS AGO !

INFO ON MODEL -

SCALE - 1/15,
LENGTH - 156 INCHS,
SPAN - 68 INCHS,
AUW - 22 LBS,
POWERED BY A WREN SUPERSPORT JET TURBINE,
10 YRS OLD,
DESIGNED AND BUILT BY BOB BLACKMORE AND FRIEND BRUCE FOR THE WOODSPRINGS CLUB,

SHE ORIGANALY HAD TWO 91 CU IN TWO STROKE GLOW MOTOR ENGINES PUSHING HER ALONG !

ANDY FLIES HER ON A FUTABA 10 CG,

INFO ON REAL AIRCRAFT -

Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde is a British-French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet airliner that was operated until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04, with seating for 92 to 128 passengers.

Top speed: 2,179 km/h
First flight: March 2, 1969
Number built: 20 (inc. 6 non-commercial aircraft)
Program cost: £1.3 billion
National origin: United Kingdom and France
Produced: 1965–1979
Status: Retired

Concorde's name, meaning "harmony" or "union", was chosen to reflect the co-operation on the project between the United Kingdom and France. In the UK, any or all of the type are known simply as Concorde,

with no definite article the Concorde won the 2006 Great British Design Quest organised by the BBC and the Design Museum, beating other well-known designs such as the BMC Mini, the miniskirt, the Jaguar E-Type, the London Tube map and the Supermarine Spitfire.

TERRY MASONS OVERHAUL OF HIS ALREADY MAGNIFICENT VC-10 IS NOTHING SHORT OF OUTSTANDING !
HE HAS REPAINTED HER IN THE BOAC AIRLINER COLORS AND SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS !

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TERRY MASON SENT OVER THIS INFO ON THE REFURBISHMENT-

By the end of 2016 the VC10 model had been in it’s RAF tanker configuration for 4 years. At that point it had completed 76 fights including early test fights. A decision was made to ‘refresh’ the model by repainting it in civil BOAC colours.

In October 2017 the task of rubbing down the existing paint began, filling where necessary and rubbing down again (and again !). All of this, including re applying primer, was carried out outdoors
when weather allowed. A local car body shop agreed to do the final colour scheme at a reasonable price so further research on the BOAC colours was carried out in stages in December 2017.

It caused some interest at the paint shop and at various other firms on the trading estate that got to hear about it !
A friend who had done the vinyl decals for the military paint scheme kindly agreed to do the new ones including the beautiful gold speed bird for the fin. Once applied the model really came to life and all the long hours of rubbing down and filling had paid off.
A lot of other work was done in parallel. General inspection and maintenance including control linkage upgrades,

an improved landing gear sequencer and a better gyro for directional control, a beefed up tailplane mounting, additional fuel tankage, improved lights etc.
All turbines were returned to Wren for servicing and conversion to internal kero starting – we are very appreciative of the support that Wren continue to give us.
The necessary test fights after the modification were completed on 17th April this year clearing the model for the LMA 2017 show season.

TERRY MASON THE OWNER / BUILDER SENT THIS INFO ON THE MODEL - SHE IS A VICKERS ARMSTRONG VC-10 K3 RAF TANKER MODELED ON AIRCRAFT ZA147,
SHE HAS A WING SPAN OF 4.9 MTRS AND A LENGTH OF 5.75 MTRS,
SHE WEIGHS IN AT 63 KGS AND IS POWERED BY FOUR WREN SUPER SPORT TURBINES OF 18 KG THRUST EACH !
SHE WAS DESIGNED FROM BRITISH AEROSPACE DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTED FROM BALSA & PLY & COVERED IN FIBERGLASS CLOTH COATED WITH EPOXY RESIN,
TERRY USES ALL FUTABA RADIO WITH FOUR RECEIVERS PROVIDING CONTROL REDUNDANCY,
SHE FIRST FLEW ON 25th JULY 2012 AT WOODFORD AIRFIELD,

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FILMED AT AN LMA SPONSORED PUBLIC RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW AT THE FORMER SECOND WORLD WAR LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRBASE OF RAF TIBENHAM - NR16 1NT - IN NORFOLK IN THE UK ON 19/20-5-2018,